Oh, look at me! It's great to be three!

In August (yes, let's just pretend this just happened!), Dallin turned three!  It was so fun celebrating his birthday because he was so excited.  Birthdays at three are quiet magical!  Dallin just beamed all day long.  

Dan and I kept thinking of all that happened to Dallin those first days of his life and the following year.  We are so proud of all that he has overcome and how he has done it with a smile on his face the whole time.  He truly was blessed with a special disposition to handle all the initial physical challenges in his life.  He is doing great though! Probably one more hand sugary in the future, and for the scoliosis, we'll just have to wait and see.  

He requested a baseball cake.
For months, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
was his favorite bedtime song.  

I took the boys to the indoor trampoline park to do something fun on Dallin's birthday.  They both love jumping and climbing so it was heaven for them.  They jumped around like crazy men for the whole two hours!  

Cake time!  

Here are some things that Dallin is up to now:

-talks, talks, talks!  You better watch what you say cause he'll repeat it! He has some very imaginative stories too!  

-loves Thomas the train!

-loves anything sports related!  This kid will hit off an overhand throw as long as you get it in the strike zone.  I only pitch to him now if I have some kind of barricade between me and him because he'll drill it right back at you!  

-loves running, jumping, and riding his bike.

-still loves to eat olives, tomatoes, smoothies, and Indian food.  

-he loves nursery at church!  When it was Stephen John's first week, he wasn't too sure about going in until Dallin came over and put his arm around him and said, "It's okay Stevie!" Then he gave Stephen John a ball and told the teachers that he likes balls.  (He's also a good big brother--most of the time).  

Since its been so long since I posted, here are some other things we've been up too.  

We went to the Ozarks for a little family vacation.  This is the fist vacation we've taken that hasn't involved extended family.  Although we love seeing extended family, it was fun to just be the four of us and relax and enjoy the outdoors a bit.  

SJ and I played on the shore and waded in the water.
He was more than thrilled because he got to dig
and throw rocks all he wanted.

Eating a donut in the car!
What a treat!

            

Dallin went fishing with Dad which he hasn't stopped talking about.
The water was really high so no one was catching anything.
Luckily, Dan caught one fish and Dallin was there,
so he (Dallin) was satisfied.  Dan…not as much.  

The "cabin" we stayed in.
We had the middle room.  

Dawt Mill is where we stayed.  It is in the heritage region of the Ozarks.  After driving around there, I can definitely still see remnants of the Ozark stereotypes.  

Smores

More fishing.  The people there were really nice.  They go fishing every night it seems just for fun.  They'll talk to you like you both have all the time in the world.  

Throwing rocks.  Maybe that's part of why Dan couldn't catch anything?  They were in heaven though.  

 Dan's birthday was also in August.  

Impromptu wrapping paper when we ran out

He deviated from German Chocolate to Cheesecake this year 

We've also done a lot of playing.  A.K.A. mom is too tired from being pregnant so she sits in a lawn chair and watches us.  

They've since given up their bottles!  Yeah!  

Discovering teeter-totters at the park.  

We met some friends at the science museum in OKC before they left for their assignment in Germany.  

Yes, SJ is drinking the water.  You have to watch that kid or he will drink water from anywhere!  Even puddles on the ground.  Never mind he just drank from the water bottle I brought for him.  He is going to have an amazing immune system.  

BBQ festival in our town.  First stop was the pig races.  Half hour of sitting for two 30 second races.  That's called learning patience boys!  

State Fair

Dallin rode his first roller coaster and loved it!  I couldn't believe he wanted to go on it, and then that he was fine not going with me. Good thing because I would have had to pretend to just be fat and not pregnant!  

Stephen John loved the piglets!  

Bowling.  The boys used their passes from the library summer reading program.  Dallin was disappointed that he could hold the ball like the professionals do.  Luckily the dragon looked cool so he was fine using that most of the time.  I think the ball only got stuck once too!  

Family time at the Great Plains Nature Center.  The three mile walk is the closest thing we have to hiking in Wichita.  

More fun at the park.  

Going to the fire station.