Declan 3.7 - 3.9 Years

Dear Declan: 3 3/4 Years

• You weight 31 pounds and 37 inches
• Since its summer and you don't have to be up early, you get to stay up until 8sih and you sleep until 8-9am!  You are supposed to take a nap for a couple hours but you've only been laying down for an hour and then getting up to play. On the weekends you stay up until 9-10 but then you wake up 9-10 hours later and call out for us so you can go potty (best part is you normally have a dry pullup!)

The month of August....

• You started school and are in the next pre-k class! You are doing great and know how to spell your name and getting better at saying it. 

• We went to Missouri to for our Aunt's 95th birthday! 

• We celebrated Carters Birthday and Spiderman showed up! 

• We moved you from a crib to a big boy bed and changed it to superhero's. You LOVE it!

[august]

{3.75 years}

{birthday party for your best friend and spiderman showed up}

{big boy bed}

{aunt hattie's 95th birthday}

{grape festival}


{first day of school}

{tulsa aquarium}

{gentry safari}

{hanging with gigi}

The month of July....

• You spent the first week with Poppi
• Poppi tried to take you to the movies but you said you didn't want to go to the movies, that you just wanted to go to his house and play with the train table. You went with him to take one of the their dogs to the vet. We went to Naturals baseball game and watched fireworks. You just wanted to stay at the house and play! 

• 2nd week with Nanny B
• You and Taylor to Vacation Bible School every day and the splash pad with Taylor and Carter. You loved it and had so much fun! You did great at the concert the last day and sang your songs!

• 3rd week with Papaw and Nana
• You went swimming, golfing, boating and baked a ton of cookies!

• 4th week with Gigi and Pepaw and Poppi
• You only spent a few days with them but got to do a ton of things! Pepaw had a heart surgery so you came home early and spend the rest of the week with Poppi.

• The last week of July we took off!
• You had swim lessons every day after we went to Amazeum, Gentry Safari, Tulsa to the Aquarium, Branson Silver Dollar City and Splash Pad. 

[july]

{washing my car}


{vbx with taylor}

{mooh's birthday celebration} 

 {4th of july at the ballpark and fireworks}

• The month of June....

• You spent the 1st week in with Gigi and Pepaw in Benton
• You relaxed your week with Gigi! You slept in and took good naps! Gigi took to you to the bate shop to see the fish, you helped Pepaw with yard work, Gigi took you to Play Town and you played non stop for 2 hours! You went to the Little Rock Library and made a cute Melted Crayon art work. Gigi brought you up to visit us and Mooh and Pooh and then took you back down to their house for a few more days.

• You spent the 2nd week with Papaw and Nana in Hot Springs
• You had so much fun! Papaw and Nana on the lake! You went for boat rides every day, swimming in the pool, went on the paddle boat rides and played put-put!

• You spent the 3rd week with Poppi. 
• You didn't want to do anything really, you just wanted to stay home with Poppi and play with your toys. You did go to the park and feed the ducks and played on the swing set. 

• You spent the 4th week with us!
• We went to Omaha to watch the Razorbacks play in the World Series (we won!), then we went to St. Louis. We went up into the Arch and watched the Cardinals play (we lost and so did the Razorbacks), and then we went back to Omaha to watch the Razorbacks one more time (we lost; again), we left and drove to Lincoln and Topeka, we stopped at the Capital Buildings and then went to Everton to stay with a cousin. J had a BBQ contest Saturday morning so we hung out and went for a ride around the farm and saw a lot of cows, a horse, a donkey, a momma duck and 4 baby ducks. 

[june]

{silver dollar city}

{visiting my nana and gaga}

{friday night at our family's cattle farm}

{2 more state capital - nebraska and kansas}

{back to omaha for the final game - we lost}

 

{st. louis cardinals game}

{in-front of the arch}


{razorback baseball - we won!}




{omaha zoo was amazing}


{showing off your razorback sticker}


{vacation - driving to omaha}


{my birthday dinner - cookie cake}


{start of my birthday weekend}

It has been a busy three months and the next three months are going to be just as busy if not busier! You've been great being away from us or on the road traveling with us. You are an amazing little boy and becoming so independent. I can't believe we are just three months away from you being 4!

I'll love you forever, 

I'll like you for always,

As long as I'm living 

My baby, you'll be.

xoxo

ac

Declan at 3.1-3.3 Years

Dear Declan: 3.1 - 3.3

• You weigh 29.8 pounds
• You sleep from 7:00/7:30pm - 6:30am during the week and a nap from 12:30-2:30; on the weekends we keep you up until 8 or 9 and you usually wake up right at 10-11 hours but will just play in your bed and let us sleep in for a little bit longer. (thanks for that!)
• You are still wearing size 8 shoe but starting to wear size 9 and size 2T shirts and pants.
• We've celebrated Christmas and New Years! 
• You've had 2 more ear infections and the flu these past few months.
• You still love going to school - you just don't like getting up and getting ready!
• We started potty training on December 28th and you only had a few accidents the first day and not very many the next few days after. 
• You are talking so much these past few months!!
• You love singing Jingle Bells and The Itsy Bitsy Spider songs.
• You love counting and saying the ABC. You love to play pretend with your toys.
• You hate having your teeth brushed and washing your hands but I'm all over it making sure your teeth and hands are clean.
• You recently have asked to not sleep in your sleep sack because you said you get hot it in. 
• You started soccer this past month, you love kicking the ball in the net but you don't like listening to the rules or playing with the other kids!

These last 3 months went by so fast! We were on vacation the week of Christmas and went to Benton and Hot Springs. You had so much fun with Gigi and Pepaw! You got to see your aunts, uncles and cousins.  We stopped by Hot Springs for a few hours to see Papa and Nana. You loved opening gifts and help everyone else open their gifts! We started potty training while we were on break. Now today, you are almost all the way potty trained! You LOVE getting prizes for pooping in the potty too.

Declan - You have the kindest heart! I fell asleep on the couch one Saturday afternoon and you put the blanket on me and kissed me on the forehead! Makes me want to melt! You still love your Paw Patrol, Trolls, and you take Monkey everywhere. You're getting over some of your fears but still don't like mascots but you love looking for them while we are at the games and events!

[february]

{you started soccer - you don't like it}

{fun times at fun city}

{went to the mall to see the razorback baseball team}

[january]
{you love helping daddy cook}

{trying out your trampoline that you got for christmas}


{you love to sit on the potty and watch your tablet}

[december]

{you got a jeep for christmas}

{christmas at mimi and poppis}

{rudy the elf went home}

{i found a new app on my phone}

{celerbrating christmas at the sight and sound}

{christmas party at school}

{rudy wanted to make cookies!}

{the stewart family lights}

[christmas weekend in branson]

 {silver dollar city}

{santa's pancakes and pj's cruise}

{banson chrismtas light drive thru}

{your first time at the dixie stampede}

{christmas train}

[november]

{fall lunch at school with your teacher} 

I'll love you forever

I'll like you for always,

As long as I'm living

My baby you'll be.

xoxo

ac