Our Sweet Family of 4: Happy 3rd Birthday!

You know the saying "time really flies by when you are having fun"? Well, it is so incredibly true that it hurts! It seems like just yesterday that this was us...the 3 of us in the hospital at the start of our new family.

And now? Now you are three years old! When you were little it seemed like you were going to be a tiny baby/ infant for forever and that I could just sit back and enjoy it because it was going to last for forever. Now, looking back it was just a small period of time in our lives that you were a baby. It makes me very sad thinking about it. But now...I am happy and blessed just to see all of the accomplishments you have made in your little, 3 year old life time! A few of the things you have learned so far in your life: to crawl, walk, talk, cry, feed yourself your food, play with your toys, swing a bat & hit a baseball, run, say every animals name known to man, play in the sprinkler, have opinions about things, throw fits, yell, scream, eat ice cream & love it, hug, kiss, say your sorry & mean it, and you have learned to love your sister like no other human being on Earth. There are way more things you are capable of doing and I am thankful that I get to have the time to sit back and realize how blessed your little life is. God is good, ALL THE TIME!!

For your 3rd birthday we had a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse party out at Nana & Pops' house. You talked and talked about it for weeks. It was the first time you were truly excited about your own party. Mostly I think you were just thrilled about the bouncy house and the cupcakes you were going to have! :)

You had a blast at your party! I am so thankful to all of our friends and family who could come out to celebrate another year of your life! We had a little rain for the first hour or so of your party but after we ate our "hot diggity dogs", sang "Happy Birthday" and ate our cupcakes the sun came out and Daddy went out to dry off the bouncy house. You and the kids were bouncing away for an hour or so before everyone had to go home. Here are some pics from your special day... (FYI...Picture overload below)

delish cupcakes made by Alisa Bernard

A's favorite thing to do to Uncle JT

R's best buddy in the entire world!!

LOVED seeing family from near and far!

A fell asleep on Papaw

Why didn't I think to bring R some lunch meat or something to eat?! Ever since he got sick eating hot dogs one time, he ~~hasn't~~ won't eat them.

chips for lunch...only on your birthday buddy!

"happy birthday to you!"


R & Uncle JT

Since it was still raining/drizzling outside and R was determined to get his gifts open I let him have at it, against my own will. That was until all of the kids came rushing up to open gifts with him. It was very sweet but I was in over my head and about to have a panic attack. Not because of the kids and their eagerness to help but because I'm an OCD person and wanted to have a list of who gave R what so that I could send them a thank you note after the party was over. And so we would know who gave him what so we could think of that person when he played with that toy. That's just the kind of person I am, I guess.