My baby isn't a baby! :(

Today we celebrated Parker's third birthday. Sometimes it feels like he has been in our lives for 10 years. Other times I feel like we just brought him home with absolutely no clue what we were doing. I remember taking him in for his checkup a couple of days after we left the hospital. The nurse told us that we had done a good job with him the first couple of days we were home with him. I'm sure she tells everyone that....but I remember thinking that it was the greatest complement anyone had ever given me!

I feel like the infant stage just flew by. I hardly even remember him crawling around or waddling around on shaky little legs. I feel like 2 1/2 years of the three years he has been in our lives he has been at the exact stage he is at now. Time has gone by so quickly that it is just a blur.

That tiny little person in the other room has changed my life more than any other one person or thing ever has or ever will. He made me who I am today - a mommy. I would have never guessed it but being a mommy is what I am most proud of, what I am best at, and what I was put on this earth to do.

I love that little guy for so many reasons but a few off the top of my head are:
His giggle.
The way he says Mommy.
Watching him with Camdyn - he loves her more than anything.
Sitting back and watch things make sense in his head and watching him learn how the world around him works.
That crooked little smile.
The way his mouth turns upside down when he cries - just like it did when he was a baby!
That beautiful red head.
Seeing how happy he becomes when he gets to do something little that we take for granted - like going outside or getting ice cream.
The fact that he has made me a better person.
Watching him grow into such a sweet, caring little man.

Just a couple of pictures of Parker. Look at that tiny little guy!

I had to include this song as well. I downloaded this song when I was pregnant...it will always remind me of our little monkey. :)