DJ Turned 3!!!

So hard to believe that my baby is 3 years old! Even though people still think he's older then he really is. I always loved the surprised faces I got when they found out DJ was only 2!! ha ha! He is a very tall boy!

DJ was born on November 14, 2008 at 12:18am. He came 2 weeks early, luckily, and weighed in at 9lbs even. We were so excited to welcome him into our family!

I asked DJ what kind of cake he wanted and he told me "vrrmmm". So car cake it was! He was so excited and wanted to help me, as did his sisters too. So I had a lot of help. I baked the cakes and then froze them so they'd be easier to work with. I did this on Friday, Nov 11. We ended up going to Great Falls for 2 nights, just to have a little family time. It was fun, but a little crazy too. Abbi ended up reacting to the hot tub (we think) and throwing up through out the night and breaking out in a HUGE rash all over her body. It was on her face, right down to her toes. She was miserable. I got her some benadryl, and benadryl cream. It knocked her right out, but it worked. She was fine by Saturday afternoon. Still a little groggy, but no more rashes or upset tummies. Sheesh, not fun!

The girls swimming around in the big pool and Richard and DJ in the hot tub.

DJ got more comfortable with the pool and would swim back and forth all by himself with his life jacket on. He did so good!

Anyways, we got back Sunday afternoon and I decided to go ahead and make his cake, so it would be ready for Monday. All the kids came and watched. It was fun to make. Not very fancy but DJ loved it, and that's what matters. I bought 3 new cars from the movie Cars 2, to put on his cake. We also put Mcqueen on too.  If anyone came into the house, he'd grab their hand and pull them to the fridge, open it and say up. Then he'd show them his cake. He did this a few times!

Helpful kids licking the beaters clean! Their favorite job!

The finished product of DJ's cake!

Monday morning he woke up and we wished him a Happy Birthday. The girls sang it a few times. He was one happy boy! Big smiles, and he kept saying, "Yup, ah me!" His Aunt Shelley called him and sang him Happy Birthday. He smiled the whole time and then did a little giggle at the end. He then said, "Tank tuuuu.", and gave her a kiss. It was so cute!

Monday's are busy, so we went about our day and got the girls to school and picked them up again. Cleaned the house and then took the girls to dance lessons. Got supper ready to go and went picked up the girls. Then started cooking and waited till Richard's parents got here and we ate. Then once my parents and Megan got here they ate after us and then we had cake and ice cream. Oh for his supper, I made him his favorite, which is spaghetti, garlic bread and broccoli (he loves broccoli), and we drank pop juice, which is all my kids favorite! He ate a good supper.

We sang him happy birthday, and he beamed the whole time.Then he blew those 3 candles out! Then we dished out the cake and ice cream. DJ loved it and ate his cake and ice cream and had seconds too. It was driving his sisters crazy, because they wanted him to open his presents. But he wanted nothing to do with it, till he was done eating!

Look at that big smile. Everyone was singing to him and he loved it!

Blowing out the candles with a little help from Cadence.

Then we had him sit down and Cadence brought him his first present. He opened it, with the help of his sisters. Cadence was going crazy holding her self back. She just wanted to tear that paper off, while DJ was taking his time! He got some cars, and a shirt and some tools from his sisters. He had to have his dad and grandpa Paxman open everything. Then DJ was carefully lining everything up before he was ready to open the next present. Cadence saw what he was doing so she quickly grabbed all his new toys and lined them up fast. DJ looked at her and then his toys and was then ready to open the next present. It was so funny! He got a popper gun from his Grandma and Grandpa Spencer. He loves it and takes it with him everywhere! He got a car mat from his Grandma and Grandpa Paxman. Then we got him a Little people racing ramp. He loved it. He had us set it up and he played with it after the girls went to bed too. He has to have the car mat set up and then the ramp set up beside it. Before he went to bed he had to park all his cars in the parking spots on the mat. He cracks me up! It's fun to see him get so excited! It was a fun day!

Opening his present from his sisters.

Opening the gun he got from his Grandma and pa Spencer. Notice his cars and tools nicely lined up beside him!

DJ playing with his ramp. He loves it and plays with it every day!

Parking his cars before he goes to bed!

It's so weird to think that DJ is 3. I decided to right a little list about him:
- DJ loves to play with his cars, everyday. Sometimes he'll play by himself for hours. It's fun to watch him. Other times he'll want me to play with him.
- No longer takes an afternoon nap:( Once in a blue moon he will but most of the time not.

I walked into his room and found him asleep. He had refused to have a nap and was watching a movie and having a snack!

- Can be very stubborn about what he wants. Drives me crazy sometimes..... good thing I love him!
- Is a big tease with his sisters. Knows what buttons to push to get them going!
- Goes to speech once a week with GiGi (that's what he calls his speech therapist).
- Works so hard to say different words and gets so excited when he says a new word. So cute to watch.
-  Has been surprising us with more and more new words.
- Loves spending the morning with just his mom. Has been a lot of fun to spend time with just us. I don't get much done around the house but we do have fun!
- Loves to go for rides with his Grandpa Paxman in the big truck.
- Loves animals of any kind. Was even brave enough to go for a horse ride and loved it!
- Absolutely loves his sand box. Would spend hours and hours outside playing in the sand. He makes up his own little world.
- Is very independent. He'll figure things out and climb up on the counters to get a cup for a drink by himself. He's a funny boy!

He climbed up on the garbage can to drink his chocolate milk!

- Would much rather be outside then inside. So happy we have grass now so we can play out in the snow without getting all muddy!
- Always has to categorize anything into the "daddy, mom, and baby". For example if there's a big truck, pick-up and car, then it would be daddy, mom and baby. He does it with EVERYTHING. That's what he usually does when we are driving.
- Loves to tell me what things are the color "booo"(blue).
- Has to wrestle somebody at least once a day. Doesn't matter who it is, he loves to wrestle.

He's doing his karate moves on our new trampoline! He would entertain himself doing this for a while!

- DJ LOVES his chocolate milk. We are slowly getting him off of it. He has it once maybe twice a day now. Way better then before. He can't say it but he knew the sign for it. He'd run his finger down his cheek (means brown) and squeeze his hands together (meaning milk). He knew that sign good!
- DJ is a fun loving boy! Loves to play with his sisters. He is usually the puppy or papa when they play pretend! So cute!

DJ is a sweet little boy and we love him so much! I can't believe he is actually 3 years old. Richard put it in perspective when he said, "If you think about it this little boy was living with his Father in Heaven 3 years ago." It's kind of a cool thing to think about. He's such a sweetie pie! We love you DJ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!