Well our baby girl turned 3 this week!! This time last year we were praying that we would get that famous call saying we had a court date - sitting on pins and needles. This year we actually got to celebrate Rhyne's birthday and have a party!!

Rhyne invited about a dozen children and their parents over for cake and ice cream for her Hello Kitty (aka - kitty cat party). I believe a great time was had by all, but it was exhausting! Now I know why some pay outrageous prices to have parties somewhere other than their house! She got lots of gorgeous clothes, baby dolls and accessories, pocket books, a backpack, and even jewelry!! She loved opening the gifts and having all the attention, but what she really wanted to do was to go outside and play with the kids - go figure.

We are fortunate enough to have a full blown cake baker in our family - my Mother-in-law (Granny M). She did a wonderful job on the cake!

On Friday, we went for Rhyne's 3 year old check up and the doctor said ("that's what you get for jumping on the bed". Couldn't resist throwing that tune in there since the kids are always singing it) she is doing great and is at the 75th percentile in weight - 35 lbs, and 50th percentile for height 36.75 inches. She's speaking great for her age (found out we are only supposed to understand 75% of a 3 year olds speech), and is very observant. She is almost all the way potty trained - except at night, and loves to wear her panties. Her coloring is getting really good and she is starting to really play with her baby dolls (feeding them, putting them night-night, etc).

We are going to attempt to go and have birthday pictures taken today - please pray for us! You know she absolutely hates to have her picture taken if it's not being done by a family member. I hope she does well, because we go next week for Christmas pictures.