Three years...

We have had three years with this little boy and it has truly been a joy. He has such a special place in my heart. He is good-natured and for the most part, very pleasant.

I think about how far I have come as a mother in the last three years and its amazing how I have changed because of Tyce. I am so grateful for what he teaches me.

I would like to give a special thank you to my dear friend Cali for taking the following pictures of Tyce. She has captured my favorite 'Tyce expressions'. She just follows him around and lets him do his thing and catches the most perfect pictures while he is in his element. Thank you so much Cal!

Some of my favorite things about Tyce: He is so self-entertaining. He plays for hours and hours by himself. He has always been obsessed with tractors, construction equipment, and his recent favorite is trains. He is excited about everything. Everything is a thrill for him. It's so fun to experience life through his eyes. The smallest things turn into great adventures. Other favorites, he has always been a great sleeper, he was very easy to potty train, he has a tender heart, he travels so well in the car (mostly because he is so entertained by all the cars and semis on the road), he has the most addicting giggle and so quick to laugh, he is very friendly and makes friends every where we go. He always asks, "whats you name?" to every stranger in the store. He is a very good big brother. He loves Jacey, and takes such good care of her. No one can make Jacey laugh the way Tyce can - its so cute. There is much much more but suffice it to say, I really love this boy. He is such a joy, and I am so grateful for him.

Tyce's new obsession is Thomas the Train and was thrilled to death to get this for his birthday.

So last year Rustin's aunt made Tyce a backhoe cake and Tyce has talked about it for one whole year and its all he wanted for his birthday. I'm not much of a cake maker, in fact I don't even really like cake and I don't like frosting. So it took we forever to try to duplicate last year's cake. I purposely didn't post last year's birthday pictures so you couldn't compare the two cakes. But lucky for me Tyce didn't know the difference. He was tickled to death to have his backhoe cake. My favorite part was when I asked Tyce if he like it and he looked at it for a minute and asked, "where's the landing gear?" Seriously, what 3 year old cares about the landing gear or even knows what that is? So we made the landing gear with some extra Kit-Kat's. I asked if there was anything else and he insisted that the bucket needed teeth for scooping up dirt. So we had to take care of that and we had to put rocks (M&M's) in the loader and hay (green M&M's) in the bucket. But he wasn't quite satisfied until he put fruit snack taillights on the back and then it qualified for his inspection. Unreal.

His party was so fun. This is such a great age. I love it!