3 years old!!!!!

The birthday celebration was all I dream and hoped it would be. With all the stresses form work going on this week, I was looking forward to Bug's birthday celebration. Things were not looking good at 12 noon today for calm and relaxing birthday, but by the time I picked Bug up at 4:45 pm, things were looking up. The day was hectic and stressful, but the party was great.

The celebration:
dinner with our immediate family at 7 pm (yep late for us, but the lateness let me get all the things, including the food cooked), then cake and ice cream, then presents and play time.

Let's start the photos with presents:
First up: Mam and pap's gift: a bubble blowing toy lawn mower- more pictures of this later trains and cars from Uncle Dave
Cookie inspector tee shirt form Tink (she works for a cookie company)
A book and game from Auntie Lulu, Uncle Darrell, and Jason
The CAKE- Lighting McQueen!!!!! Ka-chow. Bug saw the cake and he wanted it NOW. he wanted that car, really, really wanted the car. He tried to shake the cake to get the car (we stopped him before the cake was damaged). he kept telling us all night, that he wanted the cake. he also kept going over to the presents and stating "I have it now?". he was disappointed to wait

A special moment- everyone is singing to him and he is looking at me!!!! So much over the last year is in this picture- so much I do not blog about, but I tell the LRH group= this is answer to prayer, the answer to tears and cries, this is what it is all about.
Blowing out the candle- I forgot to move the cake closer, so it took 3 tries to blow out the candle- one wish for each year
He got the car and promptly started licking off the icing on the bottom of it. We were laughing so hard. he had the stick in one hand and the car in the other and was in heaven
See- the stick. he did not touch the ice cream and cake, but he licked the car and the stick clean. doesn't his face look lovely with all the icing all over him

Momma present

DRUMSSSSSSSSSSS
Putting it together
sitting on the stool- a piece as missing from the stool, so it nearly became a toddler disaster. But he is playing the drum pads
Ready to go- of course I am off getting the batteries for it from the kitchen

Drummer Boy- he wanted head phones like Jason wears- so i found some airline head phones from my trips to Guatemala- he was not pleased with those. So tomorrow I am going to hunt for some more for him- I know I have something in this house that will work

Playing with the bubble maker in the backyard- he ran around for quite some time- actually he used up an entire bottle of bubbles. Thank goodness Mam and Pap also gave him a jumbo size (1 gallon) bottle of bubble solution for him to use.



we found the perfect "shed" for the bubble maker- under the slide. it works perfectly.

Life was good today- ti started out not so good, but this celebration with Bug was everything I had hoped last year would be (what was I thinking????). It was a celebration, a joy, a perfect night with my family.

I think Bug loved it too- he really got into the joy and excitement of the day once he realized that he was the center of attention.

Some changes:

height: 38 inches today compared to 34.5 inches last year

weight: 30 lbs today compared to 24.5 lbs last year

clothing size: 3T/4T compared to 18M/24M last year

shoe size: 9.5 today compared to 7.5 last year

time as a family: 15.5 months today compared to 12 weeks last year

It has been a year. My Bug is tucked in his bed, his new car next to him, his other lovies in the bed too and I am content.

I have more to say tomorrow- but I will end here because today I am content. thank you all for your prayers this week, I have felt them and I feel your love. Thank you for encouraging and carrying me through this summer.

Love and hugs to you all,

Deb