Officially three

Sawyer's official birthday is today, but don't tell him that.  We didn't want him to think he got another party or more presents (though he did get a leapster computer thing in the mail today from Jenna).

We love him so much!  He has such a big personality.  Sometimes too big.  People always say  if you think the terrible twos are bad, wait until they are three.  We have been getting a taste of that lately for sure.  He is big enough to talk back, lie, and have opinions about everything.  It is definitely an adventure!  He is so sweet though so it makes up for any of his wrong doings.  He always says please and thank you/no thank you.  Plus he looks so guilty when he does something wrong you almost feel bad for him ;)

Some things he likes are Little Einsteins, Jake and the Pirates, Caillou, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Cars, and trains.  He plays with mostly Cars toys.  He also loves his new sandbox.  He loves to run everywhere and his favorite color is orange.  He loves baths.  He mostly will only eat bubbly cheese sandwiches, bagels, bananas, eggs, chicken nuggets, or pizza.  He also likes to count things.

Some milestones he is at is using the potty by himself and no accidents at night (he just this week started taking his pants on and off and using the step stool so I don't have to help him if he goes pee), full sentences, knows the alphabet (can point them out individually and sing the song), he has a very good memory (he can play the memory match card game very well and can repeat lines from tv shoes and movies after only seeing them once or twice), does puzzles, sings songs, has a good imagination (talks his toys to each other and he likes to pretend to be things like kitties), can play catch and kick and dribble a soccer ball. He runs with good form pretty fast and jumps off of big things. He also makes friends everywhere.  We caught him leading some kid away from his family once at the beach lol.  He still can't say his R's or L's or S's very well though.  He is still "Thoy-uh" and his brother is "Kowan"  His favorite phrases are "But..." and "What you said?" (he normally has better grammar than the later, but he does still refer to all women as "He" "Him" and "His".)

He is a great big brother, but sometimes plays too rough.  He always tries to hug and kiss Kellan, and we've thought he was about to run off a few times but he just wants a better view of the baby.  He says things like "awwww, he's so cute" to him and "I love him!"  He even got Kel to stop fussing once in his swing by talking to him and bringing him a stuffed kitty.

Night time is a little difficult...he knows he can sneak into our bed and we won't notice for awhile so he takes advantage.  I can see him late at night before we fall asleep and he will come in and see we are still awake so he takes back off to his room.

He always says that people are his best friends and I love when it is us.  He is like our little buddy!  I can't wait to see how he continues to turn more into a little person.  We are so proud of him!