Jacob's 3rd Birthday

Jacob turned 3 on Sept. 9. I can't believe how fast he is growing up. He has definitely rocked my world! I was such a know-it-all when I was pregnant with him. I read tons of books and articles on parenting and sleep training and I had everything figured out. HA! Since we were in the middle of a move and a lot of our friends and neighbors had already moved away in the summer, we decided to forgo a big birthday party this year. I might have overdone it a bit last year! We went out to lunch with a couple of Jacob's girlfriends ;) which was a lot of fun. His friends (and mine!) were so sweet, they brought cupcakes, balloons and gifts and made Jacob feel very special on his big day. When I asked Jacob what he wanted for his birthday, he said balloons and cupcakes. That was easy to handle but we also got him a helicopter from the toy store that he has been wanting for awhile now. Confession: I'm guilty of spoiling Jacob. I usually don't say no when we are out and he asks me for something at a store. For example, if he spots some little crappy toy hanging in the aisle of the grocery store, I will let him have it. This helicopter is not a crappy toy, but the point is that he has asked for the helicopter several times but it's not an item that I would buy on a whim. So he was SUPER excited when he opened up his gift from us. He played with it all weekend. He loves that thing.

Happy birthday Jacob!

Cottonwood Art Festival

Last weekend we went to the Cottonwood Art Festival with some friends. It was hot but we had a lot of fun, especially Jacob. Here are some pictures from the afternoon. (Not pictured...$5 corn dog...$4 cotton candy...)
Jacob really enjoyed running through these.

Cullen and Mary Jo
Princess! If you look closely, you can see her 2 bottom teeth that had just broken through.
Jacob doing some excavating while Sis watches