Aaron's 3rd Birthday

Aaron's birthday was on Monday, August 25th and he turned three!! We had decided to do a small celebration at our house on Saturday the 25rd with pizza and cake and some friend and family. The small celebration ended up being about 35 people but lots of fun. We had sprinklers up on the lawn and also did a water balloon toss/fight. Although it was a bit crazy of a day, everyone had a good time, especially the birthday boy. His favorite gifts from the day were his huge fire truck, fire man dress up stuff, and his cars airplane. Daddy is working on accepting the fact that he is currently obsessed with firemen!!

On Aaron's actual birthday on Monday we had a nice lazy morning then went to the mall to walk around and have lunch. After the mall we made a visit to Grammie and Papa's house where they had a small cake for him. Once home Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Jo came over and we had dinner and sang happy birthday to Aaron and Grandma whose birthday was on Sunday the 24th.

A few of the kids from the party...from left...Theresa Harvey, Ian Tobin, Cole Forquer, Brooklyn, Alec, Aaron, Sarah Fahey and Madelyn Celmer. Thanks kid-o's for celebrating with us!!!
Blowing out birthday candles!
Aaron's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake. I bought an all white cake from costco, scraped the icing off, and re-iced it in this design. Best of both worlds, yummy store cake but also a home-decorated creation!

I started a tradition this year that I take a picture of the kids as they wake up on the morning of their birthdays. Here is the very first picture of my THREE YEAR OLD!!!

On Tuesday the 26th I took Aaron to his 3 year check up with Dr. Marino. He weighed in at 28 pounds and was 35 1/2 inches long. These measurements put him in the 25th percentile for height and weight. This is lower for height, but his weight has improved! Gotta keep getting this kid to eat!! Aaron was SO excited at the appointment because he did not have to have ANY shots! Mommy was excited as well! :)

Aaron has truly turned into such a big boy this year. His speech and annunciation of words has improved tremendously and he has become less whiny and just TONS of fun in general! He is still a Daddy's boy most of the time, but every once in a while he will throw in a sweet, "I yuv you Mama!" that just melts my heart. I have to say, I was worried what this year would bring for Aaron with the addition of Ashley to our family but he has taken it so well! He is the first to run right with me to say prayers at night when we put her down, and he is pretty good at sharing his toys with her. He absolutely LOVES on her!

As I posted earlier, I was quite surprised that potty training went as quickly and as well as it did for Aaron. Now that he is fully potty trained (not even in diapers at night!!) he is all signed up to go to two mornings of preschool a week. He will be attending Yorba Linda Methodist just like Alec did, and I am pretty sure he will be in Mrs. Shuplock and Mrs. Bussire's class just as Alec was. They are two wonderful ladies and I know that Aaron will just love them! He is SO ready to go! He keeps asking me when school starts. So cute!!

Thank you, my little Bear for lighting up my life the way that you do. I love having you as my special little buddy! You are such a warm and caring little guy and I can't wait to see what the future holds for you!!