3 years old

We have a three year old as of last Sunday! It's been a week of celebrations.

We started the week with a trip to Hurley with Gramma, Grampa, Auntie Melissa, Uncle Jason and Brian. We had a great 3 day weekend (Sat-Mon) up north. We surprised Colin with a Arctic Cat 4 wheeler on Saturday. His response was precious- "It's just what I wanted." He pretty much lived in it all weekend. Brian even thought it was pretty neat to sit in. We had a celebration with everyone on Sunday (Colin's actual birthday) and opened a few presents.

Here is Colin walking up to his new ride, the smile on his face says it all.


He was so excited to help Daddy put it together.




Colin and Brian taking a bath together Sat. night.


Blowing out his candles.


Auntie, Uncle, Brian and Colin

We headed back on Monday and had Colin's three year doctor's appointment on Tuesday morning. He is growing like a weed! His whole life so far (all 3 years of it) he has always been 50th percentile height and weight and 97th for his head (lot's of room for those brains :)). He jumped to 75th percentile for both height and weight and is at the 50th percentile for his BMI. They no longer chart the head size, but we know it's still huge!

Then it was off to daycare for his daycare birthday party. While he was gone in the morning the kids helped Erin make brownies and a birthday crown. He had a great celebration at daycare that day.

Saturday was the big family/friends celebration. We did a John Deere theme this year. Those that know Colin well know he is a huge fan of tractors and specifically John Deere. The party was wonderful. We had a house full of people and the kids all did wonderful together playing and celebrating with Colin. Colin got so many nice gifts, thank you everyone!

The cake Mommy made.

All of the kids

Sunday (today) we took Colin to his first movie at the theatre. We went and saw Monsters versus Aliens. It was a great movie and Colin was perfect the entire time. Laughing through it and sitting still eating his popcorn the entire 90 minutes. He is asking when we can go again. When we got home from the movie Colin's friends Vanessa and Lance across the street where out so Colin ran over to play. He took both kids for a ride in the Arctic Cat and Colin and Vanessa went biking together. Colin's bike was a present from yesterday from Gramma and Grampa. He's doing great riding it.

It's hard to believe our little boy is 3 years old already. These last three years have been so amazing watching Colin learn and grow. He is an amazing little boy that both Scott and I are so proud to call our son. He brings such joy to our day each day. I can't wait to see what the future holds for him. Happy 3rd Birthday Colin, Daddy and I love you very much!

Arizona

We are back from a wonderful week in Arizona and trying to get back into reality. We had such a great week. Here is a quick recap of our week and a few pictures.

Saturday- We were off on the plane to Arizona. This was Colin's first plane ride and he did so wonderful. We had a layover in Denver which was perfect to have a little break. He slept almost the entire flight from Denver to Phoenix.

Sunday- We had breakfast with the Weaver's that were just ending their trip in AZ then back to the pool for some fun in the sun.

Monday- Spring Training! We went to an A's and Angel's game. It was so nice to site outside and enjoy a baseball game.

Tuesday- More fun in the sun at the pool.

Wednesday- Pool time and a nice long walk around the area and a stop at a local playground.

Thursday- Phoenix Zoo. What a great zoo! We had so much fun and really enjoyed seeing all the animals. Kelly and Colin got to take a camel ride and Scott and Colin went on a carousel ride.

Friday- What we thought was our last day at the pool and in the evening we went to a neat train park for a train ride, carousel ride and play time at the park.

Saturday- Round 1 departure at the airport. We headed to the airport for a 10:50 am flight. 30 minutes before departure they announced a mechanical issue with the plane so we asked for a Sunday flight which we got. So we called Nanny and Papa and they came back to get us and we were back for another day at the pool. Saturday night we hit the Pavilion for a car show and then had a nice pizza dinner.

Sunday- Our flight wasn't until 3:15 so we enjoyed the morning at the pool and then headed to the airport for our flight back. Again, Colin loved the ride, took a nap and did just great. It was a late night, but well worth the extra time.

Overall, we had such a great week. Colin was a perfect little traveler and we can't wait to hopefully head back to Phoenix again. Thanks Dee, Jim, Nanny and Papa for such a wonderful trip!

Here are a few random photos of things we enjoyed doing while we were there and pictures of Dee and Jim's amazing house we stayed at.

This weekend we are heading to Hurley for Colin's 3rd birthday which is on Sunday. Wow, 3!! I can't believe how fast time has flown by. More posts to come on the festivities of this weekend and next weekend which is when we are doing his party.

Happy St. Patty's Day!!!

Happy St. Patty's Day everyone!


I hope to have Arizona pictures posted later this week.