Our sweet little Aurelle is no longer a toddler, but now a preschooler!
Our traditional birthday morning breakfast... Donuts:
Just check out this girl's birthday morning haul!
That weekend we invited Aunt Raquel over for Aurelle's official family birthday party where she was serenaded, yet again, this time with pumpkin cupcakes!
Since Aurelle's birthday is exactly a week before Halloween, Costco had these awesome pumpkin cupcakes which she decided to pick out for her party... they were seriously huge!
Enjoying some massive birthday cupcakes:
And of course we had our birthday date with Mommy to go get birthday pictures and lunch!
Aurelle wasn't particularly in the mood to take pictures that morning, so it took a while for her to warm up in front of the camera. Hence, the fact that the first few pictures were taken in Mommy's lap:
Aurelle wasn't particularly in the mood to take pictures that morning, so it took a while for her to warm up in front of the camera. Hence, the fact that the first few pictures were taken in Mommy's lap:
And many more were taken as she laid/climbed on and hid behind a small couch (which was the only way, at first, that I was able to convince her to sit that was not on my lap!):
Caught mid-cough:
And then the blue chair and teddy bear- yet another negotiation to get a couple smiles out of this birthday girl! The photographers were so patient and understanding, which I really appreciated, because we were able to get a lot of great "personality" shots and, eventually, several great smiles!
And my personal favorite:
But the official winner was:
What a beautiful girl!
Within the week of her birthday, Aurelle and I had yet another date, this time to the doctor's office for her third year well check! That counts as a date, right?
3 year well check stats:
Height: 38 inches (74.35th percentile)
Weight: 26.9 pounds (12.53th percentile)
BMI: 13.09 (.24th percentile)
Our pediatrician has encouraged "calorie packing" on our part for Aurelle, meaning throwing in extra calories at every possible opportunity: extra peanut butter on her sandwiches, lots of healthy oils, dips like hummus and guacamole, offer lots of whole wheat, calorie-packed carbs, etc. And we really do our best to make sure she has plenty of healthy food options at every meal (more on that later), in the end, she's just built slender!
Some things about Aurelle at 3 years old:
•Aurelle loves to do anything Minnette is doing. In writing this post, thinking about all the things that Aurelle enjoys, I realized that I could basically post all of Minnette's favorite things, and most of them would line right up with Aurelle's!
•She loves to tell me that her favorite colors are pink and orange and all sparkly colors!
•She loves to point out things that match. "Mommy, our shirts match!", "My cup and Minnette's cup are both blue!"
•She is such a sweet big sister and loves to love on Jovi. You will often see Aurelle instigating a hug, or rubbing Jovi's hair, or finding a book or a baby to give her to "help her be happy."
•She loves to carry trinkets around- inside of other things. A purse filled with cars and necklaces. A tupperware container filled with cards, legos and animals. She will pretend it's her lunch, her groceries, treaties to take to school, etc. And she is very consistent with what she puts inside of what... she remembers every little item that goes inside of each purse/container that she chooses to carry around!
•Aurelle is such a great napper! This is one area of my life as a mother in which there is never a battle. Have her go potty, put her in her bed, give her a kiss and shut the door. You won't see her or hear from her for a minimum of 2 hours.
•Her hair is getting so long, and still spiral curls at the ends. I am afraid to ever cut it, because I'm afraid she'll lose her sweet curls!
•She can be a very particular and even sometimes moody eater. You just never know what she will or won't want to eat. She absolutely loves oatmeal and usually has two or three bowls in one sitting, yet some mornings she might not take more than a couple bites. She looooves pizza, though some pizza nights, she just won't have anything to do with it! On more than one occasion, she has willingly gone without birthday cake, or some other awesome dessert because she didn't want to eat a single. bite. of her dinner. Like I said, you just never know!
•With that, she has a very determined personality. She knows what she wants/doesn't want and there is absolutely no changing her mind once she has made it up. She is constantly teaching us, as parents, how to be flexible! She will be a strong force for good in the world.
We all love Aurelle so much, and are so grateful to have her in our family! She brings us so much joy each and every day, and as her parents, we are so grateful to be able to watch her grow and develop into such a beautiful and sweet girl!
•Aurelle loves to do anything Minnette is doing. In writing this post, thinking about all the things that Aurelle enjoys, I realized that I could basically post all of Minnette's favorite things, and most of them would line right up with Aurelle's!
•She loves to tell me that her favorite colors are pink and orange and all sparkly colors!
•She loves to point out things that match. "Mommy, our shirts match!", "My cup and Minnette's cup are both blue!"
•She is such a sweet big sister and loves to love on Jovi. You will often see Aurelle instigating a hug, or rubbing Jovi's hair, or finding a book or a baby to give her to "help her be happy."
•She loves to carry trinkets around- inside of other things. A purse filled with cars and necklaces. A tupperware container filled with cards, legos and animals. She will pretend it's her lunch, her groceries, treaties to take to school, etc. And she is very consistent with what she puts inside of what... she remembers every little item that goes inside of each purse/container that she chooses to carry around!
•Aurelle is such a great napper! This is one area of my life as a mother in which there is never a battle. Have her go potty, put her in her bed, give her a kiss and shut the door. You won't see her or hear from her for a minimum of 2 hours.
•Her hair is getting so long, and still spiral curls at the ends. I am afraid to ever cut it, because I'm afraid she'll lose her sweet curls!
•She can be a very particular and even sometimes moody eater. You just never know what she will or won't want to eat. She absolutely loves oatmeal and usually has two or three bowls in one sitting, yet some mornings she might not take more than a couple bites. She looooves pizza, though some pizza nights, she just won't have anything to do with it! On more than one occasion, she has willingly gone without birthday cake, or some other awesome dessert because she didn't want to eat a single. bite. of her dinner. Like I said, you just never know!
•With that, she has a very determined personality. She knows what she wants/doesn't want and there is absolutely no changing her mind once she has made it up. She is constantly teaching us, as parents, how to be flexible! She will be a strong force for good in the world.
We all love Aurelle so much, and are so grateful to have her in our family! She brings us so much joy each and every day, and as her parents, we are so grateful to be able to watch her grow and develop into such a beautiful and sweet girl!
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