Holy Cow, we have a 3 Year Old!!

That's right folks, John and Christy Stout are the proud owners of a 3 year old!  She walks, she talks, she's potty trained, and more!  We are so proud of our little girl and who she is becoming.  Joey is in school these days and comes home with lots of fun information.  She loves to tell us all about her bestie Cooper and she loves to sing the songs that they are learning at the moment!  The other day she came home singing about how Jesus rose from the dead and is alive forever more!!!  I love that :]  

Anywho, it wouldn't be right to have a birthday pass without a birthday post, so here goes....

The day starting with a birthday breakfast with cousin Mily!  The girls were both in their leotards ready for gymnastics class!!

 We got Joey a Strider Bike for her birthday!  It's awesome :] No pedals so that she can learn how to balance before adding the pedals into the mix!  Joey loves it!

The girls wanted to play a game before leaving for class......

.....then entered the Sammy monster....

....so the girls moved the game to the bed so the Sammy monster couldn't distruct :]

We dropped Mily off at her house and went to gymnastics.  When we got home, it was time to decorate the cupcakes.  I iced them and Joey sprinkled them :]

She would stick her entire hand in the sprinkles, sometimes eat a few, sometimes not, then she would dump them onto the cupcakes.  I would shake them off then put them in the cupcake holder :]

 All Joey wanted for her party theme was "pink and purple" and she wanted her cupcakes to be "chocolate with pink icing". Note all the sprinkles on the counter...

....and on the stool.....

....and on the floor....

.....and on the counter from another angle....

so I put Joey to work cleaning up her mess :]

 after the clean up, it was nap time, then off to the gym for Joey's party!!!

 This picture explains it all!  The party was super fun :] Go Brandon!!!

So another year is ahead of us, and our sweet girl is having moments of not so sweetness.  We pray that the Lord gives us the strength and persistence to continue raising Joey with Him in mind!  We love you Joey and we love everything about you!  We love that you can make us laugh every day, we love that you talk about Jesus, we love that you put on concerts on the landing of our stairs, we love that you are a book lover, we love that you are such a sweet sister to Sammy, we love that you love going to church, we love that you have the craziest hair, we love that you discipline yourself {true story, you will go and sit on the step if you even think you should be in trouble regardless if we make you or not}, we love that you are independent, we love that your favorite color is pink despite our best efforts :], we love the sweet little girl you are, and feel so blessed to have you in our lives!

Joey's stats for those interested...

Weight: 28lbs {21st %ile}

Height: 34.5" {34th %ile}

She did great at her 3 year old check up and kept asking for a shot.  She obviously doesn't know what a shot is :]  Anywho, Dr. Frank says she's doing great, and she even told Joey that she was quite the conversationalist!  Joey was so excited and said "thank you!!!"