3 year update for Madilyn

Madilyn's 3rd birthday was a while ago, and a lot has happened since then.... but I want to document it to remember!
At her 3 year checkup, Madilyn was 26 pounds, and 35.5" tall.
She's a petite little thing! :)
Things she does:
She's a parrot! I need to seriously watch everything I say, because she quickly copies anything and everything I say. She's such a sweetheart. She has a very tender and loving spirit too. For example: Grama was putting her in the van, and the door started to close on Grama. When we left we had to call grama to make sure she was ok. Madilyn was so concerned that she needed kisses on her boo-boo, or that she needed a bandaid.
Also, the other day, Madilyn was hitting daddy in the face with her stuffed pony. John told her not to do it, and she did it again. He told her not to 3 times, and she kept doing it. When he told her she was going to get a time out, she said... "but daddy, it wasn't me! It was PONY that didn't listen!". So, daddy proceeded to give pony a time out in the corner for not listening. Then, when pony was given back to Madilyn, pony was promptly scolded by Madilyn to be a good listener. :)
Her favorite things:
PIZZA (Ci-Ci's pizza or Little Caesars are her favorite)
She likes to wear socks, any time and any where. Pulled ALL THE WAY UP. :)
She likes leggings. Will NOT wear jeans. Will wear a dress or shorts, but prefers leggings.
She loves to twirl.
She prefers her hair DOWN, and long like Rapunzel. :)
She's very good with her little brother, and they play and giggle together. (He doesn't get into her toys yet... we shall see what happens then!)
She is definitely an outside girl. She wants to go to the park any time of the day, or to the pool. She just loves being outside.
Her favorite cartoon is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. But, she also likes Octonauts, Doc Mcstuffins and Super Why.
Her favorite movies are still the Cars movies, but she just recently saw Tangled, and really liked that. She also really loves anything with Tinkerbell in it.
She LOVES to run! ALL THE TIME! :)
She's a talker! She's either sleeping, or talking. And she's loud too. Nothing is ever quiet. I can't tell you how many times I have to shush her in a day... but everything is so passionately spoken! :)
She likes to dress herself. It's usually quite comical, and does require some help from mommy, but she does pretty good! Most of the time it doesn't match, or go well together... but its still cute!
She loves to sing. She will make up songs with Grama, or by herself, and just sings all the time!
Her favorite color is pink, and she wants to be a ballerina.
When she wears her ballerina outfits (we are going to put her in dance "lessons"), and I scold her she looks at me and says "mommy, I JUST a ballerina!". I am never quite sure what that has to do with the fact that she's in trouble... but she seems to think that it explains everything...
She loves the story of Peter walking on the water, and Jesus calming the storm. She will ask for me or daddy to tell it numerous times a day. She says, "mommy/daddy, can we talk about Jesus and Peter?".
We love to read books together. She likes to read the same ones over and over again. She ends up memorizing them, and can tell you the whole story and knows if you say something wrong. :)
She is such a good girl. I truly treasure her. I do get exasperated with her way to quickly some days... I know every mother wishes for more patience... but I am truly blessed. She's a sweet, tenderhearted beautiful girl that I am blessed to have been given the privilege of raising. It's a big job! I can't wait to see what comes this next year!