Happy 3rd Birthday Sawyer!

I'm this many!


I can't believe my little baby boy is already three! Honestly, it really does seem like three years has completely flown by so quickly, and he is really such a big boy now. Gone are the days of baby babble, diapers, and sleepless nights...welcome to the philosopher stage: "Why this? Why that? Why, why, why?" He has also managed to become quite the negotiator, and every dinner time or bedtime isn't complete until we've managed to strike a deal that satisfies him. Just one more bite of chicken, and then I can have dessert. Just one more story and one more glass of water...and one more kiss...and one more hug...and one more story, and then I'll go to bed. It has been such a fun process watching him grow up so far, and I'm really very excited to see what the future has in store for him.

We celebrated his birthday today with breakfast at Panera with Grandma and Grandpa (yum!), and then we went to Gigi and Granddad's house to spend some time with Papa Ron. Little did we know that Grandma Ardy, Aunt Debby, Krista, and Stella were also going to be there! We had so much fun hanging out with everyone, but the boys both have been sick, so it took them a little while to snap out of the funk and warm up to everyone being there. Papa gave Sawyer a Spiderman ATV (which Sutton has pretty much staked his claim on!), and after we came back home the boys spent the rest of the afternoon riding the ATV and Sawyer's new big boy bicycle that Mitch & I got him. We finished off the day with pizza at Mark & Monica's, and the boys had a short Friday Night Movie Night with Grandma and Grandpa watching a half hour long penguin movie that came with Madagascar 2. Tomorrow we're going to have a proper movie night and watch the whole movie in the hide-a-bed with some yummy popcorn that Grandma brought us from Popcornopolis - can't wait!



Mastering his new Tonka big boy bike didn't take long, but it did take some intense concentration at first!




Look at me, I'm doing it!



Finally getting to put together the wooden garbage truck project that he earned for having two weeks of (mostly!) all stars filled in on his to-do chore chart

Sutton taking a ride with Daddy