The "big" Birthday Boy!

Me, frosting the cake

The finished product! He loved his "Cars" cake!

Aunt Nadja (Noni) and Tara

Daddy brought in the cake while we sang Happy Birthday

While we sang, Alex rolled on the floor, laughing, yelling STOP!! GOOF!!

Grandma Trudy and baby brother Cam "Camerdoos, Camerdoodles, Doos, Doodles"

Hurry Dad!!! Open the toy, right now!!!

Mattingly "Nino" Cristopher "Kissy" and Alex patiently waiting for Daddy to put together the tracks.

Alex, Grandma Trudy, and Cam

Kissy with a frosting face!

Aunt Lara Papa Markosek, Papa Bradford, Papa Cal!

Alex telling Papa Cal thankyou and that he wanted to give him a big hug!!

Cam checking out the cool race tracks!

Sleeping boy!! He went to sleep with his Lightning Mcqueen. When I went into check on him he was laying with his sippie cup in one arm and his "Favorite race car" in the other arm. Such a sweet little monkey!!

Yesterday Alex turned three years old!! We had a fun day! He woke up and told me that he "wanted his birthday cake!". I told him that birthday cake was a long ways away.. He wasn't really excited about waiting, but what can you do?? His aunt Nadja, Mattingly, Aunt Lara, Davis, Allie, and Kissy came over in the morning to help make the birthday cake. The kids played hard while us adults slaved away in the kitchen ;). After naps the kids helped mommy mop the kitchen floor (not really important, but someday i will probably have to remind them how they used to be good helpers..) It took me forever to get the house cleaned (or so it felt!). At about 6:00 Aunt Lara, Uncle Chris. Aunt Nadja, and all the kids came over to eat some grub and help finish the cake. While we were finishing up, alex came across his present (I didn't have time to wrap it). He was dragging it every where demanding that somebody open it for him! "Open my toy, RIGHT NOW!!" he'd say. I told him that if he couldn't be nice he wouldn't get to keep the toy, then he was happy and playing, not worriing about the present! Then came papa and grandma Bradford. We sang happy birthday, opened his present, ate the cake. Everybody started leaving, Alex and Cam finally settled down, then they went to bed without any fuss! The perfect end to the perfect day! Happy Birthday Rockets!!! I love you!!!