My little girl is growing up.

She's 3 now! I can't believe it. It's not possible. But, here we are. Parents of a 3-year-old.

We celebrated C's birthday on Saturday with a little barbecue and BYU football watching with cousins.

I'm having trouble coming up with a way to adequately describe C. Maybe you just have to experience her to really get it. She's spunky, smart, and full of life, with a fair amount of naughtiness mixed in to keep things interesting.

She's on a little bit of a Scooby Doo kick.


She even dressed up as Scooby Doo for Halloween in the costume my sister sent me that was meant for Oliver.

Classic C.

I love this picture of her. Last week I took her into the store "Claire's" at the mall to buy some hair clips. She found a few other things she liked too. It was hard to resist that face, but I did. The tantrum that ensued was awesome. Thankfully, my friend Heather was with me and took her out kicking and screaming while I paid for the hair clips. A true friend. She didn't even try to explain to anyone that it wasn't her kid.

The best thing about having a kid this age is all the crazy/funny things they say. My favorite C quotes as of late:

As we peeked in the window of the kitchen at church: "Mommy, is Jesus in there?"

When she was potty training and I kept asking her if she needed to go potty: "I will tell you when I meed to go peep. I'm not going to peep on your new carpet!"

When we asked why she did something kind of naughty (can't remember what it was): "My grandfather told me to do it."

Any time she does something naughty and I catch her: "Sorry, Mommy. It was an ann-ci-nent."

When she smells something bad: "There's muck in my nose!" (the Flake word for poo)

Along those same lines: "Mommy, if you muck in your panties, I'm going to take away your computer."

And my favorite C quote, which was repeated SEVERAL times on her birthday:

"This was a good birthday ever!"

I think she was trying to say it was the best birthday ever.

Love her to pieces.