P-A-R-T-Y!

Leah loves singing Happy Birthday to people, but she looks a little nervous having everybody sing it to her.  (Sidenote:  Why did it take me this long to realize that the goose picture in the background is off-center?  What's up with that?)

 It's my birthday, and I'll eat as many pieces of cake as I want to.

 A sugar high will make anybody happy!

 Getting some birthday love from Kate.

We felt so blessed to have so many friends and family come celebrate Leah's birthday with us. My cup runneth over.  Seriously.

Leah

Last week, on August 11 at 12:48 pm, our little Leah turned 3 years old.  THREE YEARS OLD.   

Some days I wonder how it's possible that 3 years have already passed since she was born, and then other times I think back to things that happened before we had her and it seems like ages ago.  Lightyears. 

But then I look at her and realize that she is not a baby.  She is in fact, a little girl. 

A little girl who loves to paint.

(Has anyone seen that Friends episode where Rachel is the bridesmaid in Barry and Mindy's wedding? This picture reminded me of that.)

 And ride her new big-girl bike.

She is sweet.  She is gracious.  She hands out compliments daily.  She is the apple of my eye.  She never ceases to amaze me.  And we love her so.

Our summer has been fun.  Lots of tricycle riding, drawing with chalk in the driveway, swinging in the swings, wagon riding, popsicle eating and just generally having a good time.  See for yourself. 

Usually, Isaac will chase after Leah while she rides her tricycle.  Today, he even tried to help her go faster by pushing her.  But in this video, Leah shows off her sweet riding skillz all by herself.  She's pretty impressive, if you ask me.

The "booing" from Isaac was his way of singing Old Macdonald.  By the time I turned the camera on, he was done with his E-I-E-I-Os (which sound more like E-O, E-O).   The rope swing in the background was going to have a board put on it, but Leah enjoys swinging in it so much right now, that we may just leave it as is. 

Le-le loves taking her little brother for a ride.  Which is awesome.  But dang, hold on tight, Isaac!

This video (as most things I post are) is a few weeks old.  But he's got such a cute little voice, that I couldn't help but post it.