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Thursday, February 6, 2014

BRYANT IS THREE!!! warning, this is a long, but awesome post ;-)

It's hard to believe, but Bryant is officially three. Where oh where does the time go. I can remember bringing him home from the hospital. I was SO emotional. Obviously part of it was hormones and lack of sleep, but a lot of it was caused by this feeling that my heart was now living outside of my body. I would do anything and everything to always protect this little being that God had entrusted to me. Of course I still feel this way. Even though he tells me he is a big boy now, he is still my little baby. :) And in honor of my little baby, I have pulled out some pictures from the last three years to share. I am also going to write a list of things he loves right now. Of course I'm writing these things to share with y'all, but I'm also doing it so that I will never forget what my sweet boy was like at this age. Also, if you are wondering if I cried while going through all of his pictures, the answer is yes. I am fully aware and have accepted the fact that I am a huge sap when it comes to my kids. :)

Bryant's Favorite Things:
1. Favorite Sport: Golf - the kid has been obsessed with golf since before he was 2. And he is really good at it. His favorite golfer is Tiger Woods, and he will watch golf with Josh for hours. He will also play golf for hours at a time.
2. Favorite Food: Meatloaf - I know this seems weird, but the kid is obsessed with some meatloaf. I make mine very plain, and he loves it. He literally asks me for meatloaf any time I am cooking dinner. It's funny.
3. Favorite Fast Food: Chickfila - obviously it's delicious, but the main reason it's his favorite is because I don't let him eat at any other fast food place.
3. Favorite Color: Orange
4. Favorite TV show: Team Umizoomi - although he loves a lot of other shows, this is still his favorite. And of course the math nerd in me loves that. :)
5. Favorite movie: Cars - we haven't really shown Bryant any movies besides Cars and Planes. However, he really does like the Cars movie and gets to watch a little bit of it a lot of nights right before bedtime with mommy and daddy in their bed. It's a special time.
6. Favorite music: Seeds of Worship CD - he loves this worship CD I play for him. It puts scripture to song, and is actually really good. And I of course love it because he already has scripture in his heart at this young age.
7. Favorite toy: Honestly, I don't think he has a favorite toy…unless you count golf. He really enjoys playing with trains, cars, and dump trucks. He also likes to play with anything that Taylor is playing with at the time. ;)

- Bryant still has a pacifier. We are officially down to one, and I am just waiting for him to tear it up so I can tell him that there aren't anymore. I have good intentions of this happening in the next few months. However it's hard because Bryant never had a blankie or stuffed animal or anything like that, his "comfort" thing was always his paci.
- Bryant is not potty trained. This is hopefully going to happen in the next month. He does not have much interest in going on the potty, although he will for me some times. It is going to take me actually taking the time to stay home and do it. Honestly, I just haven't wanted to fool with it.
- Bryant says the funniest things. I need to start writing down all the stuff he says. It's hilarious!
- Bryant is very compassionate for his age I think. When I took a spiritual gifts test mine came out as mercy and compassion, so I definitely think this comes more from me than Josh. ;) But it is sweet. He has a genuine concern for others and wants to make people happy.
- Bryant is all boy. He is nonstop energy and he likes to rough play. This gets him in trouble every now and then, but there is no malice behind it…he's just being a boy!

Well…for those that actually stuck with me and read all of that, I am going to stop here. I hope you enjoyed the glimpse into what Bryant is like. He's pretty much the best little boy ever!! :)

Year 1:

Year 2:

Year 3:

(Btw…I am patting myself on the back right now because I actually narrowed down thousands of pictures to only 25 per year…a total of 75. I left out some good ones, but oh well, I figured no one would look at thousands…except for me of course ;) )

Until next time…

Heather

Monday, February 3, 2014

Bryant's 3rd Birthday Party!!

This past Saturday we had Bryant's birthday party. It was so much fun!! We are so blessed to have so many good friends that came to celebrate with us. This year I had his birthday at The Heavenly Donut Co. It is a donut shop here in Birmingham that has the best donuts! Birthday parties there are so much fun. I also did a a golf theme to the party simply by doing golf balloons and golf party favors. I did this because golf is still Bryant's favorite! In fact, after his party he got to go eat lunch with Josh at the golf club and then play 9 holes. He had so much fun!! Anyway, back to the party, as the kids arrive there are donut coloring sheets and crayons on the table so they can color their own donut. Then once every one got there each kid got to have their own donut to decorate with different yummy toppings. And of course then eat their delicious creation! After that we played a few games. One was a donut toss game, and the other was where the worker heading up our party would tell one of the kids an animal, and that kid would act it out for the others to guess. It was super cute!! After that they brought out Bryant's birthday cake (consisting of 24 donuts and some donut holes). Then we opened presents, and that was it. It really was so much fun, and I think all of the kids and adults had a good time. Below are lots of pictures documenting my baby boy's special day!

Bryant's birthday invitation!

Golf balloons!

Party favors!

The Birthday Boy!

Coloring time!

Donut decorating time!

Sweet Taylor :)

Bryant went a little overboard with his donut toppings!

Playing the donut toss game.

Playing the charades game.

Donut tower cake!!

My whole world!!

Taylor got to hang out with sweet Olivia. They were just catching up here. (This is my friend Courtney's little girl that was born the same day as Taylor)