3 Years Old!

William's half birthday also happens to be Eliana's third birthday!  We celebrated by going to the pediatrician.  Luckily, Eliana didn't have to get any shots, so it wasn't so bad.  She is 37.5in tall and 34lbs (about 75th percentile on both I think).  Eliana didn't just get a birthday, she got a whole month of celebrations!  Hmm, for her first birthday, we had one party.  Last year she turned two and had two parties.  This year for her 3rd birthday, we had three parties.  I'm not sure we can keep this pattern up.  What will be do when she turns 30?

On her actual birthday, we had a little party at our house, just our family.  Well, William was asleep, so just Eliana and her parents.  I let her choose what she wanted to eat (cheese pizza) and what type of cake (chocolate with chocolate icing).  She was so excited!  David was even able to come home early from work to join us.  Then I gave her a birthday present (a barbie - her first one!) which she liked a lot. 

Three blue candles

She used her fork at first...

but then gave up on the fork.  In the end, she mostly licked the icing off the top and left the cake.

We also celebrated her birthday back in Indianapolis with family and friends.  This time her cake had purple icing and sprinkles.  Also a hit.

So excited!

Eliana helped put the sprinkles on her cake.  She was great!

Lots of friends at her party.

Grandpa and Grandmama Bond and Uncle Ray

Playing with her presents with her friend Addison.

Last weekend we had our final celebration.  Eliana had a joint birthday party with her friend Amelia here in Columbus at Firefly Play Cafe (you see why I haven't been posting on the blog?  I've been too busy having parties!).  That was a lot of fun.  All of Eliana's friends came to the party including Jake from her old daycare.  Eliana was so funny because she told everyone she saw, "See that boy?  That's Jake!"  She spent a lot of time in the bounce house and just running around.  I made chocolate cupcakes with white icing for this party, but Eliana got a special cupcake just for her with chocolate icing.  It was really cute to see all of the little kids sitting at the table together eating cupcakes.  Eliana is really growing up.  Before I know it, she will be going off to birthday parties all on her own!  Every day feels like a new adventure watching her grow.  Happy Birthday Big Girl!