3 years! (and 3 days)

Hannah turned 3 years old 3 days ago! I seriously can't believe she is already 3! The night before her birthday, Scott told Hannah that he was sad that she was getting so old. Well, that made our sensitive Hannah cry. It took quite awhile for Scott to reassure Hannah that he really was happy she was turning 3. And then it took a couple of days of Hannah repeatedly saying, "Daddy is happy that I'm 3!" for Hannah to completely reassure herself. :)

Anyway, here are some pictures of Hannah's special day...

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Hannah happily woke up to a pile of presents

 

She got to open one present before breakfast and the rest afterward,

Scott took the morning off, but we all went with him in the morning to drop something off at his work. We then made a few quick stops at some stores. Hannah was thrilled by the birthday treat of being able to run in with me to every store instead of waiting in the car with her daddy and Maelie.

Unfortunately, I failed to take pictures of us at the library--one of Hannah's favorite destinations. We were too late for story time, but Hannah really enjoyed showing her dad where story time is and getting drinks in their awesome drinking fountain.

 After Hannah's request of lunch from McDonald's, she enjoyed playing with her birthday loot from us.

And Maelie enjoyed pulling her hair.

 Maelie also enjoyed playing in this for the first time.

Hannah loved licking the beaters after her nap (and in the middle of her requested dinner of Ramen noodles).

Hannah did NOT want "fire" on her cupcake. At least we don't have a pyro on our hands.

Getting ready to sing "Happy Birthday!"

Maelie chimed in a little.

Hannah loved her pink frosting and especially her pink (strawberry) ice cream.

Hannah insisted on taking a picture of her new Ariel doll. This is the shot (of her cute belly) that she took on her own. Way funny,

And this is the shot she got when she let me help her aim. :)

Later Aunt Jana joined us for a little driving and mini golf at Trafalga.

It sure was a fun birthday for Hannah. In fact, we all had so much fun that we celebrated again two days later with my fam...

Hannah in her cute ladybug birthday outfit, trying on her daddy's old Christmas stocking.

Party at Aunt Nina's...

Hannah picked out Ariel birthday stuff, but only because Zurchers didn't have any Dora stuff.

She also insisted on getting this birthday princess hat, but she ended up not wanting to wear it much.

More pink frosting and pink ice cream. Yum!

Opening presents with Clay,

Our other cute little ladybug.

Hannah got all of her cousins to color in her new Ariel giant coloring book with her. Cute!

And look at these cute snuggle bugs with their reindeer jammies from Grandma and Grandpa Clayson. :)

Happy Birthday to the cutest, sweetest, smartest, funniest 3-year-old in the world--Hannah! :)