3 going on 16!

Jerry forgot something at the station the other day and sensing that I needed a small break from her (okay, maybe I threw out a hint or two) he took Abby back down with him. First off, she was so excited to get to ride in Daddy's truck. He only has 1 carseat in it and rarely does one child go somewhere without the other...and if they do it's almost always in my car. Then she got to try out EVERY truck in the station. Talk about exciting!!! She is very much into pretending right now and a lot of her imagination revolves around firefighting (equally caused by Jerry's job AND the movie Bolt - if you've seen it you know the ending), so being able to "drive" the trucks was a blast for her.
already using her mirrors to back up

cutest firefighter in town!
She was also the lucky winner of a trip to the doctor last Wednesday. We were awfully busy around her birthday and then her doctor was on vacation so it was a month after her birthday before we got in for her 3 year well-child. I had talked a lot about what was going to happen the day before and the day of her appointment. Jerry has a stethoscope and I showed her how that worked and then let her play with it. She seemed okay with the idea of going but she's a typical 3-year-old and her moods change every 12 seconds so I was hoping that she'd still be alright once we got to the office. Our PA was the girl who house-sat for us while we were in Ocean Shores so Abby had previously met her and she's also the cutest, sweetest thing ever so there were no tears. Abby got weighed, measured and her blood pressure taken. She's 39.5 inches tall and 35 pounds (90+% in height and just under 90% in weight)! While we waited for the doctor to come in we found a Cinderella book (how did they know that's her favorite princess???) and I was pleasantly surprised that once the doctor showed up and examined her there was absolutely no fussing/crying/fit-throwing. Whew! Compared to last year's screaming disaster, this year was great...maybe that was due to not getting shots, or to the fact that I bribed her with a trip to the park of her choice if she behaved herself. Whatever the case, it was nice!

doing the "electric slide" at her favorite park in Mount Vernon!