Our Little Lady is 3!!!

It seems so crazy to think that our little peanut started out this tiny....

and is now such a big girl!!!

Yep, today our Victoria Mae turned 3!!!  She has been so excited about her birthday and has been talking about it for weeks!  We started out the day with princess waffles- of course!!! (Jer and Kim- note the Pinkalicious book prominently displayed on the table- she loves it!!!)

And then we spent the rest of the day doing some of Tori's favorite things!  We played, read books, and had a very extensive photo shoot!

Oh, how this smile just lights up a room!!!  

Tori came up with this pose all by herself- so grown up!

This morning we had planned on going on a hike and it ended up being cold and rainy.  So we let Tori open a present early!  She was so excited about her new soccer ball.  Although, I don't think she has kicked it yet.  But she has run around with it, thrown it, and yes, even posed for pictures with it!!!

Here is our little Tori and all of her most special friends!!!  (I think we pulled all of them off her bed- it's pretty crowded at night!)

Another fantastic grin!

Garrett thought this set up was pretty great, too!

Tori absolutely loves opening presents!  Here she is checking out her new Dora coloring book! (I love how she keeps moving to prevent Garrett from getting her book!)

I don't know how he got this close to one of Tori's presents without her rescuing it- I so love the look on his face!!!

No birthday would be complete without a new pretty dress!

Tori and her flower cake!  (She has been requesting a flower cake for about 2 months now!)

 Happy birthday to you!  (Sorry about the crazy singing- we are finding out that it is really hard to sing along with others over skype- but it is so worth having them involved!!!)

Yummy- birthday cake is the best!!!

Happy birthday little Tori-bear!!!  We love you oh so very much!  We love your sweet personality and all the fun you bring with you!  You are such a big helper and a wonderful big sister!  Our family just wouldn't be complete without you!!!  We are so glad you get to be with us forever!!!