THREE!

We recently celebrated Gianna's 3rd birthday!!  She has always loved everything about birthdays - the "Happy Birthday" song is actually one of her favorites for us to sing, even if it's nobody's birthday!  She always loves to listen and pretend to blow out the candles on a pretend cake.  So you can imagine how excited she was for it to be her REAL birthday!!  We held her party with family and friends at the Little Gym.  A gym wouldn't seem to be the best place to have a party for GiGi with her balance problems, but this one is perfect. It's designed for toddlers so it's completely padded and colorful!  Her party theme was Sesame Street.  This is the only show she likes to watch, and she actually calls it "Babies" because her favorite part is where Elmo talks to babies.  We were so grateful for our families to be there - they traveled from 3 states to celebrate with Gianna!  She talks about all of them all the time and of course especially the new family "babies" Matthew and Troy.  Have I mentioned that she's a little baby-obsessed??  GiGi was so happy and calm during the whole party - I thought she might get a little overwhelmed, but she seemed to just soak it all in and enjoyed every minute of it!  She's such a people-person - so being surrounded by so many people that she loves was an incredible birthday gift!

Elmo head to toe.....

With Nana and PapPap

With Mimi and Granddaddy

Taking time out from playing for a family pic

Gigi was so excited to get to see her new cousin Matthew for the first time!

It was hard for Gianna to put her fingers in the right position for "three".
She kept asking me to, "fix my fingers!" so that she could show off her new age.

The party guests signed Gianna's banner as a keepsake for her

It was a treat for GiGi to get to feed her new little friend Douglas!

High heels, birthday crown, and her cousin Haley.....perfect combo!

This little kitchen from Troy and Shannon is going to be a favorite!

Enjoying singing into her pink diva microphone from Aunt Adria!

This pic was from the morning of her actual birthday  - she was still practicing putting her fingers in the right place to show off "three"!  She asked me every day for a week, "It's my birthday again?!"