Aaden is 3!

I can't believe our boy is 3!  Oh how life changed so much for us 3 years ago.  Becoming parents has been a pretty amazing journey for us so far.  And what a blessing we have in our boy - he's sweet and smart and funny, adventurous and curious, and becoming all boy with his "tricks" (jumping and spinning or tumbling) and "fighting" with Aaron.   He can be bashful at times but loves playing with other kids.  And he's well-liked.  His preschool teacher says that he's very mature for his age, he keeps up with all the kids and gets along great with everyone and even though he's the youngest she said you could never tell.  She said that she just loves him. (So awesome for a parent to hear that about their child)  He definitely has his tantrums but for the most part he is pretty well behaved.

Right now -
He loves to run around in his underwear.  As soon as we get home he says, "I want my shirt off and my pants and not my underwear." But then he always wants to play in the backyard so he'll put snow boots on because they're easy for him to put on.  So you'll often see him in the backyard with nothing but underwear and snow boots on.
His favorite phrase is "2 minutes" like, "Mom, I want to play outside 2 minutes" or "I want to play the iPad 2 minutes"  It's his way of bargaining.
He loves riding his scooter and is really good at it.
He loves playing outside with the neighbors Isaac, Allan, Scotty, Justin & Mikayla.
He still loves his sandbox.  He's learning how to ride a bike but still can't quite get the pedaling thing down.
He likes Batman "Batban" even though I'm pretty sure he's never seen it.
His favorite movies are Spiderwebs (Charlotte's Web), Lion King, & Shrek.
His favorite toys are his play horses and cows and other farm animals, barns, firetrucks, and he loves to watch youtube videos of horses and cows (he's accidentally tapped on a video of some not so pretty images of horses umm, procreating, more than once...I was horrified!)
He knows his ABCs and is working on colors.  His favorite color is still orange.
Aaron has taught him how to ask for things using a complete sentence - and he does!

He weighs 37lbs (90th percentile) and is 38" tall (50th percentile).

We are so lucky to have such an awesome boy.  We love you so, so much, Aaden!

Aaden woke up to balloons all over his bedroom floor

He thought it was pretty cool! 

Excited for his bday!

So cute 

Love this kid! 

♥ My handsome 3 year old ♥ 

This was at his 3 year appointment - first time getting his blood pressure taken

I thought it was so cute!