Well I'm a few weeks late on Ty's birthday post, but I didn't want to forget it! Ty turned 3 this year! He's the cutest kid ever. He is constantly making both John and me laugh, we could just squeeze him we love him so much!  My heart is full multiple times a day with how much I love both of my kids! They're the best.


For Ty's birthday this year we blew up a bunch of balloons and just played in them. 

Ty got an awesome gift from my sister in the mail (thank you Andrea!) and he played with it all day! It was a box full of 4 dinosaur puzzles. He still loves doing them. He's gotten so good at putting puzzles together by himself, I'm always impressed!

 

We pretty much played the whole  day and then when John got home we had brownies and ice cream and he opened another (doc mcstuffins)  puzzle, a Mickey mouse cup, and a squirt bottle. He absolutely loves spraying water all over the salon while I'm doing hair and I'm glad he's found something to keep him busy so I bought him his own from the dollar store :) 
After that, we watched Big Hero 6 and then went to bed. I think he felt really special all day! He loved hearing people call on the phone, it was sweet. We went in on a big boy bike with my parents for Ty and he opened it on the Sunday after his birthday. He's been loving it! We got him a helmet and he will randomly wear it  in the house but loves wearing it while he rides! He's gettng pretty good.  

I'm amazed at how smart he is! He knows his abc's, he can count to 11 but then he says 19, so we aren't quite making it to 20 yet, and he's always saying the funniest things. He's become quite the little talker. I love hearing what he has to say. He remembers a lot more than he used to its interesting to see how far back he can remember! 
He loves being my little helper in the salon. He wants to spray everyone's hair, comb it and help wash it. (Then he says, "You're in charge mommy? You use scissors?")  He knows he's not allowed. Its sweet :)

He is the best cleaner ever! He loves doing the dishes and folding towels and also loves picking up toys to "earn candy".  I'm impressed what he can do all by himself!

 

Whenever I style his hair he automatically puts his hand on his forehead to protect his face from the hairspray, he's such a good sport. And then lately when I'm done, he gets his comb and goes to the mirror and spikes it straight up and says he likes it that way instead. It looks so funny, I love it. He's already so opinionated! He also can pick out his outfit for the day and get dressed correctly from head to toe! (with the exception of his shoes being on the wrong feet most of the time.) He never matches but he's good at getting dressed :) 

Some people are so surprised that he's potty trained or that he wears undies all night, but he has been potty trained for almost a year! We got so lucky to have a good potty trainer. He can hold it for quite a while. he never ever wets the bed. I can't think of one time after his first couple weeks of potty training that he's wet the bed. He always wakes up to go if he needs to and he loves going all by himself. I couldn't tell you the last time he had an accident, it's been that long! I hope my other kids are as easy as he was. Thanks Ty for making it so easy! 

My most favorite thing lately is when it's time to pray, wherever we are, he will start saying a prayer before whoever is saying it starts and then he'll go on and on for what he's thankful for. It is so cute it makes me laugh every time and John tells me I shouldn't laugh but it's too cute not to! I'll probably try to get it on video at some point cause it's my favorite. 

Here was one example: 

"Dear Heavenly Father, thankful for this day. Thankful for my blessings. Thankful for my birthday. Thankful for my things. Thankful for Mickey. Thankful for Minnie. Thankful for my tiger. Thankful for my car. Thankful for my pillow. Thankful for my blanket. Thankful for my bed, thankful for my neighbor, thankful for even Mary." (Haha) and then we have to remind him how to close his prayer, he'd go on for days! Its a good reminder though to have more gratitude when I pray! I love it 

I'm just so grateful for my Ty buddy, I don't know how I got so lucky to be his mom! Love you kid. 

--I love this first picture because on Ty's birthday we put stevie to sleep and let Ty stay up. So after about an hour of Stevie being asleep he woke up poopy (which is the most annoying thing! It ruins their sleep) and he was so tired after I changed him that he wouldn't go back to sleep but he also wouldn't stop crying. I couldn't calm him down and neither could John. He was just freaking out. So I decided to just put him down by Ty for a minute and he calmed right down and cuddled right in. Ty is always sweet to share his blanket with him which, if you know him, is a miracle. He's very protective of his blanket if its anyone else. I love the bond they are creating! so sweet. 

 

(where did this thumb sucker come from?!)