Three Years Old!

We celebrated Ruby's third birthday last month. Three! I can't even believe it. She is having a hard time getting those three fingers up so it looks more like two, but that is the only thing that is remotely two about her.

Ruby's first stop was at her Grandma and Grandpa Crandell's house. I love how serious Ruby looks in this picture as her grandma checks to see if she really is tall enough to be a three year old.


Grandma and grandpa gave her a tea set for her birthday. Grandma is the best when it comes to tea parties. Our kids love them. Grandma even loaded up a basket of goodies. She couldn't have been happier.


Kode and Ruby had a lovely tea party. Kode was quite the gentleman. Poor Lyda was sick and missed out on all of the fun.


That night we had dinner at Grandma Edmunds' house. Aunt Amber made Ruby a barbie cake which Ruby still talks about.




She was showered with gifts. She had been asking for a Nintendo DS, which Kode had been asking for too, but I told her she needs to be a little older before that happens. She seemed pretty content with the hand me down leapster from her cousin. Phew!


So Ruby has been an avid thumb sucker for the last year. I told her that three year olds don't suck their thumbs. She struggled the day of her birthday to keep that thumb out of her mouth, especially when she was tired. We decided to leave it alone the day of her birthday, but the next day she informed me that she wasn't going to suck her thumb anymore. I was encouraging but not really expecting her to follow through with it, but sure enough she quit. Cold turkey. For a few days she told me she was going to start again when she turns 4, but at this point she has decided that she probably won't start up again. So funny. This little, excuse me, this big girl is growing up so fast. She has such a fun personality. She loves to sing, dance and pretend to be princesses, barbie and random animals. She tilts her head when she's trying to be cute and she does these funny long blinks when she is talking very seriously to us. Kind of hard to imagine, but it is so stinking cute. Steve and I often talk about the trouble she is going to give us as she gets older. She is very stubborn and thinks that most rules do not apply to her. She is enjoying her little preschool class this year and amazes us at how quickly and easily she adapts to new things. Our lives are sweeter because of this wonderful little girl. We love you Ruby!