Alex's 3rd Birthday!

Two weeks ago, my first baby turned three.  I can hardly believe it's been three years since I first became a mom.  When people tell you time flies with kids, they aren't kidding!

We had his birthday party the weekend before his birthday.  He picked a fire truck theme.  I called our local fire station & found out they give tours for parties/groups.  It was a perfect activity for the little ones!  We learned a little about fire safety, one of the firemen put on all his gear, we got a tour & then we got to check out the fire trucks.  On a side note, having the kids see a fireman wearing his gear is a really good thing.  When they're completely suited up & wearing their oxygen mask, they look & sound a little scary (think Darth Vader voice).  The kids got to watch him put it all on & then go up & touch the gear, give him high fives, etc.  If your kids were (God forbid) ever in a fire, they may be scared to go to a fire fighter since they look & sound a little intimidating.  It was good for the kids to see & understand it's just a regular guy (or could be a girl) under all that stuff.

After the tour, we went back to our house to have cupcakes & open gifts.  Alex had such a great time. 

All suited up

Checking out the fire truck

Fire fighter, Alex!

Ethan & his Mo (Michael's mom)

Talking on the headsets

Opening presents

Cupcakes!

I'm planning on doing another post about the decorations.  Hopefully I get around to it!

It's been awhile since I've done an update on Alex, so here's what he's been up to lately.

• He loves his brother (most of the time).
• He's a talker & I'm frequently impressed by his vocabulary.  He also can count to almost 20 & knows most of his letters.
• He makes me laugh at least once a day.
• He's always going, going, going.  Lately he's been hitting doors, walls & falling down a lot because he's always running so fast every where he goes & doesn't pay attention to objects around him.
• He's a little more opinionated these days & he struggles being obedient sometimes but I think it's par for the course with this age.  It's been a good chance for Michael & I to work on our patience - ha.
• He's still not potty trained.  I put it off earlier in the year because I didn't think he was ready physically.  I believe he is now but he has zero interest.  Ugh.  My goal is to take a weekend in January & try to knock it out.  We'll see.  Anyone have any pointers out there on how to make it as painless as possible for him & me??
• We sure love him a lot.  We sure are lucky to be blessed with this little boy.