Noah is THREE!

Our sweet and crazy lady is three! We had her birthday party on her actual birthday this year since it fell on a Saturday and it worked for everyone. It was a blast. Noah had been excited for weeks about her party-letting everyone know that it was coming and that we would have cake and party hats (yes, I thought I bought those and realized the day of that I hadn't - but Noah didn't notice at all).
We woke up to Noah coming back to our room letting us know that the front of the house was decorated for her birthday - and she was SO excited :) Then we gave her her favorite - OJ and let her open her presents - the most exciting was a fish tank - soon to be filled with a fish of her choice. We had breakfast and then got ready to head out to pick out her fish (and pick up the cake and last minute food for the party). The cake was from Heavenly Sweets (YUM) and after I picked it up and made a call about what certainly was a cake meant to go to a nursing home *BORING* and not for a 3 year old - they redid the cake and we left with an adorable cake. Daddy had to take Jocelyn home for her nap so Noah and I headed to Uncle Bill's and she picked out a blue betta fish (pics on my other camera, will come later) and we went home to get it all set up. His name is (drumroll please) Leonidas - Leo for short. Noah couldn't come up with a name (she said she "wasn't naming him ANYTHING!") so we picked the name Adam was saving for our first son (my vote: ain't happening) - :)
Alright - one last thing - We love Noah so much - she's hilarious and fun, so busy and so beautiful. She is joyful and sweet and creative and such a girl. She's a great big sister, a great helper, and our precious Noey :) Some of my favorite memories this past year - when she came out to the family room with her arm soaked up to the elbow and said "I'm wet" - and my mind worked in slow motion to draw the conclusion that the only way she could soak her arm up to the elbow would be the toilet. Yum. Memory #2- Noah has a love of toothpaste...once she mistook facewash for toothpaste and brushed her teeth. She came to tell me that she was "all clean" - with soap bubbles foaming around her mouth. There's plenty more but on to the pics :)
(issues with slideshow - pics to return as soon as....eh - later.)