Where has the time gone?

My baby boy is 3 years old! Friday, February 5, Kinson turned 3!!! Isn't he just the most mischievous looking thing?! These last few weeks have been the most fun times, EVER!

I really think this has been my favorite age so far. We can have "real" conversations, he can reason, we can negotiate (he usually wins), and we just laugh at each other!

After last year's terrible 2nd birthday I learned 2 things: 1. Don't schedule 3 year old check-up on his birthday 2. Don't have another party at the house

So we had a great birthday party at Pump It Up Saturday. He loved every part of it, except when they sang Happy Birthday to him. But he acted great and had the best time! (more pictures of that to come...)

As far as the check up goes, we went on Wednesday and unlike last year everything checked out great. But parents beware of the 3 year old check-up! It entails peeing in a cup, weight, height, blood pressure, and a finger stick. I was prepared for peeing in a cup, he did good with the peeing part but was screaming at me to "pour it out!" He did not want me to give it to Ms Sandra in the lab! He has never done well getting weighed or height, but we got close to assuming he weighs 34# and 38" tall. That is a HUGE growth spurt this year. He is now in the 50% weight and 75% height. next came blood pressure check, by this point Kinson had had enough! We never got a reading. Then to top it off they come in and prick his finger--- Kinson gets real queasy at the sight of blood and starts screaming! By the time Dr Flowers comes in I am worn out!

What can Kinson do at 3?:

• he is 90% potty trained-- we still wear a pull up to sleep, but (knock on wood) has done great throughout the day
• sleeps in a big boy bed all night
• talks NON-STOP about anything
• can say all his ABC's and recognizes and identifies all the letters
• can count to 20
• LOVES, LOVES, LOVES Lightening McQueen and anything related to Cars
• Toy Story is coming in as a close second
• can recite every line to the movies Cars, Toy Story1, Toy Story 2, Kung Fu Panda, and the Jungle Book (not sure what that says about us as parents!)
• has his own personal sound track of songs from those movies above that Bear has to play every morning on their way to school
• has a very limited diet-- Wendy's chicken nuggets, yogurt, any fruit, and pancakes
• still hates to change clothes but at least he doesn't have to sleep in the next day's school clothes
• HATES to brush his hair or get a haircut-- his lovely haircut is compliments of his one handed momma attempting to cut his hair and not disturb him as he SLEEPS!!!

With all this said, it has been the most wonderful and best 3 years ever and I couldn't imagine loving him anymore!!!