Thrilling THREE

It's true, he has grown up this past year.  He loves to be the boss, even though I tell him I'm the boss all the time, and he can do practically anything he wants all by himself. He loves to spend time at Grandma Nettie's, play with his cars, dance, and drink chocolate milk. He has grown to love honey only sandwiches cut into shapes but won't touch french toast. He loves to wrestle with Chandler and does everything he can to be just like him. Dad is his favorite person to be with, night or day. He never tires of Dad's nightly "dinosaur stories" and has begun making up the premise of them himself. He makes me laugh and be crazy every day and I am thankful for it always. I don't know if I can keep up with his amazing creativity and energy but I am really trying.

We celebrated his big "3" at Grandma Nettie's with the family. Although the theme was "Cars" the Hulk crashed the fun and kept all the kids busy. We got to play a few games:

Opened a few presents:

Ate some cupcakes:

The biggest hit of the party for Watson was getting his own tractor to drive around town--ok, mostly the yard, sidewalk and driveway.

It has quickly become one of his favorite things. (Thanks Spencer and Challey and Stratton and Paris!)
We continued his birthday celebration the next day. Watson got a little adventure to Jungle Jim's with his buddy, Thor. Lucky for us we practically had the playground to ourselves.

Of course Watson loved driving as many vehicles as possible. He had a ball. We're glad Thor and his mom could join us in the fun. That night we celebrated at home again with just our little family. More balloons, cupcakes, and presents.  

I love this little boy more than I can say. I love that he is so full of energy, and enthusiasm and knows what he likes. I love that he understands things so quickly and makes connections on his own. I love that he wants to be with me all day long. I love to tuck him in at night and kiss his sweet cheeks a gazillion times so he wipes them off to get kissed all over again. Thrilling 3 is what's happening right now and I really want to enjoy all of it. Look at that face, how could I not?