My Super Princess

For Ellie's 3rd birthday Steve and I got her a princess treasure box with 3 princess dresses, jewelry, shoes, and other accessories. This for a girl who doesn't like to get dressed in the morning (I was hoping to encourage her and make getting dressed fun--besides what little girl wouldn't want princess dresses, it's all the rage now). Well she was not impressed and quickly dismissed it to play with her gifts from the grandparents. So what inspired her to want to dressup? A friend who wanted to play dressup.

Ellie decided to wear her cape with the skirt--thus becoming "My Super Princess".

What do Super Princesses do? Make sure their cars are in top condition, of course.
(not a tea party as Mom suggested)

Here's to My Super Princess, who can say "No" a thousand times a day when things aren't going her way, who can melt your heart with her smile and laugh, who asks, "Mom/Dad are you happy?"
She truly is a Super Princess!

Girls' Checkups

Today Ellie had her 3year checkup and Lila had her 2month checkup. Here are the stats.

Ellie:
weight: 25 1/2 lbs <5% percentile
height: 36 1/8 inches 10-25% percentile

The nurse wanted to take her blood pressure which Ellie refused. We also tried doing an eye test so we went into a little room and the nurse showed Ellie pictures of shapes (Ellie could have done fine with the letter eye chart, but this is what they do for the little ones) she identified an O and was then shown a picture of a square which she called a rectangle (Steve will quickly point out that she is correct that a square is a type of a rectangle). The nurse was also impressed and said that Ellie was really smart. When the doctor came into our room Ellie was doodling on a note pad and she told the doctor that she was making a list for Daddy of Costco's sales. The doctor was impressed with how complete her sentence was--little did she know that was just the beginning of what she would hear from Ellie. The doctor asked her to identify what color her necklace was and she said, "Purple, but my shoes are pink." Obviously she knows her colors. At the end she was offered two books to choose between (they always give them a book at the end of a wellness checkup to encourage reading--I love our pediatricians!). She told the doctor she already had 10 monkeys jumping on a bed so she would take the other one.

Ellie sporting her stickers from the doctor.

Lila:
weight: 10lbs 14oz 50-75% percentile
height: 23 3/8 inches 75-90% percentile

She is going to be tall like her daddy. :) She got 3 shots today and a new vaccination they do orally. The nurse said that sometimes the baby will spit-up some or all of it but they are not to give any more to them. As for Lila, the chomper, she was glad to suck on anything providing some form of liquid and the nurse didn't even have to squeeze the medicine in (too bad all vaccinations cannot be given this way).

Classic Lila--she doesn't like the binky because it doesn't give her anything and it isn't fleshy enough for her taste. If you ever hear a loud sucking noise it's Lila's fist in her mouth. :)