Three! Seriously, can it be?

Can it seriously have been 3 years ago already since 

this little baby boy came into our lives?

How time flies...

He has grown into such a smart, sweet, and FUNNY young man!  

He is such a special little boy to us and such a blessing to our family.

He has been telling everybody for weeks now that he is going to be 4 on his birthday.  And for weeks I pleaded with him to please not be 4 and just be 3 this year.  To which he would put his head back and laugh at me in defiance.  This morning however he had come to an awakening and fully committed to being 3. 

This year we had a construction theme birthday party.  

I went a little over board with not one, but two homemade cakes and cookies.

His menu consisted of a build-your-own burger bar, drill bit salad, 

construction cones (doritos), and wrecking balls (grapes).

And as you can see by these photos our guests took the construction 

theme quite seriously and he doubled his amount of toys in one day!

Spoiled?  maybe.  Loved?  YES!

Apple picking

End of Summer

It happened again.  

Labor day- marking the last official day of summer.  

Yet we have no regrets... No I wish we woulda done this...

We thoroughly enjoyed all our outdoor adventures and backyard escaping.

So I just couldn't think of a better way to end the season than with a 

quick photo montage recap

and a last minute photo session.

Goodbye summer.  Hello Fall.

Up up away

We went to the great balloon race and watched these lovely colorful balloons launch into the clearest August evening sky.  Tristan enjoyed waving goodbye as each one filled and then lifted off.  What a great summer night.  

"Tristan-isms"

Tristan- you say the darndest things.  And so I have to write them down.

I love how you say...

"Woowie" instead of Louie,

"Tomato slide" instead of tornado slide (in his defense the slide is red)

"Hmm that's turkey" instead of that's tricky,

"Turn the whites off" instead of lights off

You count to 20 but you usually skip 15,

You say your alphabet but you switch around "kj"

Your Tristanisms are so funny and all your own.

Mommy and Tristan day!

At bedtime we like to talk about our day and also talk about what things we will do and see the next day.  And days I don't work have become mommy and Tristan days.  Days I don't have to clean or shop or run errands.  Days we can just goof off.

Today was a mommy and Tristan day... 

These are my favorite kind of days!