Three Year Check Up

Today was Katherine's three year well visit.  It is hard to believe that she has not had to go to the doctor or walk in clinic since her well visit last year!  That is a record for the Troutt kids!  She got a glowing review from Dr. Patterson. Her height and weight are still below the 50th percentile.  Her vocabulary is more than adequate for her age and she seems to be doing great!  She was a little shy around Dr. P, but that is too be expected since she hasn't seen her in so long.  She kept calling her Mr. Piston!  She got a kick out of that!

Stats:
Ht: 36 1/4"
Wt: 30#

Luke was 38" and 33# at his three year mark.

Three Years!

Morning playground fun!

Enthralled by the giraffes

Today is Katherine's special day!  Cannot believe our baby girl is three!  It is cliche  but time is flying past us.  I took the day off to spend with the kids.  We started the day by letting Katherine pick where we ate breakfast.  She chose Chik fil a.  Paul was able to come, too.  The kids were so excited when they got the playground all to themselves. There aren't a lot of kids in there on a Monday morning.  After that we ran home for a bit to get some things together to go to the zoo!  Both kids have been asking to go for a while now.  We haven't had a family membership in a couple of years so we haven't been going.  The weather is still absolutely gorgeous and unseasonably cool for this time of the year.  We spent almost three hours there and we didn't see half of everything there was to see.  We focused on the giraffes and elephants.  We also rode the carousel, did the farm tour and played on the playground.  It wore us all out!

Paul was able to meet us for lunch at Jason's Deli.  It is one of the kids favorites and ours as well.  We came home for naps after that and then enjoyed a low key night at home.  We had leftovers from the party the night before including the cake!  Love our sweet girl and can't believe how much joy she brings to our lives!

Pirate and Princess Birthday!

Katherine and Gigi

So proud of her cake!

So excited to have the Boyd kids with us!

She needed a little help with the candle

Sweet face!

She loved her Cinderella doll.

Laura and me with our kiddos

JonJon and Lukey

Family Pic

Our pirate and little princess!

Katherine has been talking about her birthday party for months now.  She had always said she wanted a Hello Kitty or a Minnie Mouse party.  When I took her to pick out invitations wouldn't you know it...she picked out princess invites! I asked her numerous times if that is what she wanted.  She had been so set on Hello Kitty.  She insisted on Princess which was fine by me.  Easy breezy for sure.

As it got closer and we found out the Boys would still be in town and able to come we decided to let the boys dress as pirates and the girls as princesses.  We just had family and a few close friends.  I kept the decor simple, reusing the lanterns and banner from her 1st birthday party.  Paul grilled burgers and we had corn on the cob, salad and mac and cheese.  Katherine requested homemade orange sherbet and picked out a Cinderella cake for dessert.

The weather remains absolutely beautiful.  The high today was 82 and the low tonight is supposed to be 59!  this is unheard of in Tennessee in July.  We took advantage of it and had everything outside.  The kids had a blast playing with each other.  The rode bikes, played basketball and played on the jungle gym.

Jim, Claudia and Lauren weren't able to make it but everyone enjoyed getting together and loved being outside.  We had a great time celebrating our baby girl's birthday!!!