As the years fly away

The days are slowly approaching when our sweet Eva Kate will be turning 3 years old! I feel like the years fly by, and yet there are definitely days when time seems to stand still. I have loved the 2 1/2 - 3 year age the best so far. Yes, I loved her being a tiny baby, and we had fun watching her learn to walk and talk more, but this past season has been my favorite with her. I love that she can talk so much. I love that she can do things with me and that our interaction together continues to grow. I love seeing her become more independent, yet still be little enough to want to cuddle up right next to me. Don't get me wrong, there are those handful of rough mothering days, but I would keep all those hard moments if it meant I could bottle her up at this age for a bit longer. It never helps that her birthday always fall right after the back to school time so I find  myself thinking about how few years I have left with her at  home with me all day, let alone how few months we have left of just the two of us at home all day. She has told me that she will stay 2 years old as long as she can still have a birthday party....I will probably let her be 3 :)

The other day I was sitting with her and decided to interview her with some "almost 3 year old" questions. If I was a perfect mother I would have captured these on video, but then again she probably wouldn't have answered them all that way. Here are her answers.

1. What do you want to be when you grow up? A firefighter
2. Who is your best friend? Malin (I thought it was me....)
3. What is your favorite show? Frozen
4. What is your favorite thing to do? Learn school
5. What is your favorite toy? Buzz Lightyear
6. What is your favorite thing for us to do together? Go to Starbucks
7. How old are you? 2
8. How old am I? 4
9. Who do you love? Gentry
10. Who loves you? Daddy 

I love that she said, "Go to Starbucks." She is quite the sophisticated kid! Haha, she only gets milk, but I do enjoy taking her and getting to sit at a table and talk with her. That is honestly what I envisioned doing way back when I was pregnant with her, and I didn't realize it would take us almost 3 years to be able to sit and relax together.

Her balloon portraits and soon to be posted birthday photos were taken by our friend Matt from Vancil Media. I have to give him a shout out because he does AMAZING photography and video work. If you are in the DFW area and are looking for somebody, I would highly recommend Vancil Media. I can't wait to share Eva's birthday photos soon (although not too soon....).