happy birthday, bear!

i will always be astounded at how this:

turned into this:

in just 3 short years.

when i dropped the girls at school yesterday, the two teachers there heard it was nola's birthday this weekend. when they asked how old she was going to be and she held up three fingers, they both said 'wait, what? i thought you were turning 4!' i thought they were just joking around with her, but i think they actually thought she was a year older. she's definitely the size of a 4 year old :)

happy birthday, nola bear. we love you more than words can say and hope you have a wonderful day! you and your sister deserve a birthday party everyday :)

(ps, last night the girls were playing with a pretend birthday cake that their school gave to nola for her birthday. they were taking turns "making" the cake and bringing it to the birthday girl, singing happy birthday and then distributing the pieces. avery had such a beautiful look of pride on her face when she was presenting the cake to nola. i was taken back 3 years ago when we had no idea how any of us would interact/react to the newest family member. we especially worried how avery would do not being the center of our everything. last night proved once again that it was one of the best things that has happened to us and we're all madly in love with our nola josephine.)