Birthday Boy!!

This pic is out of order.  This was after the bouncy house.  Dad & I took him to lunch at Carl's Jr. w/ the play land.  He's now eating chicken tenders!

First b-day present in the morning.

Sweet Pea finding her tongue and playing with it.

Now she's working on her new sound...the wet razzing noise.  I love the face.  :)

Can you tell the tongue is her new fascination?

And the fun is about to begin.  

Even dad had to wear a bday hat

Trying to hold up his 3 fingers when dad asked how old he was.

He actually stopped and looked at this toy...Woody and Bullseye (and notice Buzz on the floor to the right).  These were a BIG hit.

The carnage after it's almost all done.

Of course the present from dad...a new tackle box.  And he knew what the bobbers were w/o anyone telling him.

Birthday boys get to eat the cake batter out of the bowl

This is what happens to cupcakes when the bottom ignitor of your gas oven goes out...and only the top ignitor/burner is working.  It's not a pretty site.

Favorite meal for the birthday boy...Salmon and Sweet Potatoes.

His baseball birthday cake

I think his eyeballs are going to come out he's blowing so hard on those candles.  :)

Showing us the three fingers dad taught him how to do.

This was earlier in the day.  At the bouncy house with his two buddies, John (on the left) and Tyce .

Climbing up the wall w/ John.

The Bug had a great 3rd birthday!  He woke up and was able to open two presents.  Then we met two of his little buddies, John William, and Tyce Escott at Jumpin' Junction.  It's a warehouse with bouncy houses in it.  Perfect for 2-3 year old little boys.  They had a blast!

Dad got off work early and met us over there and played in the bouncy houses and slides with the boys.  Then Dad and I (w/ Sweet Pea too of course) took him to lunch at Carl's Jr. where he played in the play land.

We went home and I made him the baseball birthday cake he asked for and his favorite dinner of salmon and sweet potatoes.  He was so dang excited to open his presents.  I had wrapped them the night before and he found them in the morning and asked all day if he could open them.  He made us all wear our birthday hats and then he opened his presents.  He got lots of fun stuff from grandma's and grandpa's and great-grandma's and grandpa's.  But, I think his favorite present was the Woody, Buzz, and Bullseye.  He's been carrying them around since...even went to bed with them.

I attempted to make cupcakes to take to the little home-school/pre-school group we meet with on Friday's, but my bottom ignitor in my gas oven quit working.  So, the cupcakes didn't turn out quite so good.  Oh well.

We then sang Happy Birthday to him and he blew out his own candles...then we had to light them again so he could blow them out again...silly boy.  But it was his birthday...so why not?

Needless to say he had a very good day.

Shayne & I were thinking back to his last birthday and remembered how we had just found out we were pregnant about 2 weeks earlier, but hadn't told anyone yet.  I had just started getting sick and was pretty dang miserable but couldn't let anyone know b/c we wanted to wait until we saw a heartbeat before we told anyone we were pregnant.  So, while I was miserable it was a good birthday b/c we knew we were pregnant.  It's amazing how much changes in a year...now instead of being sick w/ morning sickness...we have a beautiful little 4 month old baby girl to celebrate her big  brother's 3rd birthday!

Yeah for birthdays!!

p.s.  My Grandpa Woodbury turned 82 years old today as well!  Happy Birthday Grandpa! (I think it's fun that The Bug and his Great-grandpa Leland Vernon Woodbury share the same birthday.  I shared the same birthday with my Great-grandpa Leland Rogers Woodbury too. What a fun little coincidence.)