Happy 3rd Birthday Alex!

My big 3 year old!

Alex and Avery before church.

His room decorations! They look a little shoddy but remember we were doing this at midnight Saturday trying not to wake him up. Sleeping has been a little shaky around here these days so I didn't want to do anything to wake him up.:)




He opened our present Sunday and we had cupcakes for dessert after dinner. He is having a friend party Friday at Chuckee Cheese and a family party Saturday at our house-so he'll have 3 days of celebrating.

He got the game elefun. He loves catching the butterflies in his net.





Alex Facts:
Alex weighs 39lbs and is 3ft 5in tall. He is in the 97th plus percentile for height and weight. Alex is a great big brother. He is just now kind of starting to get irritated when Avery reaches for him and grabs at his stuff or his hair, but usually he loves to play with her. He is so sweet, always making sure she has a toy to play with. One day she was crying and I was getting dressed and she had stopped. I went in to check on her and Alex was holding her hand taking care of her. :) See how sweet he is? He loves to read, sing, play instruments, and dance. He makes up his own songs sometimes which usually just consist of him naming things he sees around the room or what he just saw. Example: bookshelf, rug, chair with clothes on it, pillow-sung to whatever tune he chooses. He has also started calling people "bowl of spagetti." He'll say "bye bye bowl of spagetti" or "thank you bowl of spagetti." I don't know where he got it from but he says it at the most random times. He is always happy, but he is starting to get in moods where he acts shy around people and will hide behind our legs. He loves his grandparents and family. He still knows they are his playmates 24-7 when they are here. He loves to watch tv. Wonder Pets, Little Bill, Little Einsteins, Toy Story, Cars, Dora and Diego, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, you name it he'll watch it. He has always been a great sleeper but a few days before Christmas he started saying he was scared to sleep in his room. It was hard to deal with because we weren't sure if he was just wanting attention or really serious. It eventually ended a few days after Christmas but now he is getting up everynight to come into our room. We will find him in our bed and not know how long he's been there. Or I'll hear him cough and look down and there he is laying on the floor by our bed. I don't know how to stop him. Yesterday he didn't get to watch tv because he didn't stay in his bed at night. Last night he got up to potty about 4:45 and then came in our room at 6:30. His "alarm clock" (a night light that is a moon at bedtime and then turns into a sun in the morning when we set it, so he knows when he can get up) doesn't go off till 7. Hopefully, tonight will be better. He really wants to do things on his own now. He told me twice today "to leave him alone" which meant letting him potty by himself and brush his teeth by himself. It's pretty funny for him to tell me that! Alex is one of the funniest little boys I know! We love him dearly and are so glad he is ours!