My Baby Is Turning 3 Today!

Where has the time gone?! Christopher's 3rd birthday was today! It sure doesn't seem like 3 years ago when I went to the hospital to give birth! WOW!

We didn't do much today; it was rainy and dreary, so, except for going to the grocery store, we stayed home. We celebrated on Saturday with a small gathering at our house. We did a Mickey Mouse theme, had balloons, pizza, cake, a craft (Mickey Mouse Shrinky Dinks) and gifts. There were 4 kids, including Christopher, and they mainly played in his room while the adults ate and chit-chatted.

When it came time to open gifts, Christopher was completely overwhelmed! He didn't know which gift to open first. When he did get started, he'd get frustrated (usually because of ribbon or tape) and go on to the next one. We got through all of our guests' gifts and then took a break for cake. We finished the rest afterward. After that experience, I'm thinking Christmas will be an all day thing! LOL!

He got lots of really neat gifts! They included: a Color Wonder Thomas coloring book and markers from Aunt Mindy; a chalkboard/dry erase board from his friend Anna Grace; 'The Big Blue Book' by Dr. Seuss from his friend Jackson; a Cars stick-n-lift wall decoration and a bears board box puzzle from his friend Journie; a Curious George doll and book from his friend Lilly; a toolbox and tools from Aunt Cheryl; an ambulance (with lights and siren!) from Grandma; a Webkinz Black Lab, a Fisher Price Computer Cool School and some Pez candy from Granddaddy; a giant 'Finding Nemo' search and find book and some clothes from PawPaw and Nana Patti; a Fisher Price Kid Tough camera, a Hot Wheels race track and extra cars from Mama and Daddy.

Here are a few pictures:

The Birthday Boy


The balloons


The cake was made by a friend from church


Singing 'Happy Birthday'


Daddy cutting the cake


Eating his cake (and showing off his black teeth)


Close-up


Grandma helping Christopher with his craft


The finished craft...Mickey Mouse Shrinky Dinks

Opening his gifts...'The Big Blue Book' from his friend Jackson


...an ambulance from Grandma

...a camera of his own

...safety goggles and a screwdriver from his tool set from Aunt Cheryl

...Pez candy from Granddaddy

Posing with Aunt Mindy

Friday Fill-Ins

Sorry I've been MIA this week. Not too much going on yet; the weekends will be the busiest. We decked the yard and living room with Christmas decorations last weekend. Thanks to Richard, Shad put up our icicle lights for the first time in 3 years. They also put up the net lights on our bushes, the rope lights on our porch railing and our tomato-stake Christmas tree. I'll post those pictures in a separate post. This one is for Friday Fill-Ins!

1. Snow...bring it on!

2. I'm looking forward to Christopher's birthday and then Christmas.

3. December is the best (and busiest) month ever!

4. One of my favorite old tv shows is Little House on the Prairie.

5. I'm done with absolutely nothing...still working on everything.

6. The most enjoyable thing around the holidays is the atmosphere (not including crazy stores and malls!).

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Domino's pizza and chicken (sad, I know), tomorrow my plans include a trip to The Discovery Center with Christopher and Shad in the morning, a birthday party in the afternoon and Shad's work Christmas party in the evening and Sunday, I want to watch the Titans win #12!

Black Friday Fill-Ins

Better late than never!

1. My stomach is very finicky.
2. A little bit of everything is what I ate the most of on Thursday.
3. The yard and house are almost completely decorated for Christmas.
4. At the beach is where I'd rather be at any given time.
5. The smell of burning leaves reminds me of Autumn.
6. Sleep is what I need right now!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching 'Polar Express', tomorrow my plans include putting up the Christmas tree and other inside decorations and Sunday, I want to finish the one outside Christmas decoration that's left!