3 years old

Wow! The time has flown by, and our little Jack is 3 years old. It seems crazy that he was just 6 weeks when we started our trek across the country to move to Cleveland. He has grown into a little boy and I am so happy to have him in our family. He definitely makes things more interesting and keeps us on our toes. :)

He has a strong personality but also has a great big heart. He loves to be with his "flamily" (as he calls it) and when he is in the mood, makes for a very good snuggle partner. He is a great big brother and is always willing to help me with Anderson. He is always telling Anderson that he loves him and talking about how cute his brother is. He is very friendly and will talk and make friends with ANYONE at the park, or swimming pool, or wherever we go. He loves to sing and will sing songs or make up one, while he is going throughout his day. Wolfy is still the favorite. I hope he is the favorite for a long time.

He is still a great eater and will eat things if we tell him it will make him strong like Batman, and then proceeds to show off his "HUGE" muscles! He loves to come in our bed in the morning and play "I spy" out the window. We have been going to the pool this summer and this is the first year that he has LOVED the water. He has been so brave and is even enjoying the deep pool. Last year, we would leave the pool and his hair would still be dry. He still loves movies and his favorites right now are Toy Story 1 & 2, Up, and Mickey's Christmas. (Yes, we watch Christmas movies year round...and I secretly like it). He loves to play sports and his favorites are soccer and baseball. He will be playing soccer in the fall for the first time.

He loves to play pretend, catch toy bugs, play with cars, but would prefer to play outside all day. (If only we had a yard for him to play in!!) He does not like to be without clothes (which is good!), does not like it when we ask him to go to the bathroom, and does not like to be dirty. He is getting so big and we LOVE to see his personality continue to come out.

Here are some of our favorite quotes from him lately:

"So....what did you guys do today?"

(He says this almost every day, and mostly at the dinner table).

"Look it Mom....Daddy is nuts!"

(Not sure where he learned that.)

"Happy Father's Day! When I love you, Happy Father's Day, when I give you a kiss, I love you!"

(This is what he told us that he "wrote" in Justin's Father's Day card.)

"Oh."

(Whenever we explain anything to him, this is his response.)

"Ugghh.....what is your deal!?"

(He was frustrated with Justin. He is totally quoting him. This is something he would say to Jack when he is being a stinker.)

"Say...Jack Heaton!"

(He will say this to Anderson regularly.)

"Be careful with that toy Mom/Dad. It's really expensive."

(We don't own anything that's expensive.)

"Are you all done being a dentist? Are you all done with your test? Did you fix people's teeth?"

(These are the regular questions Jack will ask Justin when he gets home from school.)

Jack is a little sassy, but we sure love him and think he is so stinking cute. That little face of his just makes me melt.

Happy Birthday Jack!!

We love you

Pictures taken by the one and only Angie Penrose. :)