Happy 3rd Birthday Brock!!

Brock turned THREE on Thursday! Wow! Three years old!!

Conversation on our way to preschool that morning in the car:
Brock: "I'm so excited Momma!"
Me: "What are you excited about?"
Brock: "Because today is my BIRF-DAY!"
He's so cute. :)

Back up to last Saturday when we celebrated his birthday at Chuck E. Cheese! (He pretty much celebrated his birthday all week!)

He LOVES Chuck E Cheese, so we figured why not let someone else do all the prep-work for a party! ;) Brock had four of his friends come to his party and it was perfect.

Kade was there too!

It really was a great deal - the kids played, stopped for pizza, played some more, sang and danced with Chuck E. Cheese, stopped for ice cream, then cashed in their tickets for a prize (no goodie bags required here!).

My little shy guy doesn't love the attention of everyone singing "Happy Birthday" and we figured why get a huge cake - individual ice creams were perfect for our small party! They give you 30 tokens per child, plus I received 100 extra tokens for booking online...plus extra tokens with adult cups... Because Brock refused to enter the ticket blaster, our host handed him about 300 tickets neatly folded AND two vouchers for 1,000 tickets each. We scored a prize from the top shelf AND have tokens left over for our next visit!!

It was such a nice party and so nice to see some Mommy friends I haven't talked to in awhile! Brent made a Daddy friend too! Yay! :) 

Superhero Chuck E. Cheese Boy!

Finally, it was his official birthday! I stayed up until midnight the night before making cupcakes for Brock's big day and for him to bring some to school! The birthday boy requested vanilla cupcakes with sprinkles inside and blue frosting with circle sprinkles on top. Okay!

After working so hard on the cupcakes, I figured I'd let Amazon do my wrapping.....

I told Brock to hug the present from Aunt Carol & Uncle Jeff!

Because he has grown over 2 1/2 inches in the last SIX MONTHS, Brock needed a new jacket! (We went a little big with the hopes he will wear it next year too!) Thank you Grammy & Grandpa!

We are loving all our presents.... (especially the gift of college education where all the monetary gifts are headed!!) ...and the fact that they are still trickling in... he received a present on Friday and Saturday... then he inquired on Sunday: "Momma, do I get another present today?" Hahaha, NO! ....but, then again, there is another present on its way and will be here Monday....

Tool Belt from Uncle Andrew & Aunt Lauren and new shoes that he has refused to take off from Momma & Daddy

Brock has his 3-year well-check appointment tomorrow, but his unofficial stats are as follows:
Height: 40 inches (90/95th percentile) Weight: 37.5 pounds (75th percentile)

A few last words of Brock at this age.... he is our sensitive, but intense, little boy. He likes things loud (especially saying no) and his favorite activities are playing catch, soccer, or jumping off the couch. He also loves working with play-doh and really focuses on his "crafts" and how things work. He has started working on more complex puzzles and pretend play with his castles of "good guys" and "bad guys". He only wants to wear shorts while he's home and would rather "layer", having his shorts on under his pants when going out in the cold. He gets jealous when I am doting on Kade and needs to work on his frustration - he lashes out by throwing. We have conquered going to the bathroom standing up, but have made no headway with going #2. If he injures himself, it is the end of the world, but he will put the band-aid on ALL BY HIMSELF. He loves reading books and loves when I tell him a story. My sweet boy also loves giving hugs and giving kisses. He will always stop what he's doing and get Kade a toy.

I think this year will be so fun and cannot wait to watch my big boy grow and learn even more. Happy Birthday Brock. We love you so much.