She's Three

She's three.  Elly is three today. 

Do you remember when I posted the day before she was born?  How excited we all were that this little being was finally going to be born? It feels like yesterday and also a lifetime ago.  She's always been with us, it seems. 

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Oh Elliot. Three?  How are you growing up so quickly?

What can we say about you on your birthday that will do you justice.  You're our sunshine.  You're our stormy night.  You're our dramatic flair and our quiet cuddle.  You make us laugh with your craziness and shake our heads and shrug our shoulders at your definitive will.  Without you this family would be incomplete. 

Today, at three, you're tall and graceful and full of energy.  You bounce and run and dance and sing your way through the day.  You've recently discovered that you can annoy your big brothers simply by poking them when they try to do their homework.  As a little sister myself, I have to say "well done".  As a mother trying to get homework done so I can set the table for dinner...well its another story entirely. 

You take after your me, you know - Chatty Cathys, the two of us.  You never seem to stop talking.  I'm not in the least bit worried about your social skills, that's for sure.  At the very least, you and your "best fwiend Cayeb" will keep each other company til the end of days...you're like an old married couple, you two.  Can't live with each other, can't live without, it would seem.

 There's definitely a confidence that comes with three.  Maybe its the toilet training now under your belt (so to speak), or the fact that you're at preschool and starting to learn the alphabet.  Maybe its the independence you're starting to actively seek, washing your hands on your own, dressing yourself with such interesting flair... whatever it is, you've got it covered and you're clearly going places.  We know not to stand in your way.  Instead, we just sit back and enjoy the ride!

Love you, sweet girl.  Happy Birthday from all of us.