Nolan Turns 3!

I remember this time last year, during our excruciating wait, telling myself that Nolan's 3rd birthday would be here before we knew it and that we would not believe how fast time had gone by. Well, it is hard to believe that his bday is already here. We have had many "firsts" with Nolan in the past 11 months, but this celebration has to be one of the most special ones!

Nolan first birthday celebration ever!

We have a tradition of eating cake for breakfast on the actual bday of each family member. Early the morning of Nolan's big day, we could hear him calling from his bed, "happy cake, Mommy, happy cake." So I peeled myself out of bed (early for a Saturday) and served up some happy cake. (BTW, "Happy Cake" is what Nolan has called bday cake from way early on.) He blew out the candles SO fast, we didn't even have time to snap a pic!

Sometime that morning, Nolan was walking around the house calling Milton, "Dad." This went on for several minutes & we don't know why he suddenly changed from "Daddy" to "Dad" especially since no one in the house calls him "Dad". Maybe he was feeling all grown up on his big day.

Here's Nolan listening to Mimi & Papa sing Happy Birthday to him over the phone.

He picked a Mickey Mouse cake after the show Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He loves, loves, loves that show!

Very experienced now at opening gifts from what he learned at Christmas, here he is breaking into his presents.

He couldn't fake any excitement for this gift! You can tell that by the look on his face.

A shirt, woo hoo!

Big, scary rc dinosaur he named "toot" ??? Not sure why he picked that name, but how cute!

Daddy trying to teach him how to work Toot.

All the sibs enjoying the new toys.

Feeding Toot leaves.

Precious (and occasionally rotten) Nolan who is now 3 years old!