3 Years Old

We have been in Oregon at Grandma and Grandpa Merrill's house for the past two months while your Dad was away in Denver, CO and Columbus, OH doing his last two externships for school. We had so much fun with G&G, but were so excited to be back home with Dad. When you saw him in the airport you took off running with your little Buzz Lightyear back pack on and jumped into his arms giving him the biggest hug I've ever seen. It brought tears to my eyes. You love your Dad so much, and he loves you more than you will ever know. You also were so excited when we got to our car. You saw it and ran up and gave it a big hug and said, "this is our car! I missed you!" So cute.
So, now here I am 2 1/2 months later writing about your big day! You turned three on August 28th, and you had been telling me all summer how you wanted a Toy Story birthday, so that's what we did. We went to the lake with some of your little friends from church. It was a perfect day, and you had so much fun!

We were also lucky enough to have Uncle Phil stay with us for a few days, and one of those days happened to be your birthday, so we had a little family celebration with him.

Some things you love/do right now:
cars, planes, and trains
watching a show in the morning when you wake up
dancing to music
using your hands when you talk
fake sneezing when you smell something...particularly something stinky. ;)
singing to Ruby when she is sad
Helping with Ruby...getting her binky, sippy cup etc... You are such a good big brother and love your little sister so much.
doing puzzles

I love your excitement for life, and your funny expressions. You can lift one eyebrow at a time, and roll your tongue. So glad you joined our family 3 years ago. I love you.