She is THREE!!! (and has been for a whole month!!)

So... we are only a month behind, but our little #5 has turned THREE!!! The whole week before her birthday.. we were telling her that her birthday was coming and that she was going to be three!!  Not knowing if she understood or not... when the day finally came-  she was thrilled that it was her birthday! She was so happy and cute all day long!  Everything we did was, "because its my birthday!" She got to wear what she wanted- a lovely dress-up dress with about four other frilly-puffy skirts underneath it... I made her a tinkerbell cake with yellow and pink just like she asked, she got a baby stroller and some pretty shoes for her birthday and a doctor kit.  Overall, she had a great day.... UNTIL we took her bottle away... because she was three!  We felt like rotten parents to ruin her day.. but we had been waiting and putting it off long enough.. so we told her when she turned three- she wouldn't get to have bottles anymore-- she was great with that until she actually turned three!  She screamed at us for about 45 minutes.. then finally fell asleep-- the next couple days - she would ask where her bottles went... but she got used to it pretty quick!  I don't even think it totally ruined her day... just the end of it!!  She is such a cutie-- she loves to snuggle and hug! She absolutely ADORES her dad and worships the ground he walks on!  She will just sit and rub his face and kiss his cheek!!  She also reminds us all to be nice all day long- not that I ever need reminding--ha --and keeps us all laughing!  She is such a sweetheart! As long as we don't cross her!  When we do....watch out!! She is also a SUNBEAM and POTTY TRAINED!!!  Whoot!!  We have made great progress this last month!!  It actually makes me a little weepy!  She is growing up too fast!!