Can you BELIEVE my baby guy is 3!?!?!
THE BIRTHDAY
We don’t really throw big birthday parties each year so we celebrated Matthew’s birthday by going out to lunch to his favorite restaurant: Olive Garden. Afterward, we went home to eat cake and ice cream and open presents.
I took a lot of pictures so enjoy!!!
Practicing “3” with his fingers:
With Mommy and Daddy:
Aunt Rachel came along for the ride:
The cake:
I felt terrible for not being able to make him a cake as I have in the past so I asked Mike to get the coolest, most awesome cake design they had. Matthew was in LOVE with the cake. LOL
Mr. Birthday Boy had a hard time staying out of the icing. By the time we got around to cutting the cake, the entire front side was licked clean and the cake was visible. LOL
Checking it out a little closer:
Pretty excited about the Thomas sitting on top:
Getting to blow out his candle:
I LOVE this picture of him:
Deep breath!
BLOW!
Singing to him:
Opening presents:
Video of the present opening:
Playing with the loot:
THE PEDIATRICIAN:
Mike took Matthew to the pediatrician for his appointment because I had a work meeting I couldn’t reschedule. Thankfully, the appointment was fairly uneventful.
Matthew’s measurements:
Height: 38.46″ (76th percentile)
Weight: 32lbs 10oz (62nd percentile)
BMI: Normal/15.5 (32nd percentile)
We go back again when he turns 4!!!
On the Disney front, I’m really hoping he grows an inch or two so that he’s above 40″. There are several rides with a 40″ requirement that I think he’d like. If he can’t ride, I think we’ll all skip those rides because I don’t want him to feel left out. Obviously, if he can go on them too it would be a lot easier. Grow baby, grow!
THE PHOTOSHOOT
For the first time in my parenting career, I didn’t take my child to have pictures done for his birthday. But!!! I did schedule a family photo shoot while we’re in Indianapolis and asked the photographers to maybe get a few of Matthew by himself. We’ll see if we get any “I’m 3!!!” photos from our session. 🙂