Happy 3rd Birthday Little Man

Jacob Liam!  I can hardly believe that you are 3 years old today.  It seems like yesterday you were entering our world, our sweet, cuddly, yet high tempered little man.  You have grown so much in the last year and I have loved watching every second of it.  You started the year behind verbally, biting, and anxious and you have finished your 2s with a full vocabulary, friendly and outgoing.  You are my sensitive one.  You get your feelings hurt easily (like your mommy) but you express them freely and I admire that about you.  You also worry excessively about those you love when you think they are hurt or upset and seek to comfort them.  Like when I was getting a flu shot and you ran to my side, held my hand and said "I want you be safe momma."  You held my hand and stroked my arm the entire process.  It was the sweetest, most compassionate gesture that even had the nurses oohing and aahing over you. 

Jacob, I have loved watching you blossom at your new school.  You are friendly, love to share, and have excitement over everything.  You are a gentle soul little man, who loves a good cuddle.  You are quite inquisitive and your favorite things to say are "What's that boy/girl doing?" and "Why?"  You could ask "why" all day long if we don't cut you off.  You can throw a temper tantrum with the best of them but are easily reasoned with.  Most importantly, you have learned to express yourself so you are no longer a biter!  Yippee!!! 

Little man, you are such an incredible joy.  I love seeing the world through your eyes, they are filled with wonderment over the littlest things and are so appreciative when you receive gifts and get to go somewhere with mommy or daddy one on one.

At your 3 year check-up you were excited about everything, especially the exam table that moved up and down and the pictures of your eyeballs!  Your stats, you ask?

Weight: 32lbs 8oz (60th percentile, my back can attest to that!)
Height: 37 inches (40th percentile which surprised me because you seem big!)
BMI: 16% (70th percentile)

Favorites:
Movie: Monster's Inc and Despicable Me
Word/Question:  Why?  (We can go on for hours doing the Why game)
Food:  Hot dogs and ice cream (you go nuts for ice cream!)

I'll love you forever and ever and ever again!

Monster Bash

To say Jacob likes Monster Inc is a bit of an understatement.  He is obsessed with Mike and Boo, he likes Sully but Mike and Boo are definitely his favorites so it only seemed fitting that we ring in his upcoming 3rd birthday with a Monster's Inc party.  It was ROAR-some!  Jacob had so much fun, we lucked out with the monster-sized storm we got this week passing through just in time for us to keep the jumpy house on the schedule.  Jacob was so excited to have a jumpy house and a party in his honor!  He requested a funfetti cake over cupcakes so I had my first attempt at a cake, I did it Friday because I needed time to make cupcakes if it was a fail.  I only had on small frosting mishap but Jacob couldn't tell or care and he loved his cake.  We had an awesome time and I can't believe my little buddy is turning 3 in less than a week!  Since pictures are worth 1000 words, I'll let the pictures from yesterday do the talking!

The kids went through "scarer" training!

An official Scarer!

Jacob's birthday twin Brycen! (they are a few hours apart!)

Brycen's beautiful sister McKenzie!

My first attempt at a cake

Happy Birthday Boy!

Jacob's face is pretty par for the course around here!

Big birthday wishes