Carson is 3!

I can't believe it...my baby boy is 3! And a very independent 3 yr old he is! :)

He actually turned 3 a month ago (May 8th) but we all know that I am extremely slow at getting on here to post....well, just about anything.

The beginning of his 3rd year started out a little rough, to say the least. About 4 days before his birthday, he started to get sick...in fact, he and I both were sick. We laid in bed all day together (the plus side of this is I got lots of cuddles that day). I was fine the next day but turns out he had hand, foot, mouth disease. For those that do not know about this illness, let me sum it up for you in two words....It's Horrible!

His throat was so sore (and bumps everywhere in his mouth) he couldn't eat or drink. A sip of water made him scream and cry. Which, if we aren't drinking, we become dehydrated.

His birthday party was scheduled for that weekend but we ended up postponing it due to this - I could not let him be around other kids and possibly spread this horrible thing. All in all, he was down and out for about 4-5 days. Long days for me (worrying about him while I was at work) but really long days for Greg as he was home w/ him...all day.

Good news is, he recovered nicely and we were able to reschedule his birthday party a couple of weeks later!

He wanted a pirate theme party so that's what we did - - complete w/ eye patches and pirate cupcakes!

 

 

We had his party at a local gymnastics place. He's been before on rainy days w/ daddy and he loves it! It's full of trampolines, bounce houses, etc. If it's fun and bouncy, they have it!

 

Here's a few pictures of Carson having fun and a final picture w/ all of his buddies that made it!

 

 

After the party, we came home for a quick nap and then back to playing! We had a cookout w/ family, including my mom, step-dad, sister and nephew who were all able to make it down for the big celebration!

We recently expanded our patio (as in the day before his party) so we had some dirt (aka, mud) left over. Carson and Sophie couldn't resist...they just had to get in it! We all remember what fun that was as a kid to play in the mud! Daddy even put out a couple of pans for them to rinse off their feet before heading back in!

Carson got so many fun birthday presents from his friends, aunts/uncles, cousins, grandparents - he doesn't know what to do w/ all of them! We only got him one present....but I think he's happy w/ it!



The greatest thing about this new swing set, is that Greg put it together...all by himself! So proud of him! And as he would say...it's still standing!! :)

We found out very quickly that the slide is very, very fast! Now, he just mostly climbs up the slide versus going down it!

Although the birthday started out rough, it ended great! So far, 3 has been a success!