Three at last!

Today my baby turns three. It seems hard to imagine that we're already here, but not so hard to think of her as three. She has been growing into it for months now and can't wait til she can shout, 'I'm three!!' from the rooftops.

So pardon me as I take a walk down memory lane. These pictures mean the world to me. As Lillia grows into these years, my memories of Bella start to run together and fade away. Just a glance at these images brings me right back into the moment, and there is nothing sweeter than that.

Every year she seems so big, but every year I look back on that 'grown up' little girl and marvel at how tiny she seems now. I can only imagine what next year will have in store. She just seems so incredibly grown up right now...



Over the year she has learned more exciting and efficient ways to play the same games.



And yet still manages to do some things in the exact same ways.




This was our family a week before Bella was born.



And a few hours after she was born - snuggled in bed, waking up together for the first time. This is probably one of my favorite pictures ever. Bella has been a daddy's girl right from the start.



Bella's second day on this earth.




Moving right along to her first birthday!

Some days I cannot believe how much she looks like Lillia!











And her second birthday. I was sick a lot that year and don't have as many birthday pictures. This was on her birthday. The weather was phenomenal so we went out right at bedtime to take a look at the moon.



Sigh. (They grow up so fast...)