Monkey Micah Mouse Birthday :)

"I'm 3!" 

A whirlwind weekend, but we made it through and enjoyed ourselves along the way.  Micah had a great birthday, choosing to go to Chick-Fil-A for dinner on his actual birthday and ending with a fantastic birthday party at Monkey Joes and back to our place for food.

The cow came out just as we were leaving, and Micah went over to give him hugs and a hug five.  My mom was with us, and told the cow it was Micah's birthday.  Micah in turn informed me that is was also the cow's birthday...funny imagination, that kid :)

We then came home and had our own birthday celebration of presents and cupcakes (a couple of blog posts ago) and quite enjoyed celebrating our little boy.  The next day, Saturday, was Micah's party and he was super excited for it!  We had decided to keep it smaller and simpler this year, seeing that we were gone until 2am Friday morning (Micah's actual birthday) from our trip to St. Martin and knew we needed to do his party that next Saturday.  After Reid's mustache bash I knew I couldn't do that again, so Micah invited just 4 boys to go Monkey Joes and then the boys and their families were invited to join us back at our house for a Mickey Mouse themed party with dinner, cupcakes and presents.  I think it's safe to say the boys all enjoyed jumping around as well as filling up on some yummy food.  Micah was sooooo excited for his birthday party (it definitely helped get him through the time away from Mommy and Daddy I think!) and it was really fun to watch his little face light up with all the Mickey decorations, friends and fun.

Micah's friends he invited:  Kalik, Alex, Jackson and Dash (not in picture)

Reid and his buddy Declan, Kalik's brother.  Kalik and Declan are our neighbors.  Kalik just turned 6, but he and Micah are pretty good buddies.  Reid and Declan are just 5 weeks apart, and it's been fun watching them grow in the last year.  They're pretty good buddies too :)

I finally got a 3 candle, thanks to my neighbor Jen.

Present time! Micah was blessed by his friends - the theme being remote control cars.  I didn't think he was old enough for them yet, but he has surprised me this week.  He's learning and it's fun to watch.

My friend Kate (Dash's mom) gave Micah a plethora of Mickey kitchen gear - the perfect gift for my kitchen lovin' boy!  Just like his Daddy.

Happy 3rd Birthday Micah! 

Blogging hiatus

I know it's been awhile, and not like me to take such a break, but I'm back!  We were on vacation last week (just us, no kids!) and I have lots of pictures/stories to share from that.  Micah also turned 3, and I have many pictures from his big party weekend, which occurred the day after we were back.  It's been a whirlwind, but I believe we're getting back to some normalcy, and my goal is to get some posts up this week.  So stay tuned... posts on the way :)

Happy 3rd Birthday Micah!

Dear Micah,

Happy 3rd birthday to my bright baby boy.  Okay, 3 probably means you aren't my baby anymore, but I think you will always be my baby.  You have had an exciting year with many big boy things (proving even more how much of a toddler you are becoming).  You transitioned to a big boy bed last fall (giving up your pacifier at the same time), and have done phenomenal with it!  The only time you try and get out is when you have to go potty - which is another exciting big boy event that has happened!  You have become potty trained, almost fully.  You are now only wearing a pull up at night (thanks to Nana Kay's doing while she watched you this past week - she took away the nap time pull up!) and most of the time waking up clean and dry from your night time sleep as well.  You are growing up so much and I want you to just slow down a little bit this next year, okay?

You've also really picked up on your shapes and higher counting this year.  You have learned how to spell your name, and although not perfect, you're doing a pretty good job.  You can count to 100, with a little bit of help here and there, and you're learning diamonds, pentagons, hexagons and octagons.  Your vocabulary continues to impress me, as well as your wit and ability to pick up on little bits of sarcasms.  Your memory is phenomenal and I'm amazed at how observant you are with your surroundings, even when it seems you're not paying attention. You are still enthralled with your kitchen and food, though it changes over time on how you actually play with it.  You love making food for the whole family, and I've seen your imagination grow tenfold throughout this year!

You love being a big brother, love Reidees, I know!  You try and hoard your toys at times, have meltdowns if he messes up your system but we continue to work on your ability to share.  You have become better as the year's gone on and go in stages of sharing well and not, but I know you'll get there Micah.  You're a good big brother and you look out for Reid when we're out and about.  You make sure he's not upset and try to help him if he is.  You don't like to see him crying and ask me about making him better.  

You are a sweet boy, Micah.  You make me laugh and bring both Daddy and myself such joy.  I'm so proud of you Micah baby.  I love watching you sing and dance in church, praising Jesus in your 2 (now 3) year old little way.  You light up my face, and I pray you always find ways to praise Jesus.  We love you Micah.  So much that my heart just wants to go plop :)

Love, 

Mommy

*Disclaimer:  I forgot to pick up a "3" candle so I put a "2" and "1" on Micah's cupcake :)  I made sure to get a 3 candle (thanks to my neighbor, actually :)) for his party...post to come on that!

Water Fun!

I have been searching for a used (ie, inexpensive) water table, and came across a free one last week...that's right, free!  I figure nothing gets better than free, so I could always take the table and if it didn't fit my desires, pitch it and continue my search.  That is, indeed, what I have done (and grabbed a better one for only $10 via craigslist!) but that's going to Micah for his birthday so we are using the current one for right now.

Long intro to basically say, the boys are having a blast with this table and I'm wondering what took me so long to actually get one :)  (Oh, I remember, it's lack of space!  Particularly storage space when it's not being used...)

I love watching my boys playing together!  Micah looks so much older here, but I know it's just a matter of time before they'll truly be able to engage with each other on a different level.  Fun times ahead, that's for sure :)