Zander's 3rd Birthday

Saturday, the 28th, was Zander's 3rd birthday.  He was so excited to be "growing bigger".  What a fun kid.  So the day started with Zander waking up to his room filled with balloons.  He thought that was pretty neat.  Then we drove out to Richfield to visit Pepper.  She lives on a dairy now and she had puppies.  So we wanted to meet her little ones.  They are so cute.  She had 9 puppies, three didn't make it, and there are 2 white, 2 chocolate and 2 black ones.  Then we just spent the day hanging out as a family.  For dinner we took the kids to Gertie's, a great pizza place.  They love the arcade and playing the games. 

I made cupcakes for Zander's birthday and then he tells me he wants a dinosaur cake...so Kya decided she want to decorate his cake.  She did a pretty good job.  We ended the day with cake and ice cream and opening presents.  Zander is so very loved, he has been playing with his dinosaur and helicopter everyday. 

We also decided to use his birthday and "growing bigger" as a tool to see if he wanted to potty train.  Worked like a charm.  Today we are on day 4 and he is doing pretty good.  A few accidents, but he does a pretty good job to tell us he has to go and get to the toilet.  Man I love this kid.

Tess and Jon

A couple weekends ago, Tess and Jon, (Zander's birthparents) came for a visit.  Zander's 3rd Birthday is this saturday, but they weren't able to come this weekend.  They drove all the way from Pennsylvania, two days straight in the car, just to spend the weekend with Zander.  How great are they?  Here is a post full of pictures from our great weekend. 

They are hilarious with many funny faces, which we all ended up getting into apparently.  We also had a little party at Hop 2 It with our friends who's little guy also had a birthday that weekend.  What a fun night.  Man the kids just love Hop 2 It.  But don't let that place fool you.  The adults got into a little competition as well on the obstical course.  We all ended up with a few scrapes, bumps and bruises....but in the end...Tess beat everyone.  Man that girl knows how to fly through.  (A couple pictures of her waiting at the end for everyone)

This is Tess and Jon's gift for Zander's birthday.  She made this little bear coat for him.  How cute is this.  I am so impressed with her sewing skills.  He was so cute in it, he ran around roaring like a bear and trying to scare everyone.  What a funny guy.  Thank you Tess, we love it, and we love you.

Great Nanna from Boise came to visit as well.  How fun to have so much family to love and be loved by.

Awwwwwwww!