Well, the long anticipated birthday is finally here! Can you believe it? We can't! John and I raced around last night to make a little "Happy Birthday" atmosphere. John ran to the store for the BIG present while I stayed home to [listen to the baby monitor, duh] frost cupcakes.
We blew up balloons and got things looking pretty festive before going to bed ourselves. The hardest part? Getting the bike and a bunch of balloons into his room without waking him up. Good thing he is a sound sleeper!
The longest part was finishing up my homemade birthday banner. At 1:30am, I finally had to face the facts: I didn't have what I needed to finish. The ribbon I had picked out for this project wasn't going to work and after several different attempts to fix the situation, I had to face the fact that it wasn't going to happen. So, I had to improvise - I think it came out okay. For the record, it was supposed to be finished at the top and have a ribbon piece attached. For today this works - I'll be working on finishing this up for sure though.
In the morning, when we heard William stirring, we got up (John stayed home for awhile this morning to greet the birthday boy) and put the caramel rolls into the oven before going in singing to the birthday boy. And he was SO excited. It was a perfect, wonderful moment.
Sleepy boy
Check it out! A big boy bike! With a helmet*! With balloons!
Looking at the bike, admiring the balloons.
Sitting on the bike - Amelia also loved the bike/balloons. This girl has an instinct for finding dangerous situations. She loved chewing on the balloons, putting her fingers through the spokes and pulling herself up on the bike. No big deal, right?
Admiring the letters. All day he would come back and trace the letters.
Tracing the letters
Cheese! Standing in front of the birthday banner. Note: Amelia also really liked the banner. She liked to pull it down, chew on the balloons and eat the clothes pins.
Making it up as we go along. We were waiting for the rolls to be done and we improvised by having William open up some of his presents and cards. Note: A BALLOON! ON MY CHAIR! FOR MY BIRTHDAY!
A RACECAR CARD!!! I believe he slept with this the night of his birthday and carried it around with him everywhere during the day.
Racecar stickers!
We love mail
Amelia eats Cheerios while Mama does kitchen duty and Daddy does camera duty.
A Tag book! YAY! Thanks Great Grandma Gerry and Great Grandpa Tom!
The carmel roll
Amelia eats Cheerios while Mama does kitchen duty and Daddy does camera duty.
A Tag book! YAY! Thanks Great Grandma Gerry and Great Grandpa Tom!
The carmel roll
An official carmel roll portrait
Candy? After breakfast? Why not?
A new car carrier! WOW! Thanks Great Grandma Nona and Great Grandpa Budd!
Wearing his "3" shirt made by Mama in front of the birthday banner. I am so crafty.
John left for work and we settled in for a normal day. We had a nice day together playing. A friend came over late morning with her kids and we had a nice visit. We ate lunch together and then...normally it is time for a nap. William rarely naps anymore during naptime - maybe 2/7 days a week. But I very much need nap time to do chores, blog and mentally regroup. Absolutely necessary. About a month ago, William was complaining about having to take a naps usual. For some reason, I threw it out there that maybe when he was a big boy and three years old he might not have to take naps anymore. I haven't mentioned anything since then, honest (because I am not totally stupid).
Much to my dismay, William announced that thankyouverymuch he would NOT be napping today. What? Oh yeah, because now he is a big boy and all. Yes, that is right. After some initial confusion, William reminded me of my promise made more than 30 days ago about not needing to nap when he turned three. GAH**! We came to a compromise in which he agreed to read books on his bed for a few minutes while I did some Mama things. And by a few minutes, I mean about 16 minutes. You may be hearing less from me until I figure out a new time to catch up with our blogging!
We went out to dinner at our local Culvers with a lot of good friends. Coincedentally, our church had a fundraiser there and a lot of our favorite people were eating there in support. It is always nice to have an extra set of hands, but it is amazing to have forty extra sets of hands. Someone is always available to hold Amelia, entertain William, wipe up spills and generally keep us company with adult conversation. Wonderful. William was thrilled to have a whole restaurant of people singing "Happy Birthday" and loved sharing his "Dump Truck Cupcakes" with all his special friends (no pictures of these).
Wearing his birthday hat, waiting for his dinner.
Cupcakes are serious business, leave me alone!
After dinner, we came home, got ready for bed, and finished opening the rest of his presents.
A piggy bank! Thanks Aunt Megan!
Putting money into the bank - fun!And so came the end of the birthday. We improvised and pulled it together at the last minute. But, it was a sweet day full of special moments for our big guy. Happy birthday, baby. We love you more than you'll ever know.
*Funny story about the helmet. We tried multiple helmets on William at the store before we found one that met our criteria 1) No licensed characters 2) Fit his noggin. The one we went with? Is sized for children 5 and up. William has a seriously huge noggin.
**He made it up to me when he pooped on the potty today on purpose for the first time. So. Proud. So. Happy.
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