My baby boy turns 3!!!

Mark turned 3 on May 1. I can't believe how much he has grown. He has really changed from looking like a toddler to looking like a big boy. He is such a joy to have in our family. He makes us laugh all the time! We love him so much!! He had a great birthday!!

My parents sent him a new outfit and some fun cars to play with. He was pretty excited. I was pretty excited when he put the clothes on. He has been SO picky lately when it comes to his clothes. I got him some new clothes the other day, and he still won't wear some of them!! So I was glad when he chose to wear these!! And Mark absolutely loves cars!!! He plays with them all the time. These ones wind up when you pull them back. He has fun playing with them. I just have to keep reminding him to play with them on the floor - not the table or the piano!!

We got him a Hot Wheels stunt loop (or something like that). You put the car in and pull the lever and it sends the car around the loop and out onto the track. He has a lot of fun with it. He spent most of that day trying to play with it - Joseph and Jacob thought it was pretty cool to play with, too! We had to keep reminding them that it was Mark's new toy and they needed to let him play with it!!

Mark wanted a fish on his cake. So this is what I came up with. It was fun to, and I thought it turned out alright. He was pretty excited about it!! ( Sorry, I forgot to flip the picture before I put it on, and I'm not smart enough with this to know how to turn it!!)

I thought I would need to help Mark blow out the candles, but he knew exactly what to do! He blew out the candles before we were even done singing to him!!! He is such a smart boy!!!

Mark qualified for the school district's preschool since he is delayed in his speech. (He is very intelligent, and he signs 141 words/phrases, but he doesn't "say" words clearly.) He was able to start this week since he was now 3. I think he had mixed emotions about it. (I know I did!! :) ). He seemed excited about it when we talked to him that morning, but when we got to the school he didn't want to get out of the car. I walked down to the room with him and helped him get his stuff hung up. He seemed better by then. Then we found his cousin, Alora, and he sat by her during singing time. He was doing pretty well, so I was able to leave. His teachers said he did great!! And he did well on the bus ride home. He again showed mixed emotions about it this morning, but when the bus came to pick him up, he got on it without any problems. I can't believe my baby boy is old enough for preschool!!! It's been so different being home with just Megan!!

Here's Mark getting off the bus after his first day at preschool!! He almost seems too small to be getting off a school bus!!!! But he was excited about being able to ride on a bus like the older kids!