Monkey Turned THREE!

As much as I tried to stop it, April 1 rolled around again this year. Which means my little boy turned three. I would have said my baby turned three, but he's far too eager these days to remind me that he's not a baby, but a big boy. Let's all take a moment and weep. The past three years have FLOWN by! I don't know if it was the many, many sleepless nights, the forever crying for the first 2.5 years of his life, or the months of projectile vomiting, but it seemed like just yesterday I sat in the hospital looking the the most gorgeous baby I had ever seen, and now here we are celebrating three years.

Monkey was LOVING Elmo at the time of his birthday! So how perfect would an Elmo party be!! I of course searched Pinterest for the PERFECT cake! That's my thing, well not really MY thing, it's the thing I do. I find thee perfect cake, and then pay someone to make it happen lol. I spent probably the better part of a week looking for a cake that I knew would be perfect! I came across this cake. Luckily for us, we have a super talented neighbor who makes thee perfect cakes. I KNOW! How lucky am I? I pretty much have the small town version of the cake boss 2 doors down. All I needed was decorations!

As mentioned, we live in a really small town, and the nearest city is a good 30-45 minutes away. With the price of gas and the limited free time we actually have, I tend to order a lot of things online. I searched online and found this party kit. I needed to order a few extra things to make sure there were enough for everyone, but it all came right to my door!

So now that I've rambled for a while, distracting you while I look for pictures from the party on my computer and not just from the instant upload feature google+ offers for my phone, I realize I've backed them all up on my external hard drive. So the cake will have to do for now, sorry folks.

The day was perfect for Monkey. He loves having everyone together and playing with all of his cousins. He sang Happy Birthday to himself while everyone sang to him, got covered in blue icing, and tore every last bit of wrapping paper off of his gifts. As fun as it is to watch them grow, learn and form into this little person in front of us, I really hope the next three years drag by.

In the words of Robert Munsch 'I'll love you forever. I'll like you for always. As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.' Happy Birthday Monkey, I love you more then you will probably ever know.