Happy Birthday, Baby!

It's hard to believe that my biggest babe turned three today! She has grown into such a smart and beautiful little girl. Sometimes I really wonder if she's actually turning 13. She's got sass and attitude along with some sassy comments, but a tiny little heart of gold!

We didn't have a big celebration today, but we did make sure to make the birthday girl feel extra special. When we returned from the cruise this morning Hubs and I took V shopping to get a new dress and some fun stuff at Claire's. We got a cute little dress for pictures from Gymboree, and then let let her pick a couple lip balms and little accessories. The girl has style!

In the afternoon we went to JCPenney to have her birthday portraits taken. They never have enough people working, and it always turns into such a drawn out hassle, but I love having the same style of photos done year after year on everyone's birthday. This time around they turned out great. She was cooperative and we were done with the photo part probably in about 10 or 15 minutes.

When we got back to my parent's house, my dad surprised us with a whole bunch of huge balloons and a pretty little Pandora bracelet for the birthday girl.

For dinner the entire family went to the Cheesecake Factory. Nom noms! By then, both girls were pretty tired, but we still had a nice time.  The waiters brought out a scoop of ice cream with a candle in it and sung happy birthday. V loved the attention!

The plan for tomorrow is to head out to my dad's boat club to do more of a celebration type thing with cake and all that. V loves being out there and fishing and swimming. I hope it's another day that she totally loves.

My Yaky, Mommy loves you big big!