Three

the day before you were born...

the day after you were born...

your 3rd birthday!!!

Dear India,

I have seen many changes in you this past year. You have made a smooth transition from toddler to girl and from single child to big sister. You are tall for your age and you speak well. People will often tell me they forget just how young you really are, because you do not act your "age". I am guilty of raising my expectations of your abilities also… and still you thrive. You have risen to meet those expectations and you have begun to set them for yourself.

You take dance classes on a Friday and excel wherever music is involved. You are smart, you are so smart. Whether it is a promise made a month ago or an entire verse to a song; you will remember it. You figured out how to use the iPhone before I did and you love to play the PS3 with your Dad. You are creative with your hands and your mind. You love to paint and make up stories. You love icy-poles and sweeties but struggle to find the same fondness for any green vegetable (except cucumber). You love spaghetti and fruit. You still have a bottle and rub the back of your fist along my neck/chin as you fall off to sleep. You still won’t sleep through the night.

You came into this world screaming; with reluctant and dramatic force. You live each day in a like manner! You have sass… you have spunk… you have attitude. What amuses me in your infancy I fear in your youth but I hold onto the hope that you will continue to be head strong for the right causes, an advocate for good. You are a force to be reckoned with my girl; A hurricane of kisses and kindness. You love as fiercely as you fight and have proven that your bark and your bite are the same. I am proud to have a child who says what she means and means what she says… and the things you say make me laugh and cry and fill me up to over-flowing.

Happy 3^rd Birthday India.

I love you so very much!!!

Love Mum xxx

 The mermaid cake I made for you...

 I hope all your wishes come true!!!