Jayden's Birthday

If you can believe it, our baby Jayden just turned 3!! Where did all the time go? It seems like just yesterday we were emailing everyone announcing he had arrived, and now we are celebrating his third birthday. Gone are those endless days of snuggles and coos. Now it's "I do it all by myself" and tantrums. The best are those in public, "when we get home you are going to get it" tantrums. Yeah, how long until we grow out of this stage.

He walks, talks and does just about anything else you can think of (except jump with two feet, I think he get his coordination, or lack of, from his daddy). He's all about trains, planes, and any other mode of transporation. Like I said before, he wants to do everything all by himself and if you try to offer a little assistance, he pulls his arms done and very sternly says "no". He scolds the cat, no touching his trains, no getting out of the house, no sniffing his food and definately no coming in his room. We got him a teepee for his birthday. Now that he will gladly share with the cat, but only so he can close the little cloth doors and tie them shut to lock her in. (And the cat thought the tail pulling stage was the worst.) Yep, he's definately a little person with his own words, likes, dislikes, rules, ideas and ways. Before he was born I was aked what I wanted for him and I answered, "I want him to be stubborn and independent." well, God gave it to me.

He may be growing up faster than we can believe but there are days when he's still my baby. Those days when instead of napping in his room, he would rather "nuggle mommy" on the couch. He walks outside and lets out an "ooohhh noooo" because some of my flowers fell off the plant and onto the ground. When he gets scared and comes up to be held close just long enough to forget what scared him in the first place...and then it's off again, growing up. Three years down, fifteen to go...but, he'll always be my baby.