Happy third Birthday Aaron!

We have a three year old! He has been acting like a three year old for a while now, but today it's official. It's been said thousands of times, but it has gone so fast. It's hard to believe it's been three years since he became a part of the family. Aaron has been such a blessing. The best gift God has ever given us!

Aaron continues to be an active and silly little boy. He has a very strong will at times which can be a challenge. A good friend of mine said it better than I can. This will be our prayer for Aaron: that his strong will now will become a Godly strong will later.

We are amazed and blessed by his bright, fun personality. He is developing quite the sense of humor. Aaron also loves the outdoors. Weather it's just our backyard or going for a hike in the mountains, he is happiest when outside. It's wonderful to see our little guy loving the outdoors the way John and I do.

The food allergies we have dealt with for the last couple of years are improving. Aaron now eats everything except peanuts and tree nuts. What a change from having to avoid milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, sesame and shellfish. We truly enjoy watching him eat a bowl of ice cream. Praise God that he has outgrown so many allergies!

The things Aaron asks and talks about are becoming more complex. The other day he was playing with his trucks. We heard him say something about adoption. John asked what he meant. He said: "My trucks adopted a baby girl, her name is Madalyn". Our friends daughter's name is Madalyn which must be where Aaron got the name. We thought that was pretty cute! It's good to hear him talking about adoption too!

Aaron is becoming more and more helpful. It's really nice to be able to ask him to help me something like feeding the dog and off he'll run to go do it. He loves his chickens and is a great help with them. Often I'll tell him to round them up and put them back in the coop. Aaron is very loving towards his animals!

John and I look forward to Aaron's forth year and watching him grow and learn. We are so excited to watch him become a big brother. We know he will be an awesome older brother and a great influence on his brother or sister. He is an amazing little guy and we are so blessed to be his parents!

For his Birthday we went to a near by town to ride the train. It's a fun little train that is modeled after a steam engine and operated by the Lions's club. Then our friends came over for dinner. I made noodles, which are Aaron's favorite. We had a jello dessert with candles. He loved blowing his candles out! It was a fun day. The big party is this weekend. Lots of friends and family are coming over for Aaron's jeep party. It should be a good time!

Happy birthday, Aaron! We love you!