Quinn's Three Year Old Pictures

Quinn is Three!

 



Quinn is THREE!

Quinn turned three in March and it is hard to believe. I swear I was just bringing her home from the hospital. That girl keeps me on my toes but man do I love her something fierce. She can work it somehow to get her way a majority of the time. She is so funny and is a straight up goofball. She loves to do silly things to get attention and reminds me a lot of her daddy.
 

She copies just about everything Claire does and it is so cute. She plays well with Claire and Claire's friends. She wants to be around her big sister all the time. I may have a hard time getting her to adjust to Claire being gone to school when August gets here. She looks up to Claire and I pray they will always be such good friends.
 

She still loves to eat and will try just about anything once. She has,for whatever reason, decided she doesn't like potatoes unless it is the french and fried kind.
 

Her favorite shows are Doc McStuffins, Sophia the First, and Curious George. Her favorite movie right now is Tiana (Princess and the Frog) even though there are scary guys in it.

She is in the middle of a stage where she doesn't like boys. She only likes Jesus and daddy and that's it. (her words) Jared told her to keep it that way. :)
 

We had such a fun time having a Cinderella party with the four of us and grandma. We started off the day going to build a bear where Claire and Quinn both picked out bears. Quinn named hers Rainbow bear an Claire named hers Pink Bear Love. We had "beans and rice" at On the Border and then back home for princess cake.

 

Months before Q told me she only wanted Cinderella presents (dress, shoes, crown, etc) but then about a week before she changed her mind and wanted a Minnie Mouse outfit and a Doc McStuffins doctor kit. She reminded me every day for that week what she wanted for her birthday so we made sure that was what she got and she was so excited.

 

She is already talking about her next birthday and she wants it to be Sophia the first. She wants a Sophia dress, shoes, crown, and jewelry. A lot can change between now and her next birthday but it is so fun to listen to her list out what she wants and what kind of cake she wants. She likes birthdays like her mama does.

 

Happy Birthday to my spunky baby girl, Quinn! Love you boo boo chicken!!

 

 

 



 



Sick Baby Girl

A couple of months ago Quinn had the flu and as she was taking a nap on the couch I took a few pictures. She looked so sweet so I had to share.

 



Potty Training...again.

Well, we started potty training Quinn...again. It has been 5 months since the last time and she took the lead on it again. This time she was ready! She has done so good!! We still have accidents when we go out of the house because she is scared to go on another potty...me too, honey! Plus we are not sleep trained but we are headed in the right direction. I was ready this time as well. The day she told me she wanted to go on the big potty was the last time she wore a diaper. (January 8th to be exact) ;) She wears her princess panties most of the time but for some reason prefers pull ups. Maybe one day I will not have to buy a diaper like item again!! Like I said we are headed in the right direction.

Just Quinn

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Don't you just want to eat her up? Dirty face and all!!

Favorite Dress

Quinn's dress from Easter this year quickly became her favorite dress. I think it has to do with the fact that it has flowers, has tulle, and twirls like none other. She calls it her church dress because at first I only let her wear it to church. She asked to wear it every day so finally I gave in and you know what...she wore that dress out this summer. She would wear it at least twice a week and one week she wore it five out of seven days!! So many pictures are taken of her in that dress. I was very happy to pack away summer clothes and bring out winter just so she wouldn't wear it anymore. So this was the last day she was able to wear it and I felt like we needed to document it since it was so important to her. She is precious in it.

 

 

 

 

P.S. She has now found a winter skirt that she asks to wear every day. Stinker!



Quinn's Artwork

Quinn is really loving to draw as well. Her favorite thing to do is cut paper up but I am just going to post her drawings. I am so amazed at how it went from scribbles to people. So cute!

 

Person



She made a Q up at the top. It's the only letter she can write.

She colored everything herself.

I printed this for her to go over her numbers and she did it all by herself after I told her what color went to what number. She decided not to finish it.



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These Boots Were Made For Walkin

Quinn got a new pair of boots from grandma and she loves them! I just had to get pictures of her in them and she was ready to ham it up. I love when my girls like getting their picture taken by me. She enjoyed showing off her new boots.

 



Those Eyes

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Never a dull moment with this one! So goofy!

Just like Quinn

Isn't it funny how you can spend so much time growing your hair out just to cut it all off in two hair appointments. I had been growing my hair out since Quinn was born, so 2 1/2 years. It was almost as long as it was in high school. (man, when I think about it that was a long time ago) I was getting bored and so I decided to cut it off. I was nervous to do a major cutting all at one time so I just had it cut it to my shoulders only to cut it off to chin level 6 weeks later. I really do like it until I look at a picture of me with long hair and I think, hmmm....maybe I should grow it back out. Yes, this drives Jared and my hair lady crazy!

The girls had to go with me to get my hair cut because of scheduling troubles and I was super nervous to take them. Luckily I was scheduled to go in at noon so I went by Wal-Mart and got the girls popcorn chicken. It is their favorite and I knew I had to keep them busy some how. It worked pretty well until I look over and Claire and Quinn are going through another hair dresser's station drawers. Perm rods can be quite interesting especially when you have no idea what they are. Other than that they were very good and well behaved. When I was all done and the chair was turned around the girls were in shock I think. They both exclaimed how now I look just like Quinn!!! As I look back into the mirror I realize that I have the same haircut as my 2 year old. I am not quite sure what that says about me...
I really do like my new "do" and I am glad the girls like it. I am also thankful that the girls didn't tear up the salon. All though, I should have tipped a little better because I am sure she had to clean chicken grease off of her windows for a while.

Quinn and I rockin our hair do's!!!

 



Not quite time

So I posted a couple of weeks ago that we were going to start potty training Quinn. That is a big no go. It lasted a day and a half and that was it. I was just not ready to stay committed and stick with it plus Quinn did not care at all as well. The first day she had numerous accidents and did not go in the potty at all. We sat on the potty for what seemed like all day. She would sit there and talk, and sing, and play with the shower curtain or the toilet paper. At one point she crosses her legs and just stares at me. Little stinker. I even told her she would get M&M's for going. She acted excited about it but obviously did not care enough. The second day was looking a lot like the first except when I said it was time to try and potty she told me no, she didn't want to go potty on the big potty. So I sat her down and we talked. I told her she was still a big girl but that we will try this again in a few weeks. She looked at me and said ok mommy. We put a diaper on and she has been content with that ever since. It is so funny how different she is from Claire and I look forward to having to come up with a different approach with her. Looking forward to it may be the wrong words. :) I am so happy she is who she is and I wouldn't change her for the world. I love that cute toot! 

It's potty time...maybe.

Quinn has been asking to go on the big girl potty and also has been taking her own diaper off. So we  decided to start potty training her and today was the first day.

Quinn and I went to Wal-Mart last night so she could pick out her big girl underpants. It was a tough choice and she went back and forth between Hello Kitty, fairies, Minnie Mouse, and princesses. In the end she picked the princesses because Rapunzel is on one of them and that is her favorite movie.

I have to admit that the thought of potty training is not appealing to me. Plus it is just making me realize my "baby" is growing up. None the less we attempted today. She had 4 accidents and never went in the potty. She sat on the potty for what seemed like most of the day. She would sit there and sing, cross her legs, play with the toilet paper, play with the shower curtain, anything but go potty. She would tell me she needed to pee pee as she was going all over the floor. I even gave her the M&M incentive that worked so well with Claire. She wanted the candy and she tried but was unsuccessful.

So, I am saying a prayer that it all clicks and she starts to get it tomorrow or we may be waiting and I will be patting that diaper bottom a little longer...and that may just be ok with me. ;)

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Blue Chair

You may already know this about me but I go through spurts of wanting to do something crafty or creative. We had this chair in the attic and I decided to paint it to use as a prop for pictures. I am still trying to decide if I should put the brown stain on top like we did Quinn's dresser. It will darken it up a lot. If I decide to that I will post a picture. Isn't it such a sweet little chair?

Goofball

Felt I should have her in the background again.

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These pictures were taken last week after we got back from a 9 day vacation. Posts about vacation to come later. Quinn was in her room for Rest Time because she knows that Claire no longer takes a nap so now she refuses to nap. This day I think the lack of sleep and non routine caught up with her. I don't even know how this is possible. She must have been tired.