Lucy's Birthday!!

I can't believe Lucy is already 3! She is SO much fun and such a joy! She loves to be silly and make us laugh and I love it! She is my rough and tumble kid that is ALWAYS dirty! Seriously, I don't know how her face always gets so dirty! Some days she will look like she hasn't had a bath in a month and has been living in the wilderness. Just a solid layer of dirt! I don't get it...but I love it! She loves to quote movies and will randomly remember a part in a movie and start telling you about it and how silly it is! She totally gets the funny parts too. I love it! Here she is on her birthday morning! It is tradition to make pancakes with your name spelled in it. I always mess up at least once, so then I have to eat the rejects! You can't really see it in the picture, but it is there and it is pink!

One of Lucy's loves is animals! She LOVES them! From real live ones, to little plastic figurines...she loves them! Whenever we go to someones house who has a dog or something, she constantly talks about the dog for days and wants to go back. Zoos and farms are her favorite! She has no fear. She carries little plastic animals around with her everywhere! I can't tell you how many plastic animals are in the bottom of my purse! So for her party this year we thought it would be perfect to have a Farm Party! Here are some pictures we took for the invite.

Family - I know I usually send out an invite for you to see, but I don't think I am going to get around to it this year. Sorry! But here is a picture so you can see. They are supposed to look like barn doors, then you open them to view the info.

We were SO excited to find a traveling petting zoo in our area! So we had a petting zoo and pony rides for her party! She was SO excited! When they animal trailer pulled up and they started unloading the animals she came running and squealing and said, "A duckie and a goat, and a pony, and a bunny come to MY house!?!" She couldn't believe it and was absolutely thrilled!!!

She could have stayed out with the animals FOREVER! Some of her friends went inside to play after a while, but not Lucy! She was in heaven!

She had to run over and get some Daddy loves in all her excitement!!

Of course our sweet babysitter Bekah came! She is the best! We absolutely love her! And her Mom saved the day! Just as she was dropping Bekah off, Chris came over to me and realized neither of us had ever picked up the cake! HeLLO!!! We were blocked in the garage and couldn't leave so Bekah's Mom, Lorraine, went and got it for us!!! She is the sweetest! Seriously, last year we totally forgot to get Lucy a cake until the last minute and got something crappy. Next year Lucy, we will remember! :)

Look at this sweet face! I just adore her!

I just want to squeeze these girls! My, do I love them to much!
Seriously, I want this goat! How cool is that!?! He just sat there too!

We were lucky to have Grandma Christy and Grandpa Bob come for the fun! They had 2 day old chicks in that little bucket! Lucy loved them and got good at petting them with only 1 finger! I was surprised the chicks survived that many 3 year olds!

I didn't take many pictures of the surroundings so here you go!

She is so expressive when she opens presents. I love it! But she instantly wants to play with it. She is too funny. These elephants were and still are a HIT!! We all had so much fun! She was thrilled with the animals and we were so glad to see her so happy! We love you to pieces LuLu! You mean the world to us and we can't imagine life without your sweet smile!