Pax's Birthday Party, Take 3

The Fire Station
I have to admit that if it was up to Paxton his 3rd Birthday would have been a Transformer party. Which honestly probably would have been just as fun. He had told us for his party he wanted his friends to come over to his house to play, and he wanted a cake. We thought up the idea of a fire truck party based on the fact that there is a lot less violence involved with fire trucks. He was pretty easy to persuade. It turned out to be a huge success. Tylor did all the hard work, he convinced the Anchorage Fire Department to let us bring the kids up there and see the trucks and he cleaned and decorated the house! What an awesome Daddy! So we started out at the fire station. I never knew that Fire Trucks could captivate a group of 3-4 year olds. They were in awe, and SO well behaved. Our tour guide did an awesome job keeping their attention. They got to play with fire hydrants, see the sirens, watch the crew dress in their gear and go off on a real emergency, play inside the fire truck, and best of all, squirt a real live fire hose. It was awesome. Oh and watch a whole group of fire fighters slide down the fireman pole. What an awesome birthday. I love watching Paxton's face. He was so interested and so excited to be there. I have no idea how we will top this one. Here are a few pictures. I took over 75 photos while we were there. It was a little much. But again such an amazing time. I loved that everyone came out to wish our little man a happy 3rd year of life.




I have to appologize for all of these pictures of Paxton shooting the hose. I just love love his expression in each of the photo's. It was the highlight of his birthday.









I just love how they are all holding hands. These are the sweetest bunch of kiddos.

March 2nd, Take Two

After nap time we continued on with the birthday festivities.

Take Three and Four to follow. Stay tuned.

My First 3 year old

Paxton's 3rd Birthday part one.

2 years and 364 days old.

Tomorrow is a big day for my little man.
I am so proud of him for all that he has become in the last 3 years. Being two has been quite the adventure for little Paxton. He started off his second year of life flying to Hawaii, learning how to pee in the big boy toilet and then moving to a new home. He was blessed with a new little brother, learned to count, say his ABC's, spell his name, say the Pledge of Alligence and do jigsaw puzzles all by himself, among countless other things. He is a sweet caring boy who loves life. His favorite thing by far is Transformers. He pretty much loves all colors, although for most of his second year orange was what it was all about. Right now he says his favorite number is 0, but again for most of his second year he was pretty partial to 4. He loves to eat. Ice Cream is still by far the best thing in the world, but he still loves pancakes, PB&J, oranges, apples, carrots, and broccoli. He is around 40 inches and weighs about 36 pounds. I will get the correct stats on Friday. He loves to read, draw, and run. He loves going to gymnastics, storytime and bouncing bears. His skin is soft as silk and his smile still lights up the whole room. I am very proud of all that he has accomplished as well as the little person he is becoming. Happy 3rd Birthday Paxton Lee!

Paxton isn't always wiggly

So my last post, I said that Pax wont sit still for me. This is not 100% true. He will if there is a sucker involved.

But usually I end up with something like this.

Or like this. (And yes, I know Kian is chewing on a sharpie, but he is sitting still isn't he?)

Everynow and then I get something I really like, like this (dang that stupid sharpie)

Or like this

And just in case you aren't digging the B&W: