3rd Birthday Coming Up

 Ladybug is set to turn three years old in about a month unless I have figured out to stop time before the date that is.  I cannot believe my little bug is growing up so fast actually. It feel likes recently not yesterday cause I don't think I can remember yesterday anyway that The Marine was coming home from Iraq and we went together to one of those ultrasound boutiques to find out what our baby was sporting-hotdog or hamburger-we waited until 34 weeks to be able to find out together due to stupid deployments and stupid wars, boy that was hard! We were over the moon excited when we found out, I kept asking the lady to zoom in so I could see it better and sure enough there it was in 3d Ladybug decided to sport the hamburger style parts! We bought her uber cute homecoming outfit as soon as we found the nearest store to shop in, right after we three way called family members and yelled excitedly that is!

Meeting Ladybug for the first time, right before she pooped on me.

 Ah I remember labor and how naive I was going into it, just saying you want a natural birth doesn't exactly prepare you for a natural birth with an OP positioned babe. I remember meeting her in person the first time this actually seems like yesterday the memory is so clear she promptly pooped all over me and that's our our relationship has been from the first second. She has called the shots! With gentle discipline and guidance our sweet little 7 pound 13ounce baby girl has grown into this 35lbs super tall, 5t size wearing near 3 year old! She surely is her own person, full of spunk, fun, energy, love, emotion, kindness, and heart all wrapped up into this amazingly adorable package!
 This year she is able to tell me how she wants her birthday cake to look like, something i have been looking forward to actually. I have to say that I personally love birthdays, all birthdays, mine-yours-The Marine's-the kids....I just love birthdays and I always try to do something special no matter what. Just ask The Marine, he hates when I do something and tells me all the time to not but I do it anyway cause it's a freaking celebration dang it! So I have been prepping Ladybug up for her birthday this year, telling her what happens, she gets cake, she blows out candles, and we all celebrate her being here with us, we celebrate her life. She is thrilled actually this year and understands what is going to happen. In fact for the past few weeks she has asked everyday, many times a day, if it is her birthday yet and when you say not yet she asks about a list of people she knows if it is their birthday. So she is excited! This year I have been asking her what she would want on her cake and at first she had the most odd request. Ladybug said she wanted a purple cake ok fair enough I can do purple that looks like her brother um whuck?! Yes she said she wanted her cake to look like Mister and she held onto this for near two weeks! I was starting to sweat, ya how would I pull that off? She would be so dissappointed when I did not present a cake that looks like Mister cause I wasn't doing that. Thankfully however she has settled on Dora the Marketing Whore-a said in a sing-songy voice that has a ring to it so this I can do. It's a good settle I think. She likes Dora, which is fine I mean kids like things they see and since Dora seems to be everywhere it is natural for her to be drawn that direction. So this year's cake shall be a Dora cake and now I have to ggole images to find the perfect easy simple design that I can pull off in my kitchen.
 In the past her cake has been simple and then large.

Her first birthday was spent at her Nana and Papa's house. We had family drive in from Ohio (my dad and great aunt) as well as North Carolina (my brother) and then we all drove up the moutain and had a nice little party with lots more family who all live there to celebrate her. It was great and exciting and was so much fun!

 Her second birthday was spent at home with just a few friends from the area and some other kids both her age and Mister's age to play with. It was nice and the cake was huge! She got a still very awesome trampoline which she totally still jumps on every single day! Best.Gift.Ever! Mister was sickly that day and had just started coming down with whatever he had, she had a doctors appointment for a check up and it was a fun day.

 This year....to be announced!!!