Icky Birthday!

Icky turned 3 today. It is completely unbelievable that he is that old. We had a great day he is getting too smart. Grandma Gatherum came and took him shopping for a birthday outfit, which he loved, though he really just wanted her to stay and play with his Hogwarts Express with him. After lunch I bribed him to nap with a present, a Thomas the Train blanket, and the promise of more gifts. Now anyone who knows him or keeps current on my blog knows his obsession with trains. The only thing he specifically asked for (multiple times) for his birthday was a Thomas that would run on his tracks. When he woke up from nap time that is all he asked about, he actually found the wrapped gifts and figured out which one was Thomas and until we let him open it he was impossible. He also got a couple of puzzles and a pair of cowboy boots for when we ride horses at Grandpa Benchs, which he actually put on and wore for a while. I made a cake with blue frosting, just like Thomas, and green writing on it. He could have cared less about the cake itself but only wanted the frosting. Carl said the cake was his and let him pretty much eat most of the frosting off the cake.






I can't believe how much I love my boy. He is getting so smart and is a charmer (except to Lindsey, who he always tries to kick out of our house). We are so incredibly blessed to have him in our lives.

My top 10 list of my favorite Garrick things
10. Tells people we watched the Polar Express when we haven't since Christmas.
9. His obsession with trains.
8. When he tells me to just say "What?" when he says my name.
7.How friendly he is, not at all afraid of strangers.
6.He says "I'm not handsome (or whatever you've just called him) I'm just Garrick."
5.When he gets his way when I didn't want him to because he schmoozed me.
4.When he makes Marley laugh
3.How much he loves people, it is amazing.
2.Look he gets on his face when he is excited, very dramatically surprised.
1.When he (uncoached) tells me he loves me