Three Years Old!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Aaron:) Yay for being three years old!!! I can't believe it. How can three years have gone by this quickly? We are so proud of you. What a blessing you are. This year you have become a big brother. We are having a party at our house with just family because your little brother is only a few weeks old. Here is what you are up to these days... -You are so energetic right now. Anything that involves running, jumping, swinging, screaming, or acting just plain silly...you're in! -You have this crazy obsession with animals. It started before Xmas when Gigi got you a little bag of toy animals and things just went CRAZY from there. You just keep getting more and more of them. They go everywhere with you and do everything with you. The Dinosaurs are your favorite. -You love your baby brother so much. We actually have to make sure you don't 'love him too much.' I am so proud of the way you have accepted him. You are always concerned about him when he cries and ask to hold him all the time. I can't wait to see you two grow up together:) -You are constantly cracking us up. You say the funniest things so innocently. Your daddy and I find ourselves lying in bed at night telling each other what funny things you said that day. Just yesterday you asked us if we could 'take off your eye bone." Apparently you thought it wasn't a necessary part of your body. -Your smile is one of my most favorite things about you. -You are a sweet-a-holic. You are sure to inform us that you 'need' another sucker/m&m/cookie etc. about 100 times a day. -You are ALL boy. Kicking, punching, throwing and anything else involving being destructive is the name of the game. I think we will enroll you in karate. -Favorite sport right now is soccer. You and your daddy go on a walk almost every night and your soccer ball (and an animal) must attend. You practice dribbling the soccer ball with daddy. You really like to run. We hike all the time (another favorite) and you run almost the entire hike. -If you aren't running, you are riding your tricycle. You pedal so fast your feet come off the pedals. You and daddy 'ride bikes' all the time. RaRa is getting you your first bike for your birthday...I can't wait to see your face when you see it. -You have just completed your first semester of school. You cried most days when I dropped you off, but always had a smile when I picked you up and told me how much fun you had. I am excited to see how you do in the fall in the 3 year old class. -I love your creativity right now. Pretending is a new stage, and it's so much fun to listen to. Of course the animals are the biggest players here...see above bullets about animals and being funny. -You still LOVE music and seem to have a talent for learning songs very easily. Daddy teaches you a new song and memory verse almost every night. Your newest favorite group to listen to is the Beach Boys. Other favorites are: The Oak Ridge Boys and any worship song. I found you singing "O Victory in Jesus" the other day...I didn't even know you knew that song. You still love worship and sing as loud as you can if you know the song. -You are getting taller and taller...and your waist line is not really growing...gonna be like daddy. -You are a very compassionate kid. Any time someone is hurt or upset you are very concerned and try to comfort them. This also means you are very sensitive and get your feelings hurt pretty easily. -You are very positive and always willing to 'keep trying' if you can't achieve something...I love this about you. -People really seem to like being around you and you love to talk to people...sometimes too much.