Birthday Fun

Yesterday, we celebrated Little Man's 3rd birthday. Where have the years gone? It seems like just yesterday that Mike & I celebrated our friend's first birthday and then drove straight to the hospital to be induced. A mere 23 1/2 hours later we looked into the eyes of our newborn little son. I cannot believe how old he is and how grown up he seems!

Of course we celebrated by eating pancakes shaped like the #3 for breakfast!

Little Man has been the hugest blessing in our lives. We cannot imagine our lives without him. We love his little imagination that has started to show. He tells us stories that he makes up. We need to start a little book of the things he says! Tonight, as I was driving, I took a turn to sharp and went off the curb. Little Man tells Mike, "Dad, sorry. That my mom."

We took Little Man to the Lion House for his birthday lunch!

This little boy brings so much joy to our lives and he has the BEST giggle! We love to hear it. We lucked out in having such a wonderful little guy to start off our family. He loves being a big brother and is such a big help all the time.

Baby K loved celebrating Little Man's birthday!

He sings to Baby K if he cries. His songs are usually words from a few different songs that we sing to  him, such as: "Tinkle, tinkle little star, don't take my sun away." He is also a big protector. If he doesn't want somebody other than mom or dad holding Baby K, he will do everything in his power to keep you away!

My boys in front of the Salt Lake Temple

Mike and I decided to take the day off work and spend the whole day with Little Man. We want to make our boys birthdays special. We were going to go to the zoo, but learned that my work party was that evening up at Lagoon. We decided to spend the day in Salt Lake hanging around and then head to Lagoon from there. We had to change our plans just a little to fit in an MRI for Mike's shoulder, but we still managed to have fun!

Am I not the luckiest mom ever?

 We started off the day by opening a couple of presents (one being the awesome cape he is wearing in many pictures) and having a great breakfast. Pancakes shaped like 3s. Mmmm, they were delish! We then got everything packed for the day and headed up for Mike's MRI. We ended up getting out of town a little later than planned, and that combined with bad directions put us 25 minutes late to Mike's appointment. Ooops. We ended up being at the doctors office for 3 hours. That is 3 hours that I had to entertain 2 little guys in the lobby, most of which Mike was back being seen. Really, for the most part, they did amazing!

Super E loves the temple!

After we were done, we took off to Salt Lake City. We decided to go to lunch first. We took Little Man to the Lion House. We love their food and enjoy using it as a treat. When they found out that it was Little Man's birthday, they gave him a piece of cake on the house! He loved it!

I fly up, up, up there! To da very top! (Of course, that is what super heroes do!)

 After we ate, we wandered around Temple Square. Little Man was in awe of all the water! This boy is obsessed with water! I think if we hadn't been watching him, he would have tried to climb into the reflecting pond!

A super hero has to keep the citizens safe! The two ladies walking towards us were enamored of Little Man!

Mike and I really wanted to see City Creek. We have wanted to go and just haven't had a chance. Again, we found more water, which Little Man loved! City Creek is amazing and Mike and I want to go back and explore more!

Waiting for the train

After we left City Creek, we headed up to Lagoon. We left a little early as we were hoping somebody would fall asleep in the car and get some type of nap. Unfortunately, it didn't happen. We were worried about how long Little Man would last with no nap, but he did awesome!

Little Man and W driving the car.

We met  up with our friends and went into Lagoon. We rode some of the big rides like Wicked and the Spider before we hit up some of the kids rides. We then grabbed some dinner. This is where the unfortunate accident happened. Little Man was trying to get off the picnic table and his feet got tangled up trying to get off the bench. He ended up falling off and hitting his chin on the ground. He got a pretty good scrape on his chin. Little Man was a trooper though and quickly forgot all about it.

Baby K enjoyed some naps!

After dinner, we headed back and did more kid rides. Were we excited when we discovered that Little Man was tall enough to ride some of the big little kid rides! We took Little Man on Bombora. When he sat down and the ride started he immediately put his hands up in the air. Once the roller coaster went down the first hill, his hands went right back to the bar and he held on tight! He had a look on his face like he wasn't sure what to think. When the ride finished, I was trying to be up beat and happy but it wasn't until his friend, Little M, declared it was fun that he decided that it was "Way fun!" He ended up riding this ride 3 times!

Little Man, Baby K and Hayley on the Ferris Wheel

Baby K even got in some ride action. He got to ride the train and the Ferris Wheel with us. He got woken up to go on the Ferris Wheel and I am not sure he was completely thrilled to be there. I think he was just there. {grin}

Little Man and Mike

Mike took it easy and didn't go on a ton of rides because of his shoulder. Imagine Little Man's excitement when he finally go to ride on a ride with daddy! Mike and Little Man rode the sky chairs across the park. He loved it!

The super hero riding the rooster

We ran Little Man into the ground! He was so tired at the end of the day, but he had a blast! Funnest birthday ever! We are going to have a lot to live up to for future birthdays!

Baby K and Mommy riding the carousel

Little Man and Daddy riding the carousel

Daddy had to take a turn being a super hero!

Little Man and M riding some of the rides together.