Happy Birthday, Buddy!

Dear Little Dude,

You are 3 years old today!

You are 1/6 of your way to college.

I can't quite believe there will be a day when we won't spend the entire day frolicking around at playgrounds and.... that will end in just a few years when you enter kindergarten.

You are a sweet boy and people are often impressed by your manners. This makes me proud. A solid please and thank you will open many doors for you in life.

You have tremendous determination and anything you decide to do or not do, usually will happen just as you determine it too. I see us butting heads in your teenage years.

Turning 3 also means that you won't have to do multiple digit display any more. No more, I am two, but on my birthday I am going to be 3. It's just three from here on out buddy. Or as you told someone today, 'til your next birthday when you turn 4.

We had no idea 3 years ago today how awesome you'd be. We hoped, but we didn't know for sure.

Your sense of humor, kindness and spastic dancing are some of my most favorite things in the world.

Here's to an amazing year!

I love you.

-Mamma

I Am Not Crafty

I am not crafty.

Maybe I could be.

But, I'm not.

And, I'm okay with that.

However, you might want to pull up a chair because in less than a month I am about to get 5th grade 1980's crafty up in here.

When I was in elementary school I wanted to be an artist when I grew up. But, my parents told me that wasn't a real job and I wouldn't earn any money at it and I had it pick something else.

Hello!!

Did you hear that?

Oh it was just the sound of broken dreams.

No biggie.

But it would seem that as some women start to "nest" before the birth of their children. (I did not nest.) I apparently go into 5th grade art project mode before my kid's 3rd birthday party. Perhaps I should be thrilled that it is a MUCH smaller event this year--less people to be exposed to my madness.

For cripes sake I made a pinata yesterday, I'm working on a paper chain tomorrow and if I get real "creative" this weekend while the hubs is out of town I might go wild and start gluing construction paper.

This 3rd birthday party is going to be a real class act, but also significantly more cost conscious than past years.

Two and Counting

Happy Birthday, Little Dude!!!

It's hard to believe that two years ago today at this time, Liam was just a few hours old.

To believe that at this time two years ago he had never...

...seen sunshine.
...gone for a walk around the park.
...been to our house.


One year ago today, we had no idea yet that he would have...


...such a wonderful sense of humor.
...such an extensive vocabulary.
...or that he'd have such a passion for chocolate airplanes.

In the picture above, he's at his final storytime. We went to the library for 99 weeks and it was sad to see him graduate this morning. I am so glad though that he was able to share it not only with Tim and I, but with Nana and Grandma too. Congrats, little big dude!

Welcome to 2!