my baby turns 3 tomorrow...(warning this is soppy!)

I'm feeling emotional today as my little girl is growing up :-(

I am so proud of how clever, funny and beautiful she is, I am a very lucky mummy!!!

Laila nearly 3

I think the terrible two's have been over for a while and she entered what some mums I know call the "traumatic threes". I was a bit shocked as I had it in my head that once she turned 3 and came out of toddlerhood she would be this wonderful and well-behaved little girl!! Ha HA!!!

Laila's 2nd birthday

Actually having said that, she is currently in a wonderful and well-behaved phase. The excitement and build-up of Christmas definitely had a negative effect on her behaviour and she was more than troublesome, but that passed a couple of weeks ago. She is showing quite a lot of maturity these days, she will take herself to bed when she's tired, she reads herself books in bed (well looks through the pages she can't read just yet!), goes to sleep without any trouble and reads her books again in the morning instead of coming in to wake us up! She can get dressed and undressed all on her own and just loves helping me with everything. She's a great big sister to Max and adores him, my heart just melts when they giggle together.

Laila at 1 yr old

Laila at 1 day old

She loves singing and dancing and has an amazing memory and imagination. We have a blue dog living in our house who goes everywhere with us, people are surprised when we call out to doggy to follow us and they can't see him, but we know he's there!!!

I don't know if this is a more significant birthday than others, although I was emotional for the 1st and 2nd ones too. 

Is this how I will feel each year as they grow?