He's 3, He's fantastic, and He is Ours!

i just don't know how it happens.
how you bring a baby home that looks like this:

and kaa-boom, you blink, and 3 short years later they look like this:

 


our baby boy turns THREE, YES, THREE YEARS OLD, on Sunday.  we love our little man.

things i want to remember about him as he is today:

*he loves to cook. whenever i am in the kitchen, which is about 60% of the time, he is right there next to me.

*he gets emotions. which is going to be very beneficial in a house full of emotional girls. just the other day he found me locked in the closet having a good cry, and he was so concerned about what was wrong with me.

*he loves to hold the car door for his grams. and he loves their lunch dates.

* he loves, absolutely loves hummus. the other morning i woke up to find him sitting at the counter eating a bowl of hummus and carrots.

*he has the best little voice, EVER!

*he loves to sing a song he wrote called butterfly games, and do some beautiful choreography

*he is crazy about his dad

*he is pretty crazy about his mama, too :)

*he is not a girl. i know this sounds like i am stating the obvious, but after three girls the change is so unbelievably welcomed.

*he swings his legs when he sits at the computer

*he prefers to use the rest room outside, or while standing on a tricycle.

*he proudly picks his nose and eats it. it makes me laugh out loud just thinking about it.

*he answers to bug-a-boo

*he still is a really good cuddle monster

i think i have said it in the past, but having a boy titled my heart. i have always known that i would raise my girls with the desire for them to be women of grace and TRUE beauty. the weight of that responsibility seemed very natural. but the thought of raising a MAN who is strong, courageous, gentle, and leads by serving... makes me very grateful that he gets to watch and study his daddy who exhibits those characteristics with such humility.

three years ago, our prayers were answered when God blessed our home with a boy baby. And every day since March 18, 2009 at 4:21pm, we have been abundantly blessed by him.

Anderson Joshua, you fill our hearts and our home with a sweet, sweet unique flavor of love! May you continue to grow strong in your body, and may your heart be consumed with the undeniable love of Jesus.

We love you oodles and oodles,
Mama and Daddy