Jameson at 3 years old, or just shortly after turning 3

At Jameson's 3 year wellness check, he weighed 33 pounds and was 38" tall and was on track with all developmental milestones...including potty training (we still use pull-ups at night, although they're dry in the morning) :)

He started to get "big" boy haircuts at a real barbershop (which is actually cheaper than the kids' place!).  Feeling more like a big boy and getting to watch the cut in the mirror, he does great!

He only naps when in the car.  He'll reliably fall asleep during the afternoon if we're out running errands.  We can't for the life of us get him to nap at home - we've both tried and tried various techniques, times of day, etc.

Loves to play sword fighting, his favorite show is The Octonauts on Netflix and he loves outscoring his daddy on a couple of video games he plays on his fire pad ;)  He also started to get more and more into Transformers and other series that Rob loved as a young boy.  Grammy sent us lots of Rob's childhood toys, which have now been given a second life!

Jameson has so much fun playing in the new backyard searching for "treasure", making bubbles, playing baseball, using water blasters, or going on pretend missions with swords in hand.

The Looses visit

We were so excited for Boston friends to come out and visit.  We had a lot of fun catching up with Chris and Krista.  We loved meeting their newest little addition, Anna, and watching their son, Nate, play with Jameson.  Here are some pictures from a stroller ride over to our nearby splash park.

Play hard.  Snack.  Repeat.

Playing at the park.

Forts and movie fun.

When things get this crazy, it's hard to know whether to laugh or cry - sometimes you have to do both!

Sweet girls.

Ava's first hair cut, Feb 12

Ava looking a little concerned about this haircut thing.

The longer hair in the back necessitated the cut.

She did a very good job :)

Brother trying to show Ava that this can be fun :)

Now that the haircut is over with, she's enjoying the "ride".

Loving the yummy sucker prize.

Moving day

We closed on both houses Wednesday, January 27th.  Thursday evening we got the keys to the new house and headed over with the kids to have a picnic dinner on the kitchen floor.  Later that night, a friend came over to babysit our sleeping kiddos while we started to personally move over some items.  Friday, January 29 the movers came to help us transfer the rest of our "stuff" and all our furniture.  The movers hadn't correctly calculated how much stuff we have...we must hide it really well ;)  They ended up calling for an additional man and then later another man and truck at the end of the day in order to finish on time!

Oh, I will miss this house and our location!!!  Over the last 7.5 years we worked so much on this house, really making it our own.  It was our "first place" as a couple and it became our first real home as our family grew.  The neighborhood was wonderful to walk in, had so many fun parks, an awesome pool right across the street...was walking distance to schools, Rob's work, coffee shops, Target, the new library...so many things.  Plus, there were our neighbors.  God definitely had a hand in us choosing this house because it is how we met so many of our wonderful friends.  We'll miss being right next door to them.  We knew it would take a near perfect find for us to justify moving. 

Before the kids were born, we enjoyed many sunset evenings sitting here and admiring the mountains - the mountain views are what I'll miss second most.

Seeing the sunset from our master bedroom, looking out over the balcony.  (We snapped this photo while prepping the house for sale.  I'm pretty sure I shed some tears.) 

I was so busy on moving day that I didn't get many opportunities for photos.  Here are just a couple very random photos - our new front door with the moving truck in the driveway.  Funny story about that side window...I contacted a glass company to come out and give us a quote on replacing the window because I couldn't stand that bubble glass look.  The guy comes in and pulls off a privacy press and peel - voila, clear normal glass.  I was laughing so hard - it was the cheapest fix on the new house so far!!!!  LOL.

Rob directing movers coming in through the garage and into the laundry/mud room.

Our new home (sorry for the cloudy day photo, but I really wanted to get this post up, I'm so far behind!).  We feel so fortunate to have found this home in the midst of a crazy housing market.  So many pieces came together and we couldn't be more grateful!  We are now just 10 minutes southwest of our old house.  Still walking distance to a great elementary school, a couple of different parks, our neighborhood pool and tennis courts, wonderful walking/biking trails and a reservoir.  The house faces east and the back abuts some open farm land to the west still giving us views of the foothills.  We now have room for our kids to grow, visitors to come stay and a yard for the kids to spend hours exploring and playing in :)  We are excited to make this house feel more and more like home!

Jameson turns 3!!!

Birthday morning we surprised Jameson with dinosaur brownies to eat with friends who were coming over for a playdate.

Jameson and his friend Kaylee admiring daddy's artwork :)

Jameson was so excited about the brownies that he made sure all of his dinosaur "friends" were part of the celebration. 

Jameson's actual friends (lol) brought over balloons which added to the celebration that morning.

In the evening, we had a birthday dinner and cake - again dinosaur themed, specifically green T-Rex (Jameson's favorite).

We all need a little help from our friends :)

Joining in the fun!

Present time.  At 3 years old, Jameson has known all upper and lower case letters for a while now, along with the sounds they make and words with start with each letter....but he hasn't started to write any of them.  Hopefully, this writing pad can help build up some interest!

A party green T-Rex!!!  (Ignore the true but weird tag!)

We'll have lots of room for running bases in our new backyard.

The arm...an obvious substitution when you don't have a bat.

Cool toy for learning to build and use tools, bonus is that it equals some fun time with dad :)

We had Jameson's birthday party at Cool Beans, a coffee shop playhouse in town.  Our house was in the beginning stages of getting packed up for our move later that month, so a party at home wasn't going to happen!  We rented out the upstairs loft/party room.  They provided the cupcakes, punch, plates, table cloths, and party favors all inline with our dinosaur theme.  We added some balloons and Jameson's dinosaur figures and it all came together perfectly. 

You can see some of the play area downstairs.

Playtime downstairs.

Playing with friends in the foam pit.

Cupcake time.

"Happy birthday to you...happy birthday to you..."

That much red icing hurts my teeth too...lol!

We're still minus a couple of friends, but at least in this shot you can see most of who made it into the picture!