Gianna Leigh Just Turned 3!

It's hard to believe that Gianna has already celebrated her 3rd birthday. It was such an awesome birthday for her because this is the first year that she really understood that her birthday was coming and what it entailed and she fully enjoyed the whole experience. Seriously, the weeks leading up to it we got to hear ALL about what she wanted for her birthday..."A Unicorn Dream Lite and a princess dress." She sang the theme song to Dream Lite constantly and pretty much had a heart attack everytime the commercial came on. This year we decided to throw her party at the inflatable party house Pump It Up which she was SO excited about as was I...little to no planning, set up or clean up....what's NOT to love!? What I loved most about her birthday though was continuing traditions and creating new ones. I LOVE birthdays and nothing makes me more happy than being able to remind Gigi how special the day she was born is and how special it is to us too.
Gigi got a cute princess piggy bank when she was born and it has become the depository for all lose change in our house. On her first birthday we emptied it out and put the change in her bank account but last year and this year we let her take the change out and by something at the toy store. This year she was REALLY excited to do this as she had $57 whole dollars to spend. It was fun to see how seriously she considered each toy and asked how much it was and if she had enough money. After picking a few toys (notice from the below picture that she is into ALL things girly!) she had money left over and absolutely melted my heart when she said that Handsome could pick out something with her money. (By the way she pretty much only calls Jensen Handsome...this is the cutest thing to me. xoxo)

On the night before her birthday Daniel and I decorated her room with streamers and balloons in hopes to suprise her on her birthday. However, she woke up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and came into my room to let me know that someone had left a bunch of balloons in her room while she was sleeping and then went back to sleep. :) So, the suprise wasn't as big as I had hoped but she still loved it. In the morning we gave her Dream Lite and as you can see from the picture she was in shock. lol I must say it is actually a really cool toy! We also gave her a bunch of new dresses because as I mentioned earlier that is all she wears so I have given in and only buy her dresses. She was in heaven!

Then we dressed her up in her favorite new dress from Grammy that said, "Gigi Leigh Cute & 3" and we took a few pics of her with her birthday balloons. It was so much fun!

This year we started a new tradition that I found on none other than Pinterest that I am SO excited to continue and do with both Gianna and Jensen. Basically, I came up with 20 questions that I will ask the kids every year and each year I will put there answers into a book along with a picture from their birthday. They recommend that you start at 3 so I started this year with Gigi and it was so much fun! She is used to me asking her lots of questions as I get a total kick out of her answers and its a fun way I quiz her on colors and numbers and what not so here are the questions I chose:

1. What's your favorite color? Pink and Red
2. What's your favorite show? Doc McStuffins
3. What's your favorite snack? Turkey Sandwiches
4. What's your favorite thing to wear? Dresses (SHOCKER)
5. What's your favorite book? Penny Loves Pink
6. What's your favorite toy? Princess Castle
7. If you could be an animal which one would you be? Giraffe
8. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Strawberry
9. What is your favorite movie? Snow White
10. What game do you like to play? "I Get You I Get You" with Dad (This is a game that they play every day when Daniel gets home from work which consists of Daniel throwing Gigi in the air.)
11. Who's your best friend? Vinny
12. What makes you laugh? Funny Jokes
13. What's your favorite song? Old McDonald
14. Which holiday do you like the best? Easter
15. What do you like best about your brother? Helping to feed him his bottle.
16. What is your favorite thing to do with mom? Bake cupcakes
17. What is your favorite thing to do with dad? Play "I Get You I Get You"
18. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play in the pool
19. What is your favorite thing to do inside? Play hide and seek
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Ice Cream Lady

I absolutely cannot wait to see how these answers change every year!

Than we went to the big party! Gigi and all her little friends had a blast bouncing the night away! She got more dress up clothes and awesome toys than a little girl could dream of. I loved watching her expressions as she opened each gift...so happy so appreciative. The best part of the day to me was thinking she had fallen asleep in her bed only to see that she was laying in her bed with her hands behind her head with a sweet smile on her face staring at her princess dresses laid out in front of her. She was on cloud 9! Then she looked at me and asked me, "Mom, I get to turn 4 too?!" I laughed and told her that she did but she has a whole year to enjoy being 3. I know I will do my best to enjoy every moment of it too because I still can't believe that its been 3 years since I held my 7lb. 13oz. baby girl for the first time. What a truly amazing 3 years it has been.