Three Years Old

Sometimes I can't believe that this sweet little boy has been a part of our life for over three years now.  I've probably said this at every stage but I really believe this is my favorite so far.  He is so smart, funny and strong willed which makes for cute conversations, a lot of laughs and enough challenge to help me remember he has a mind of his own!  Today I picked him up early from my parents for his three year wellness check with the pediatrician.  On the way he said "I had a good day", so of course I asked what made it so good, he said "Inny and Pop-Pop".  I feel truly blessed that he gets to spend his days with people that love him so much.

He is 38.6 lbs. and 39 3/4 inches tall.  He has his blood pressure taken for the first time today (it was 96/62), which the nurse told him would be a hug on his arm!  He was asked to wear a little gown, which he asked to have taken off after a short time because it was bugging him.  We had a medical student come in first and he asked a lot of questions.  He asked what his name was and he said "Zackary LaRue", which surprised me because usually when I try to get him to say his last name he says "no, just Zackary".  During the exam he "tooted" when the student was checking his belly and the student was caught off guard a bit and stepped backwards and Zackary laughed and said "I scared you"!  The doctor simply said "little boys"!! 

I have so many pictures to share and things to talk about that I'll get to eventually but we are having a great summer!  The other big news of the week is that Zackary is working on potty training and he is doing an awesome job!

He loves to ride his tricycle.

Picture Preview

Zackary had his picture taken by Sara last Saturday.  She has posted a preview on her blog.  Here is the link to check them out. 

http://lukecommasara.blogspot.com/

You can check out her cute little guys too!!

Fun in the sun

Four Generations

Great Grandma Alice, Grandma Joyce, Daddy & Zackary

Family Reunion

Last weekend Zackary and I went to Pennsylvania for a long weekend.  We had a great time staying with Auntie, Uncle Brian & Daisy Mae (the cat).  Zackary often includes Daisy Mae in our nightly prayers, so I thought she should be mentioned here as well.

On Saturday evening we celebrated Garrett and Karly's birthday's with Aunt Marty and Uncle Lem's family.  Auntie took Zackary swimming and he had a great time.

Then on Sunday we went to the Warner Family Reunion.

My cousin's daughter, Ariel, is only a couple months younger than Zackary.  They played well together in this little area on the playground that looked like a mini booth with a roof.  They both loved the wood chips and Aunt Helen played with them most of the time they were in there.

The only complaint was from Zackary when he said "the baby won't listen to me", which made us all laugh since she is so close his age!

He loved the pinata . . .

the cake ice cream cones . . . 

and his mommy!!!

Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter weekend.  We started off Friday by going to a Marshmallow Drop.  Of course this was one of my brilliant ideas that now I can say we've done and probably won't do again!  It was as organized as it can be when there are approximately 10,000 people involved and I'm not kidding.  I just searched for a newspaper article about the event and  this is the amount of people that they belive were there, it was crazy.  Once you got a marshmallow, you turned it in for a prize which consisted of a couple pieces of candy, a mini camera and a little ball.  It was a beautiful day and we got exercise walking to and from our car!

In the afternoon, we dyed eggs.

Then on Saturday we went to two birthday parties.  One for our friend Brady who turned 3 and one for Paul's grandma who turned 88!

Sunday morning Zackary woke up to his Easter basket and then we went to church.  After Zackary had a much needed afternoon nap, we had an Easter egg hunt and dinner at the Crosby's.   

Build-A-Bear

Since he was born, I've been waiting for the perfect time to take Zackary to Build-A-Bear.  I've been there a couple of times before with some of my little friends and I had as much fun as they did.  If you aren't familiar, it is a store in one of our malls that is designed for picking, stuffing, fluffing and dressing a stuffed animal (not just bears).  So one weekend in March (I know I'm behind on blogging AGAIN), Zackary, Inny, Pop-Pop and I went and we had so much fun.  He picked a Tiger and a Chick (compliments of the grandparents).  We picked a "roar" sound for the Tiger, he put little hearts inside each one, helped step on the pedal for the stuffing to fill the animals and then we moved on the the station where he got to pretend to wash, dry and brush his new friends. Then we picked clothes, got on the computer to give them each a name, received a birth certificate and a box to carry them home in!  Zackary had SO much fun!