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31 lb (70%) 37 in (60%)


Favorite color: Blue/pink/purple depends on the day
Favorite song: "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
Favorite show: Sofia the First
Favorite foods: cheese, pepperoni, berries & french fries
Favorite toys: Kitchen (&food) & dress up clothes
Favorite things to do: sing, dance, dress up, play chase, read books, watch a show, catch/throw & make art projects


Bedtime usually ends up around 9 PM and she is up at 8 AM. Most of the time she still takes a 2 hour nap, 2-4 PM. She eats whatever we eat except lettuce, squash & uncooked tomatoes

She loves nursery at church, grandma's house (playing with her cousin Maren), helping around the house, constantly touching her brother, making messes in her room, socializing with anyone & honestly just doing anything we get her excited about. She loves adventures. Maybe her MOST favorite thing is meeting new friends. And boy, everyone is her friend. I love it.

She knows most of her letters and can connect it to a picture (yay for Melissa & Doug puzzles). She recognizes 1-10 if she focuses. For both of these to happen, I have to bribe her to focus long enough so we usually practice them in parts for my patience. She easily passed those questions at the doc office. I wasn't sure about jumping 6 inches, but she even managed that after enough tries. When it showed a stick figure with a belly and asked them to identify it, she said "that's Dallin". Human or snowmen were acceptable answers and certainly that answer fit.


Personality wise, definitely a daddy's girl but hasn't changed much from her independent, social, emotional, caring, clever little self. She has a great memory and soaks up her world like a sponge. She really tries to please her parents and be a good friend. She is still relatively strong willed although logical so we can talk her through most decisions. One minute she can be very upset over something we told her, to the next being happy about that very same thing. So very emotional, but very much THREE. 

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  1. Corbin and Amy03 May, 2016

    How do you have time to BLOG!! She is a little doll!

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  2. Corbin and Amy03 May, 2016

    How do you have time to BLOG!! She is a little doll!

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