Andrew turns THREE

{December 19, 2011}

Is it really true another year has flown by???

Andrew is now THREE!

I just love my little guy; my first boy! He has made me such a better person and is always so caring and considerate of others. He makes me proud! I love watching his little personality grow and sprout into the person he is becoming and I hope every day that I am doing my very best to teach him and to do things right to help mold him into a good man one day. Right now, he seems like a fine young boy so I'm hoping I'm doing okay through my mistakes along the way. Parenting is a lot of trial and error I feel. There's so much that goes into being a good parent - but above all, I know that a lot of LOVE will do them a LOT of good!!! :)

He loves: Thomas the Train, cars and trains, Legos, playing outside, cartoons, books, coloring, brushing his teeth, learning to go potty like a big boy, flashlights, singing, dancing, helping to cook/bake, string cheese, bath time, chicken nuggets, bouncy balls, reading his Book of Mormon, his favorite blanket and stuffed doggy, dinosaurs, playing games on my phone, someone laying by him before bed.

So two days before his actual birthday, we threw him a friends party. 

A bunch of his friends came over and had pizza and cupcakes and played at the house.

And then, two days later, as tradition so far would have it, Andrew woke up on his birthday to SNOW!!! :)

Which he seemed pretty happy about!

He got to wear a new shirt for his special day...

Nothing better than Thomas the Train himself!

And got some birthday HUGS!!!

He didn't seem to happy with that, but, oh well! :)

Everyone else loved giving him some birthday loves!

After Landon's 9 month well baby check in the morning, I stopped off and picked up some Cinnabon treats! YUM!

(Until we were done...then it was "Ughhhhhh!")

For dinner, at the birthday boy's request, we had pancakes!

Time for the birthday festivities to BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He was so excited to open his presents...

And blow out his birthday candle. 

We told him to make a wish -

but he blew it out before we even finished our sentence!

(Maybe he already HAS all that a cute little 3 year old boy could ever dream of!) :)

Kisses from Dad & Mom!

This is his first year opening up all his gifts on his own! I didn't put a whole lot of tape on his gifts to help him out a little! Haha.

(Yes, I'm a little sad seeing how big he's getting and how fast he's growing up! 

"Mama says, "SLOW DOWN!!")

He was SO excited to open each one and find out what was behind the wrapping paper. 

So cute!

I just love his smile! He makes me one happy mama and I really couldn't imagine my life without my little buddy! Seriously not a day goes by that I'm not grateful for his goofiness, funny jokes and sweet playful self - for the gift of having him in our family! 

Love you, baby of mine! Thank you for being you and bringing so much love and happiness to our home! 

We love you! xoxo