three

I'm so behind!  So much to blog about, so little time!  I mean, I had a sitter this afternoon for the big two and you want to know what I did?  I grocery shopped, I spent ten minutes sniffing around my vehicle until I finally located the awry pee diaper that was making said vehicle smell like dead gerbils, and then, in a moment of total indulgence just before the sitter's release time of 6pm .... I clipped my toenails.  You guys.  This is just SAD.  SAD!  So, this week, things happened.

The most major?  Vivian turned three.

She's three, my Vivi girl, my first daughter, my sassy pants.  And much like a certain middle child who came before her (cough cough Auntie Megan) ..... this is a girl knows how to work a birthday.  A donut celebration at Starbuck's, a few new books at the book store, visiting with cats at the shelter (Mommo adopted one!) (we did not!) (because J would file papers!), lunch with daddy that included a special gift JUST from daddy, cupcakes with some of her nearest and dearest ..... and a party coming up tomorrow, on top of that.  And then a quick Mimi visit to drag the birthday fun out just a little bit MORE, even!  Lucky girl, miss V.

hey vivi, act like you're three!
hey vivi, cats!
hey vivi, lunch!
hey vivi, must you do everything yourself always?
(yes.  yes, she must.  because, she's three.)

cupcakes.

I did manage, in a free ten minutes before preschool pick up, to get a few pictures of my girl on her third.  No editing, no fanciness here .... but they're so Viv.

i bought her these birthday flowers.
she was obsessed.

this picture just makes my heart so happy.
perfectly imperfect.

And with that, I gotta go.  There are people coming tomorrow for a party, and it looks a bit like there was tornadic activity in our house this afternoon.  And I'd like to get to bed early.  To watch Girls.  Because, obsessed.