Shawn and Courtney's Blogspot: Happy 3rd Birthday to Jackson!!

My sweet Jackson turned three years old last Saturday! He has turned into such a fun, silly, imaginative little boy. He amazes us more and more each day with the things that he does and says.

We did a lot of fun things to celebrate Jackson's birthday last week! On Wednesday we took advantage of the free day at the zoo with Rachel, Tommy, and Oliver. The boys had a blast!

The boys didn't want to look at the camera :)

Parker passed out before we left.

Friday we had his 3 year checkup. Jackson was great at the doctor, and is finally on the other end of the weight spectrum! It must be all of the goldfish and Pirate's Booty he eats :) We finished the morning off by going to have lunch at Daddy's office. Here are his stats from his checkup:

Height: 38.5 inches (74th percentile)
Weight: 32.8 lbs (54th percentile)

Saturday was Jackson's birthday! When he got up in the morning, we let him open his presents from us. Jackson got a Woody doll from Toy Story, and the Toy Story 2 movie! The first question he asked us after he opened Woody was, "Where's Buzz Lightyear?" Maybe next year, bud :) Jackson was excited to play with Woody; he carried him around all morning, and even fed him breakfast.

At 10 am, Jackson asked to have popcorn. Since it was his birthday, we popped a bag and had a snack! Later, right before lunch, we took Jackson to pick out a birthday balloon. He picked a Toy Story one! He still has it in his bedroom a week later :) After getting his balloon, we went to Burger King for his birthday lunch where he got his favorite meal: chicken nuggets, french fries, and chocolate milk. He even got a birthday crown to wear.

After lunch, we came home for nap time. Trisha's daughter, Isabel, had her baptism later that evening, so we all got dressed in our church clothes, headed out, and got to spend the rest of the evening with family. But before we left, Jackson opened his present from Grandma and Grandpa Brown and got to play with it a little. It is still one of his favorite things to play with!

Because of the baptism, we had a combination Super Bowl/Jackson's birthday party on Sunday evening. Shawn's parents, the Kaouks, the Stuarts, and Vilja came to celebrate. We had homemade pizza and other snacks, and then sang and ate dessert! Because Jackson doesn't like cake, I made him a giant cookie with M&Ms. He was so excited to blow out the candle! Every time I asked what he wanted for his birthday the week before, he told me he wanted to blow the candles. He even did it all by himself! He also loved his presents from everyone! We played with all of them the next morning.

Here are some fun things about Jackson at 3 years old!

- Jackson's favorite snack is Pirate's Booty. He is still an incredibly picky eater, and has even dropped some things from his repertoire. One of our goals for this year is to get him to try more foods!

- Jackson is a very chatty little boy. It's fun to watch him now as he plays with his toys and has conversations with them!

- Jackson can count to 15, knows his colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, white, and pink), and recognizes most of his letters.

- His favorite word right now is, "Probaly!" Sometimes he says it in silly contexts and it makes Shawn and I laugh, so now he says it just to make us laugh. He's also very polite and says, "please," "thank you," "you're welcome," and "bless you" on his own.

- Jackson loves animals! He especially loves going to the zoo and has been to the aquarium a couple of times. He has a blast every time he goes.

- He loves to sing. He knows a lot of songs by heart, and even makes up his own songs sometimes. He also loves to read and has most of his books memorized.

- Some of his favorite things to play with are his trains, blocks, and balls. He often brings some of them to bed with him.

- Jackson sleeps with a lot of stuffed animals. His regulars are Scout, little Mickey, Blue Bear, his "light puppy" (dream light), chocolate puppy, and blue puppy. He often brings another toy or book to bed with him too. I think we may be running out of room for him on his bed!

- Jackson is a great big brother! He loves to make Parker laugh, and has become a very good helper, when he wants to be. ;)

- Jackson has finally gotten into watching movies. Some of his favorites are Cars; Monsters, Inc; Toy Story (1 and 2); and Finding Nemo.

Jackson is a sweet, happy little boy and we love having him in our family!!