Happy 3rd Birthday Clay!!!

So, today is my sweet Baby Clay's 3rd birthday and I decided to take a walk down memory lane... probably not a good thing because I'm about to burst into tears!

How did my little baby go from this...

 To this...

 And then to this...

 And now... you are such a handsome little man!

So what have you been up to this month?

You are still into coloring and LOVE to color anything. You've gotten much better in the last few weeks. At first you would just do a couple of scribbles on every page and now I think it's your goal to use every color on one page and make sure the entire page is filled up (including the back of the page). I can tell your favorite color is red... every red crayon you have has definitely seen its fair share of use.

You've also been introduced to Happy Meals and love them. I was trying to hold off as long as possible, but while I was out of town recently, Daddy thought it would be a good idea to get you one (or two). It was mainly because they had Smurfs in them... but now when we ask you what you want for dinner, you always ask for a Happy Meal.

You are still a very picky eater... I can't get you to eat any kind of noodle or tortilla. You will eat chicken nuggets, fries, pizza, and peanut butter sandwiches. You LOVE fruit and any kind of snack food. You especially love jellybeans ("beans" as you call them).

We're still slowly working on the potty training thing. You will go when we ask you to get on the potty, but you will not tell us when you need to go. This weekend we are doing potty training bootcamp! Nothing too stressful... we are just staying around the house so you can wear your big boy underpants. I've been gearing you up for it and you act like you're pretty excited about it. Hopefully, it will be a success! If not, no big deal... I'm trying not to stress about it.

You are also very inquisitive... you ask countless questions - what are you doing, why are you doing that, where are you going, what was that... the questions NEVER end! It's cute, though. Hopefully you're soaking up all the answers we are giving you.

You are such a loving little boy. You love to give me kisses and hugs. You are definitely a mama's boy and I LOVE it! You rarely need to go to time-out, but when you do, you are NOT a happy camper! We make you sit in the corner and sing your ABC's for 2 minutes. Guess now that you're 3 we're going to have to go up to 3 minutes!

I could go on and on about everything you are doing now! It amazes me how much you've grown up just this last year. I am truly blessed to be your mommy and you have made my entire world a much happier place (and I know your Daddy will agree with me)! I love you my sweet, little Clay! You will always be Baby Clay to me!

Big Boy Bed!

A couple of weeks ago we decided to FINALLY convert Clay's crib into his "Big Boy Bed". He was so excited when he saw it!! 

The first night was a little rocky... he realized pretty quick that he could easily get out of the bed and gain access to all his toys. Little did he know that we were watching him on the camera the whole time... we had to tell him a few times to get back in the bed.

He got used to the big boy bed pretty quickly, though! We did wake up to find him trashing his room a little... clothes pulled out of his drawers, books and trains everywhere... but after we talked (ok, threatened) he's been a good boy! He'll wake up in the morning, turn on his light and sits in his bed and reads until we come and get him up! We did end up changing the door knob around so that we can lock him in... for safety reasons, of course! He sleeps upstairs and I have a fear that he will somehow manage to climb over the gate and tumble down the stairs.

This past weekend we had the big 3 year Birthday Bash! I was a crappy photographer, but luckily my friend Beth took some pictures for me! I'm going to hold off posting about the birthday party until I have them! Can't wait!