Three Year Stats : 3 ft. 4 inches tall (90th percentile) \\ 38 lbs (95th percentile)
Boy is it hard to do a 3 year update... especially not having updated in basically a year! Lucy's third year of life has included so many things!
Of course back in April we had a lovely little chocolate-themed celebration for her third birthday... so this is just a late-post on the details of her third year :)
Of course back in April we had a lovely little chocolate-themed celebration for her third birthday... so this is just a late-post on the details of her third year :)
Let me just do a quick run down of the many things Lucy has done / experienced in her third year of life:
- Moved from her Grammy and Pappy's house, the only home she really ever knew, into our new home in Hershey
- Retired the crib and moved in to a big girl bed in her very own room!
- Became a big sister and has risen to the occasion like a champ!
- Got to take ballet class for the first time, and a little dancing ballerina is born. She has found her purpose! :)
- Went trick-or-treating for the first time.
- Said "good-bye" to her very best friend who moved to Arkansas.
- Traveled on an airplane for the first time and went to Little Rock to see her best friend! And despite taking a plane for the majority of the day, she still thinks we took a Bus to Arkansas.
- Spends lots of days coloring, painting and playing with play dough.
- Fell in love with dress-ups and make-believe and being a princess or ballerina.
- Helps mama with setting the table, doing laundry, sweeping and watering the flowers.
- Spends lots of time playing on the swings, which she loves and playing in water.
- Took swim lessons for the first time, but did not enjoy them - it seems to have given her a slight fear of deep water or splashing water, which she is slowly growing out of.
- Spent many a rainy day splashing in puddles
- Enjoyed her first Christmas in our new house.
- Put away the diapers and pulled out the underpants! Lucy was potty trained just in time for her 3rd birthday!
What a crazy, crazy year of life for our Lucy! Her personality is just incredible. What a firecracker! She is high energy, high volume and go-go-go all the time! She absolutely loves to make people laugh, and if she does something that others find funny... you can bet she'll do it a hundred more times! She's such an entertainer.
One time... I laughed because she did something funny with her eyes... this was months ago and she STILL pulls that out when she knows I need a laugh. It never gets old, and when she strikes comedic gold, she knows it! :)
One time... I laughed because she did something funny with her eyes... this was months ago and she STILL pulls that out when she knows I need a laugh. It never gets old, and when she strikes comedic gold, she knows it! :)
But this high-energy girl also has a soft, tender spirit that is very in tune to when others are sad or hurting. She is quick to comfort, give a nice pat and say "it's going to be okay". She is sad to hear when others are sick or sad and wants to pray for them.
Her play is adorable. She loves dress ups and playing make believe. She is more times than not a beautiful ballerina in a ballet class, which you must stop and watch! She loves to sing along to music in the car and the experience is even better if she can get mama to dance while she sings! She also loves to play with her brother's toys - whatever they may be. She loves butterflies and loves to visit the butterfly atrium at the Hershey Gardens. We planted butterfly bushes out front so she could see them all summer right here at home!
We are working on a schedule / routine during the day, which is slow going. Lucy still has nap time every day... though she only sleeps maybe 3-4 days a week. Her bedtime is around 8 and she is usually awake in the morning around 7. She loves to come and sit right at her bedroom door and call to me "Mama!! It's good-morning time!" :)
Lucy has an absolute obsession with babies. She loves to see them, hold them, talk to them. She also loves to pretend to be one or have one. If someone walks by with stroller, it doesn't matter how old the child is in the stroller, it is a baby! She will awkwardly creep on you for as long as I'll let her if you have a baby. Girl loves babies!
Lucy has an absolute obsession with babies. She loves to see them, hold them, talk to them. She also loves to pretend to be one or have one. If someone walks by with stroller, it doesn't matter how old the child is in the stroller, it is a baby! She will awkwardly creep on you for as long as I'll let her if you have a baby. Girl loves babies!
Lucy had a funny phase this year where she talked to Charlie's monitor and believed it was a person, who was her friend. Ohhh the fun we had with that!!Of course - I also felt super guilty because she clearly missed her friend Elsie and was looking for companionship wherever she could get it... and I guess I felt a little guilty leading her on for so long. But we did eventually stop... I promise!
Our biggest struggles with Lucy are really minimal. She is too much like her mother and father and gets frustrated very, very easily. She hates not being able to do things and gets upset about it quickly. We are trying to really teach her to stay calm and ask for help instead of losing her cool. She fusses and whines... which I hear is par for the course in the three year old stage :) And she is dramatic - like really dramatic. We are still trying to figure out who she gets that from ;)
I thought it would be fun for Lucy to do her own little update on herself, so I pulled a list of questions and asked her. Some are an update... others are just funny :) Here's that interview:
What's your favorite color: Pink
What's your favorite toy? Blocks
What's your favorite book? Angela (Ballerina)
What makes you happy? Mommy
What makes you laugh? Charlie
How old are you? "free" (Three)
Who is your best friend? Elsie
What are you really good at: Show and Tell (??)
What's something mommy always says? Disobedience. (I literally laughed out loud at that)
What does daddy do at work? Tools
What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a princess.
What is your favorite food? Broccoli. Broccoli and watermelon.
What is love? Love one another
Where do you live? In a house
Who loves you? Mommy and Daddy
Who do you love? Charlie
And that sums up Lucy at three years old :)
My dearest Lucy,
Watching you grow up is such a joy. It is also a heartbreak as you are no longer a baby or even a toddler - you have blossomed into my little girl! I can't believe how fast the time is going. I love to tickle you and twirl in the kitchen with you. I love to cuddle on the sofa and read with you. I love your laugh and how you love to make others laugh. I love the way you are eager to help and care for others. I am so proud of all the new things you have done and tried this year. I can't wait for the coming year and all we will get to do together. I cherish, more than words can express, these days with you. I appreciate our little chats over lunch and reading bible stories with you in the morning. You are so smart and so quick! You pick up new things every day and you learn so quickly! Mommy and Daddy have to be on our toes with what we say and do because your attentive eyes are always watching and your ears are always listening. You love attention and when people spend time with you. You love to be read to and you love when we sit down and play what you are playing. Yet, you love also do your own thing. You create amazing things out of absolutely nothing; your imagination never ceases to amaze me! I love the way you run to daddy when he comes in the door and miss him when he is gone. I love how you play with Charlie and are more than happy to help mommy with him when she needs it. I love to sit and pray with you every night. You love fiercely and I'm so glad to be on the receiving end of that fierce love! We love you, sweet girl!
What a difference a year can make!
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