Happy 3rd Birthday

We had a dump truck party for D this year.  He loves trucks and can tell you the names of all of them.  His favorites are excavators and bulldozers.  It is amazing to me that he knows all of the names and can tell you ever when he sees them driving down the road.  I had big plans for this party and none of them happened.  I was going to make the cake and make little party favors then I found out about the baby and had a lot of stuff going on.  I am sure that he will never know the difference so I guess it is alright. 

 

Zolo

We had to put Chopper to sleep at the end of October and a few weeks later we picked up this little guy. This is the only picture I took of him when he was little.  I haven't taken many since then but he has grown a lot.  The best thing is he loves D.  They chase each other and have a blast playing with Zolo's toys, plus a few of D's that he spends lots of time trying to protect.  I am sure that it will be the same way when the new baby gets here in 8 weeks.  That is crazy, 8 weeks.

New Year's Day

 I took these pictures on New Year's Day.  It was a beautiful day so D and I went to play outside for a few minutes. 

This is where you can find my child

One of the best things I have done

I decided the other day to try an idea I found on pintrest.  It has been too cold and windy to take D outside so I thought we could play trucks with this.  The first day he spent over an hour playing and has asked to play with it everyday since.  I think it is the best thing I have done for him.  It is colored rice and it is perfect to fill dump trucks with. It was very easy to do and turned out better than I thought it would.  We do keep it on the tile floor to minimize the mess. 

 Who doesn't want a little rice between their toes?

Myatt Family Christmas

We had Christmas at my mom and dad's on Christmas eve.  It was fun to watch D open presents this year because he was very excited about it.  He had "called" my mom at couple of weeks before to tell her he wanted a tractor with a clow (plow).  He was probably almost as excited to get it as my dad was to buy it.  It was nice to get to spend some time with family.  Just think, next year there will be two more little people to enjoy the big day