3!!!

Harper turned three on Friday, a day she has been (quite literally) counting down for weeks.  She woke up jumping up and down, not at all able to contain her excitement.  She had cinnamon rolls for her birhday breakfast, wore one of her new birthday gifts from Grandma and Pops - a kitty cat shirt and Gramzie was here so we went to Mt. Vernon, Harper's choice, to see the animals and walk the grounds and have lunch.  She opened a few presents every hour or so and was thrilled with each and every one, even clothes (that's my girl!) 
Harper has been asking for a teddy bear for months so to surprise her, we went "on a bear hunt" and ended up at Build A Bear where she made a very colorful teddy bear complete with a pink satin dress and hot pink jelly sandals. We then went out to dinner where she and Graham could watch the boats on the river.  We ended the night with ice cream and more presents. 
Saturday was a day of relative rest in order to ready her for Sunday's big birthday party.  While it didn't rain for the party, it had all night long so we moved her "purple horse" party inside until the sun came out and we were able to do a few stick pony races in the front yard.  My favorite parts of her party were seeing Graham play musical chairs like a big boy, seeing Harper's friend, Rachel, put her tiny little arm around Harper's waist when the cupcakes were coming out, and seeing Harper and her friends distance themselves from the bigger and littler kids and hang out together by the slide.  She really has a friends now and they are so cute together!
I can't believe this little peanut is 3!  She acts older, but is still so tiny.  It's sort of nice though.  We get this grown up girl in such a tiny package, it makes watching her grow up a little bit easier.
Her favorite gifts were a cd player, which she plays nonstop, whether playing music or stories, a Ken doll, her teddy bear, a bubble machine, a cd of stories, a Repunzel tiara and necklace, Tangled the movie, a lego set, and a new baby doll stroller which she uses daily to take her babies for a walk.  She also got a new basket and bell for her tricycle, which she is now able to ride by peddling only! 3 brings on so many new adventures.