Spring Forward!

Don't forget... we are springing forward our clocks one hour tonight! I hope all of our kiddos adjust quickly!

Look who's 3!

Wayne's day started out with bubble bread on his new "Cars" plate, and doing "cheers" with Dad with his new cup!

This was the present he found a few days back, and I think the only reason he wanted his birthday to come! As soon as breakfast was done, he asked to open it. Brenna came to watch Weston, and we took off to spend an hour or so at the Jump Around Fun Zone on the Guide. Wayne was pretty proud he figured out how to show us "3" with his fingers, and Ethan was so excited for Wayne's party day!

The boys had lots and lots of fun, and got rid of a ton of energy playing on all the fun equipment. Poor Wayne had such a cough though, we kept having to make him take time outs so he wouldn't keep hacking away.

Our little boy is way to small to be climbing and sliding down such a big slide.... and LOVING it!

Finally, he posed for a picture! This is a first in three years.... He also put his pants on all by himself yesterday morning, so he is growing up, I guess!

After the Fun Zone, we headed to Red Robin for lunch. We thought Wayne would enjoy them singing to him!

Ethan liked his Shirley Temple

Ethan had picked out this car just for Wayne to play with in his sandbox. A three year old knows what another three year old likes, that's for sure! All the waiters/waitresses came around to clap and sing to Wayne, and brought him a sundae. He loved it! He sort of danced and jumped up and down on his chair, soaking it all in.

Now for the ice cream!

After Red Robin, we headed home, and it was naptime for everyone (including me!) Then we got ready for the big party...

As soon as my mom got to our house, Wayne was asking her for Diesel. He's been asking her for Diesel (one of Thomas's the trains friends) for over a month now. He LOVES Diesel. I think my mom was happy to finally give it to him!

We ate pizza for dinner... There wasn't much left of the 8 pizzas we started with, in fact, there was less than an entire pizza left over. Way to make me proud family, I knew you could eat it! Present time! Thomas undies from Grandpa and Grandma

Wayne opened TONS of presents, and loved them all! A soccer net and ball, sandbox toys, a slip n slide and towel, books, Thomas the train pieces, trucks, puzzles, he just couldn't believe they were all for him!

The cake... It has 6 shots of espresso pour over the cake portion... Wayne loves coffee, so I thought that it was perfect!

I love this picture.... It just reminds me of a little boy with his Grandma's....

We realized we forgot to give him the rest of our gifts, so after everyone left, we gave him his scooter and baseball gear. He jumped right on the scooter and took off. TOO BIG of a BOY!

Now's when it got interesting.... Wayne "woke up" around 10 or 11, and was sleep walking! His eyes were open and he looked awake, but he was definitely NOT. It was the strangest thing. He was really worked up about something, and just when I thought he'd settled down, he would get upset again. I tried taking him to bed with us, thinking he'd just calm down if I snuggled him, but it was 2am before I finally got him settled enough to go back to his bed. He woke up perky as can be at 6:30am, and never mentioned it. Weird!~ My brother did that a lot when we were kids, I'll have to ask my mom about it!

Thank you to everyone who made Wayne's 3rd birthday a special one! Each of you mean so much to him, and Tyler and I are so appreciative for all the loving, wonderful people God has placed in his life. Three years has gone so fast, and yet I can still remember how he felt when I first held him, and the little noises he would make. God has made him to be such a loving, affectionate, kind, precious, adorable, talented, silly, funny, and sweet boy. And I am humbled to know that the Lord feels that we are worthy to raise him, we are so blessed to be his parents.

"Wayne, I'll love you forever, I'll pray for you always, forever my baby you'll be!"

we're ready to paaaartay!

It's 5:11, the folks come at 5:30pm, and we are READY! Food is set, chairs are out, furniture is rearranged, everyone has fresh clothes on, and we are ready to party like it's 2006! (that's when Wayne was born! :-) We've had a wonderfully fun day, and I'll get more to you later, but there's your update!

Happy birthday Wayne!

say it's not so...

We are feeling better here in the Silves household... Wayne is jumping around dancing at the moment, wearing shorts and double-layered t-shirts with socks (hey, I'm not a neglectful mom.) He liked the feel of the shorts and wanted to wear them, and I thought hey, why not? With the warm sun yesterday, our house heated up to 73 degrees, it felt tropical to me!

And now to the say it's not so... Weston has been climbing on everything. If he's quiet, you'd better run find him quick, because he's probably climbed up onto something. The couch, rocking chair, and one of the chairs in the coffee room are his favorites. And this morning I caught him snuggled up with Wayne on the couch watching TV together. How cute! As soon as he saw me, he started laughing. The next thing I knew.... he climbed down! Didn't know he could do that... The boy has yet to cease to amaze me.

And Wayne... he's going to be 3 tomorrow! We have a fun day planned, and a party tomorrow night. Yippee! Where have the last three years gone? What would I do without him? He is such a party of me, and my day joyfully revolves around him and Wayne. I took Wayne potty yesterday, and when he was done he said, "I love you SOOOO much Mom!" Seriously. It makes all the "accidents" well worth it, all the sleepless nights, and all the crumbs and food messes, and all the.... it's ALL worth it to be blessed with such a wonderful, darling, precious gift. Stay tuned for more gushing tomorrow!

{it's a love-hate sort of thing}

The wind... hate. The sun... love!

My oven... that is always dirty, even after I clean it.... hate.

Living color... love!

Toys in the living room. Hate.

New computer desk... love!

Unfinished fireplace... hate.

New washer and dryer... LOVE it!

Really messy office... Hate! (yes, can you hardly beleive I'm posting this picture? After I took it, I had to start cleaning it out. It was driving me nuts!)

New Sigma lens.... love.

Here are just a few things to share with you all... what I see every day and how I feel about them! :-)

my sick buddy...

I feel so bad for my little buddy... I've been sick, and so has

our little Wayne. We both are caughing and blowing our noses, and in general have been pretty miserable. He's so cute and sweet when he's sick. He snuggles a ton, has a chipper attitude, and says things like "my owie!" when he points to his throat. He has a rash on his face from the weather and so much binky time (his cough is so bad, I can only give him so much honey to help!) He also realizes that his birthday is coming, and keeps saying, "I want birday!" It is so cute. I've cleaned up after him in ways that I wouldn't for anyone else (but Weston.) Through it all, I'd do it again and again, just to hear his unprompted, sweet little voice say, "thanks Mom." That's all I need to face another round. This was one of the pictures I took for his 3 year photoshoot. I thought that it perfectly captured his sweetness, and his sickness.

Miss Madelyn is 6 months old!

We did Madelyn's photoshoot the other day, and I think I am beyond my "gag order" period that allows for Tara to get pictures to almost everyone BEFORE I actually post them on the blog, so here are a few of her most adorable shots! I must say, her photographer is getting quite talented (I took Wayne's 3 year pictures today... stay tuned for those!) I just got a new lens, and am LOVING it. I'll post about it later.