my baby turns 3

On Wednesday the 24th Jack turned 3. I can't believe how fast the last 3 years have gone by, but I also can't believe how wonderful they have been! He is truly the light in our lives! It has been so fun to watch him grow up and learn new things and to see his personality (and he has ALOT of personality) come out. I am a little sentimental this week since he turns 3 and baby Charlie comes in just a few days. We are so excited to give Jack a brother (and he is even more excited to get one) but it is a little bittersweet for me. The last 3 years have just been Jack and I everywhere I go. I love having him as a my little buddy at my side and getting to spend so much one on one time with him. He is the funniest kid we know and keeps us entertained all the time. Lately we have had so many moments where we just giggle together (even if it is laughing at our silly daddy :) ) We have been able to take him and do alot of stuff with just our little family. We have made some great memories over the past 3 years and I can't wait to make new memories with Jack in a different light with all of our new changes. We LOVE LOVE LOVE you Jack!

Here is what we did on his Actual birthday:

I made him chocolate chip pancakes and he even got to eat them while watching cartoons (like this never happens on any other day :) )

Then Jack and I went to the doctors to check up on Charlie (something Jack loves doing) and then I took him to McDonalds for lunch.
Then we came home and had a little down time and I let him watch his new movie Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur

Then later that afternnon we went and picked up daddy and took Jack to the Red store (Target). Our Peterson family sent Jack money for his birthday so we took him and let him choose out a toy with some of the money. He has been wanting this Buzz and Woody Rocket forever. He was so excited to be able to go and buy it himself!

Then we took him to his favorite place to eat "the rice and beans place" Chipotle.

Then we went home and Luke and I turned out the lights and brought in his cake to blow out candles AGAIN. ( it never gets old) He loved our singing.

Then we let him open his presents from us.

His alligator backpack. I love this thing.

And we decided to add to his book collection instead of getting toys this year. He has so many toys and we were needing some new reads. He actually loved gtting books, we have already read We're Going on a Bear Hunt about 50 times.

Then he conviced Luke to relight the candles again, and again and again.

We had a great day and I am sure his birthday will last the rest of the week (especially since Grandma comes into town) so I am sure there will be more birthday posts!