K's Big Day

Today was Kailey's special day. It was so much fun. She has been excited for weeks and today it was finally here. I wanted to get her a bike SO bad, but she really has no interest. All she kept asking for was to go to the Zoo and to get a My Little Pony House. When she woke up this morning Nate and I gave her the pony house and she was thrilled. Then we got ready for her day at the zoo. Her Godmother Sara is here visiting so Gianna, Kailey, Sara and I started our morning at Starbucks and then met the girl's best friend Helena and her Mom at the World Wildlife Zoo.

After an amazing day at the Zoo we went to Red Robin to have lunch. The girls were all behaving great. Kailey even didn't mind when the servers sang her a crazy birthday song.
Gianna was having a wonderful day, but she had a bit of a snag at the zoo. She fell and hit her knee. It didn't seem bad, but here we are 7 hours later and she hasn't stood up yet. The doctor said to keep it elevated and iced and if she can't walk in the morning to come see him. She is such a trooper. Here she is being our good little patient.

Finally Nate got home and it was Kailey's favorite part of the day. She got to blow her candles out on a piece of cake. Here we go..............................
A very Kailey moment.........I did get K the Pony House she wanted. It was actually a roller skating ring for the toys. She loved watching the ponies skate around all morning on her new toy. After we had cake tonight, Nate and I gave her another gift. A pair of roller skate for her. She was full of joy. She opened the package and kept saying "roller skates like the ponies." Well when we put them on her feet she freaked out and said, "those aren't for Kailey, roller skates are for ponies!" This is how she spent the night playing with her new skates.
Right before bed, she decided to put the skates on. She was all over the place. Nate had to hold on tight, but I have a feeling tomorrow the ponies won't get any more turns. She loves adventure and we are going to work on learning to skate.
Go Kailey!!!! Happy 3rd Birthday!

Proud Mommy

Kailey is turning 3 on Monday, and I think I am having a little bit of a hard time with it. I don't know what 3 is supposed to look like. She is turning into such a "big girl," but at the same time still seems like my baby. Just this week she has started dressing herself a lot more, she doesn't need me when she goes to the restroom. She tells me that she is 3, and that Gianna is a baby, Kailey is a big girl. Today she did something that made her seem so old to me that I wasn't sure if I should cry or smile. I think I did both. We were coloring before Nate got home and she drew a picture of me. I look mad in it, but I know she didn't mean it that way because she told me she was making a smile. She sort of did this earlier in the day and I made a big deal about it, so I think she wanted to show me that she could, in her words, "totally do it." (I wrote Mommy below it not her :) The crazy thing is this is the first picture she is ever really drawn of anything. Normally when I ask her what her pictures are she tells me they are rocks, I guess she sees a lot of those here in AZ.

Some Pre-Easter Fun

The girls and Helena had a fun day coloring Easter Eggs. It was Helena and Gianna's first time, but it seemed like K remembered doing it last year. It was a fun way to practice their colors. They had a blast coloring the eggs, putting stickers on them, and then coloring them with markers. I think we'll have to do this again this week.
Here is a random picture from about week ago. Kailey's hair looks so long in it. We just cut a couple inches, but I liked how this picture showed the length.