My baby girl is 3 years old today. I can’t believe she’s already 3!! Time flies when you’ve got a kid, that’s for sure.

Three years ago today I went in for my doctor appointment at 40 weeks 2 days pregnant and MISERABLE. I jokingly told the doctor to induce me and put me out of my misery. Unexpectedly he told me he could call and see if there was a bed available in L&D. I had expected him to just tell me I only had a few days left. I was already 4cm dilated though which is probably why he was ok with it. So we ended up going right to the hospital and my induction started around 11am. After a pretty rough birth, Anna entered the world at 9:25pm.

It’s been an amazing journey watching her grow and learn new things on a daily basis. She so smart and surprises me all the time with the things she says and does. She recognizes all of her uppercase letters and close to half of the lowercase letters. She can write about 1/3 of the letters and can write her name (if I spell it). She knows just about all the common nursery rhymes and kid songs (Twinkle Twinkle, Old MacDonald, Itsy Bitsy Spider, etc..). She can count to 20, though she still likes to skip 14 and 15 sometimes. She can count up to 30 if you help push her past 21. She’s pretty much mastered up to 25 piece puzzles…the interconnecting pieces, not board puzzles. She’s just amazing.

However, I guess turning three brings on a whole new attitude though. We more or less skipped the “terrible twos” thankfully, but she’s making up for it now. Just in the last month she’s started whining a lot more and making herself cry on demand for attention…oh where did my sweet sweet girl go?? So for all of you who have a two year old, or younger…just wait for the 3′s. ;)