Matthew's Birthday

Matthew had his 3rd birthday! He was so excited and had been talking about all his plans for quite awhile. Did it live up to all the hype? Of course. He's three. As long as he can open presents, eat dessert and play, he is happy. And he got to do all of those. We also watched the movie Planes that night. He chose to forego his nap and so he was super tired by the time bedtime rolled around.

With his birthday balloon and gifts.

The unwrapped gifts.

The Recycle Truck came on his birthday. He loves the Recycle Truck and he especially likes when it honks at him. The driver is really nice and honks every week. Matthew held up this sign for his birthday and he got lots of honks :)

Matthew wanted sweet potato pie for his birthday. (He's not scowling here--he's just really tired.)

He may be super tired but he managed to eat two pieces of pie

Matthew showing off his new Lego crocs while wearing his new Cars shirt!

Matthew is so much fun to have in our family! He likes to joke around and is often doing "knock knock" jokes. The other day at lunch, he closed his eyes and said, "Mommy, I can't see you!" He turned his head all around as if trying to see me while keeping his eyes shut. He thought that was pretty funny! He has the hugest smiles and laughs to go along with his jovial attitude.

He also likes to have his whole family with him. When Sarah would leave to go play with friends over Christmas break, he was sometimes inconsolable. In his ideal world, we would all be together all the time.

Matthew especially loves his daddy right now. He is an early riser, often getting up early enough that he can shower with daddy. He always waves to daddy when he goes to work. It's cute to hear Matthew in the tower saying, "Bye daddy! I love you daddy!" over and over again.

Matthew loves to sing. If you call him up, you might be privileged to hear him sing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" or "What Makes You Beautiful." What's really fun is that, while he gets most of the lyrics correct, he mixes some up. For example, in "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," instead of singing "He knows if you've been bad or good," Matthew sings, "He knows if you're a bad guy." In "What Makes You Beautiful," he sings, "I don't know you're beautiful." It's super cute to listen to him sing. The other night, I was rocking him to sleep singing "I am a Child of God." Partway through, he must have decided I was doing it wrong because he sat up and started singing it himself in a little bit jazzier fashion. He's also singing a lot of Frozen songs and has his favorite lines like "sandwiches" {in First Time in Forever} and "happy snowman!" {in In Summer}.

Matthew is obsessed with firemen. He wants to be a fireman when he grows up and loves watching the "Fireman Sam" movies we get from the library. He got a fireman puzzle for his birthday that he and Megan love putting together. Once the puzzle is put together, he likes to just look at it.

Sarah's input on Matthew: He's an awfully good brother!

Matthew had his 3 year doctor's appointment (in January 2014--post moved back to 2013). He weighed in at 25.4 lbs (2%) and is 35.25 inches tall (7%). I was thrilled with how much he'd grown since his two year check (3 pounds and almost 2 inches) as at sick visits earlier in the year he hadn't put on any weight! He seems to be doing well developmentally as well.