Ellie Belle is THREE!

Our sweet baby just turned three and I realized how painfully behind I am on blogs! I feel awful. I SO wish I was better at keeping up with these. The kids are growing so fast and I'm just trying to soak in everything I possibly can. Ellie is crazy fun and precious and independent. I can't believe she's three and in other ways I can't believe she's still so little. She acts so big and so mature. She's certainly putting the pressure on Lucas to keep progressing or she will catch up to him FAST. She gets along best with Laney and does not appreciate how wild the boys are right now.

Sleep - Ellie is a wonderful sleeper. She sleeps through the night and only wakes in the morning because her sister has woken her up (during the summer at least). She still takes a 2ish hour nap every day. I'm interested to see what happens with this once she starts Pre-school this week. HOW IS SHE IN PRESCHOOL!?!

Eating - Ellie is our pickiest eater. I'm sure it's just one of the many ways that her spoiled "baby syndrome" comes through. She will eat good food if she feels like it. She would eat snacks all day long if she could. I think that pears/peaches and strawberries and yogurt and cereal are her favorites right now. She doesn't care much for meat or for blackberries or broccoli but seems to be up for trying anything....even hot sauce/Sriracha!

Learning - Smart as a whip! She picks up on everything. She knows her shapes and colors and alphabet. We're starting to work on letting recognition/sounds. She can count to 15 alone and is close to getting to 20 accurately. Her speech patterns are excellent. She's learned a lot just from being around the other kids. She still loves to read with us/ her siblings any chance she gets. Everything is Mama, Pinkalicious, and the Sleepy Alphabet are her favorites right now.

Play - Bellie loves to dress up, play pretend, do tabletime (especially with magnetic dolls, legos, and playdough) and ride her bike. She's been loving riding her bike in our new cul-de-sac and playing anything with baby Bentley.

My precious littlest girl. We all just adore you. We still call you Bebe and you still claim to be Momma and Dadda's Bebe. You are so spunky and outgoing and I'm looking forward to watching you befriend everyone in your class this year. You feel so big and so mature to me for being three and yet, at the same time, are still just so the baby. We all spoil and coddle you and absolutely adore you. You are definitely a threenager now and have ALL the sass but have so many good moments peek through it and make us all laugh and smile. I love you to pieces my precious daughter.