A letter to Auden on his 3rd Birthday- February 12, 2013
Happy 3rd Birthday sweet boy! This year you had a fun birthday celebration at school and we had a birthday party for you at Grammy and Grandpa's house in Philadelphia. We let you pick out the decorations for your party this year, so when we showed you all the choices in the party store...very predictably, you wanted a "truck party!" Mommy and Daddy had fun putting together goody bags and you helped Nana bake the cupcakes for your school party. Here are some pictures of the celebrations.
School- Kidsdom Montessori
Mommy got to join in on the fun
Ready to party at Grammy and Grandpop's house!
Grandpop's turn getting spun and playing "pin the smokestake on the Thomas train"
Yeah! Truck cake!
Auden with his cousins and his best bud Nate
Happy Birthday Auden!
You went through a lot of changes this year Auden. April brought a new house, June brought a new school, July we converted your crib to a toddler bed, November you began potty training, end of November we successfully said goodbye to your heart medication, January you were fully potty trained and just recently you got a big boy bedroom set with a full size bed! It really feels like you are growing up right before our eyes. Slow down little man! You are always full of surprises to keep us on our toes. For example, since you loved the soccer class we put you in when you just turned 2 we thought we would try again this past fall. Well, I'm not sure if it's because there wasn't a cute female teacher- but you had absolutely no interest in playing soccer at all! We recently took you ice skating for the first time with your buddies Jack and Hartly and we prepared ourselves for you only wanting to be on the ice for five minutes. Well, you surely surprised us, you absolutely loved it and by the end you had enough balance to stand up on your own and even push Daddy a few times.
Some of your other likes and dislikes: you love puzzles and currently you can put together 48 piece puzzle by yourself...I'm not sure what other kids your age can do, but you certainly amaze us with your puzzle skills! You really aren't into arts and crafts, painting and coloring. So we definitely have to work on your drawing skills, ha. You love playing with your trucks, cars and trains (like most three year old boys).
You love going with Daddy to the indoor pool on Daddy's Fridays off...and Daddy loves it too, especially because he gets so many compliments from the moms about what a great Dad he is! You are still scared/don't like a lot of tv shows and movies. You ask us to change the channel (and these are cartoon shows) when something is a little scary, when someone does something mean to someone else or when someone is going to get in trouble. So, I guess you could say you are pretty sensitive, but that is okay sweetie:-)
After the discontinuation of the heart medication, had to do a holter monitor for 24hrs- all okay!
Sledding over the Christmas holiday at Nana and Pappy's in NY
New bed!
Our little ice skater
You are talking in paragraphs now, hard to believe I was once scared you were never going to say a word! You make us laugh everyday with your expanding vocabulary. Pronunciation is still a work in progress...for example, "gee in the no" has to be translated to "ski in the snow." Of course Mommy and Daddy aren't helping things by loving the way you say "let's nuggle on the couch" and have started to say it too, haha. You made Mommy's heart melt last week when I told you that you were my little monkey and in response you told me that I was your princess. And everytime Mommy gets dressed up for a night out and wears heels, you say "you look so beautiful Mommy." I'm trying to relish all these moments because I know soon you will be "too cool" to say such things. You are such a sweet boy with such a beautiful heart Auden. We can't wait to see what this next year brings and are so excited to tell you that you are going to be a big brother. I know you are going to be the absolute best big brother ever! We love you dearly Auden.
