Darby 2/52 v4

This 3 year old is a very good patient... blood pressure was perfect, vision was above average, and her growth chart is pretty amazing - 35.8 pounds (89%tile) and 39 inches (90%tile). Project this year is to hold the pen in her fingers, not her fist... and according to her Mama and Daddy, to be less cute! 

52 : 9 (part 6)

Ewan loves "working" at Salesforce and asks to come at least weekly. This last week he joined me for Take Your Kid to Work Day. He stuffed a bunny for the children's hospital, made friends, contributed to our community art, and was generally awesome! #FutureTrailblazers #SalesforceOhana #EwanGoesToWork

Darby 1/52 v4

Darby is a sweet girl and a very good friend. When asked, the highlight of her day is always playing with her friends. Her bestie is Sophia and these girls are quite the pair... and Sophia's presence completely determines how smoothly drop-off goes (she better be there) and how pick-up goes too (she better have left or be leaving as is pictured this week). 

52 : 8 (part 6)

Always fun to find photos on your phone that your children took while you got your much needed coffee. Ewan takes his art very seriously, he takes the photos and edits them and then shows them off... we think he may be concerned that his sister, who is days from three, looks to crazy in this one. 

3 Year Old Darby

Darby at 3 is always offering big hugs, getting compliments on her head of curls, and telling everyone how it is.

Darby Moira - 3 Years

3 Bows and a 3rd Birthday Date

Karl, the San Francisco fog, could not put a damper on Darby's 3rd annual birthday picnic at the botanical garden. We spent the morning wandering, toasting, and playing. Darby hunted for all the purple flowers and had to be reminded a few times not to pick them! We had been planning to surprise Darby with her own big girl room since we moved to our new house and were so excited to see all the details come together and to see how much she loved it, it truly was the perfect gift and our family members contributed different bits making it even more special. As is tradition we ended the day with cake, purple of course!

A letter to my daughter on this the day of her 3rd birthday...

Darby -

You have this way of stopping us in our tracks, often to discuss how awesome you are or to laugh hysterically... and today you are 3!

I worry that over the last month we have been pushing you too quickly to be a big girl, you moved into a big bed and today your very own big girl room, but you seem to be loving it while we mourn it. You said goodbye to diapers like a champ this year, are talking up a storm, and have continued to prove your flexibility as we have changed things up on you.

Darby, you have the best sense of humor and can drop a joke better than a lot of adults, you love to dance and only insist on being naked most of the time, you are sweet and sensitive with a HUGE dose of sass. You still struggle with discipline, not liking getting in trouble, but this happens so rarely and you are getting better at bouncing back. You follow directions, love to help teachers/parents, and even soothe your littler friends at school when they are missing their parents or can't fall asleep.

Your BFF is Sophia, you are your brothers biggest fan, a daddy's girl through and through, and more and more into me and all things girl. Speaking of... we tried to avoid the princess track but it has taken a hold of you and we have decided to embrace it, all the better for family sing-a-longs... up where they walk, up where they run, up where they play all day in the sun, wandering free, wish I could be, part of you world! You love playdates and birthday parties are your favorite, I think yours took the cake (pun intended).

This year you will refine your speech, start to write if we can ever get you to hold your pencil right, and continue to take the world by storm. You are a force to be reckoned with but you always (ok usually) make time for a hug and a good mouth-on-mouth kiss.

Let's Cuddle!
Mama