Yesterday was Paige's birthday. She's been so excited about it and talking about if for almost a year. This year she actually learned what day her birthday is on so when you asked her she would tell you October 24th. It started out with her waking up to a princess baloon in the living room which she carried around with her all morning (including the bathroom when she took a bath). Then nothing special for breakfast just her normal "crunch" cereal which she'd eat all day long if possible. We then joined some of our family at J and J nursery for the hayride that takes you out to the pumpking patch to pick out a free pumpkin. Lots of fun. I think Scott's dad had more fun than anyone else. He couldn't stop talking about what a good idea it was and of course he was getting the specifics on the tractor that hauled us. Next it was home to our house for cake and ice cream. Scott's sister stuck around to carve pumpkins and then off to the olive garden for dinner. It was such a fun day and Paige's cold didn't even get in the way too much. (Paige weighs 25lbs 6oz. and is 36 inches tall.)
We love Paigers so much. We think she is such a smarty. My mom, the speech therapist, says Paige is exceptional in her speech. She is such a talker and understands things so well. I still have to remind myself that she is only three and so I can't expect all that I do of her. She knows her full name- Paige Kalea Roberts, and Ashley's full name. She loves to sing. One of my fellow nurses gave me some tapes with some "happy" songs as Paige calls them, such as "Farmer in the Dell", "Puff the magic Dragon", and "The Hokey Pokey". She wants them on everynight and we can hear her singing to them through the monitor. Since they are cassettes, she'll get a little mad when they turn off and they have to be turned over. She loves the "piano song" or John Scmidt's waterfall song and requests it to be played over and over. She loves princesses and thinks anyone wearing a dress is a princess and beautiful. She is definitly a girly girl. Unfortunately, she loves princess movies and wants to watch them 24/7. We've had temper tantrums over us not allowing her to watch more than one movie a day (yep, even that's probably excessive but oh well). she loves going to church and the nursery. The other day she gave her first prayer all by herself. Scott and I were so proud of her and she did so well. She has quite the humor and makes us laugh everyday. She loves to be held and snuggled with. She gives excellent kisses and is truly a gift for us.
On the other hand she is extremely independent and says, "I do it" for everything while not even accepting our help if she's doing it wrong. It can be very frustrating, especially when we're in a hurry. She can be a little stubborn and has taken to throwing things around the room when she gets mad. She doesn't understand "in a minute" and so she'll repeat things at length until it gets done. She is after all, THREE. We love her so much, even more now than when she was born.
