Wesley turned THREE (3)!!

Just had to blog about my special boy who turned the BIG THREE today!!

He is amazing and so darn cute too!

Since we have tons going on with the house right now we let today be pretty low key. Grandma came by and brought his gifts and brought him (and his big sis) chocolate cupcakes with Star Wars on them. They were a hit! Then grandma sang Happy Birthday to him..that was too cute.

He has requested some 'tools' like dad so tomorrow we are taking him to Lowe's to get his very own shovel and wheelbarrow :)
His formal birthday party will be shared with his big sisters birthday in October. She so graciously offered to share her Magic Bounce bday party with him when his friends are back in school. So very sweet!
And by the way...my granny got him a little toy cork gun which has been a hit with both Kate and Wesley (thanks Grandma..what was she thinking?!?!)
His milestones:
1. He has shoulders that will most likely prove to be linebacker shoulders...he is 'stocky' as they like to call it.
2. He knows his ABC's and can count to 10. He can identify most of his letters and numbers. He knows his shapes and colors and has even suprised his summer camp teachers because he is the youngest in the class and one of the sharpest.
3. He uses multisyllable words like he is 30...and he uses them in the appropriate context and knows that they are 'big words' and wants you to acknowlege that he used a 'big word'.
4. He just picks up on things so quickly. For instance, mommy dropped a very heavy wood board on her foot the other day and used a not-so-nice F-word. He immediately told mommy that the F-word was not 'appropriate' and I should go to my room for using it. Then proceeded to walk around the side of the house to find daddy and tell him what F-word mommy used and how he sent me to my room. It was hilarious! Not my choice of language but his 'handling' of the situation.
5. He loves his big sister so much! I catch them hugging each other frequently. Kate was nervous to go to the restroom by herself the first day in the new house and I overheard her ask Wesley if he would go with her to make her feel safe. He said "Sure Kate....you go with me to the potty, I'll go with you."
6. He idolizes John Deere tractors. IDOLIZES JOHN DEERE anything! Needless to say, his 'theme' for his new room will be John Deere.
7. He still looks 99.9% like his mommy. Wesley is my mini-me. And since we keep his hair a little longer and my mom kept my hair really short, he really mimics a lot of my childhood photos. He is outgoing and super social. So what is the 0.1% of Justin traits? Well he has Justin's gorgeous tan skin and at the very end of his hair he has the slightest curl and since my hair is bone straight..that MUST come from his curly haired dad =)
8.He weighs about 40 pounds (he is super dense) and weighs almost as much as his big sister.
9. His favorite pet is not cheerful and laid back Rex or the mellow cat Whiskers but he absolutely LOVES crazy Jake. Every morning Wesley wakes up and sits on the couch and pats his lap and says 'Come here Jakey Jakey' and Jake jumps up in his lap and curls up and Wesley pets him. In fact they have formed quite the bond. A few days ago I had to grab Wesley quickly because he was getting bitten by mosquitos and Jake thought I was being a tad aggressive and he growled at me when I went to grab Wesley's arm. They definitley have a special bond.
10. And finally..we have made it to birthday #3 with him still not being called Wes. Justin and I made a bet when we named him Wesley as to how long it would take until the majority of his world referred to him as Wes versus Wesley. I love both names but he will alwyas be my little Wesley :)