The Last Night as a 3 Year-Old and First Day as a Four Year-Old

It really happened! My baby boy turned 4. I was in denial about it, he seems so young (not to mention little), but it really happened. As is our family ritual, he held up his three fingers before he went to bed on the night before his birthday...

...and then held up four fingers when he woke up, or sort of woke up on his birthday.

Sometime during the night, he'd snuck into my bed.

After we woke him up, despite still being half-asleep, he was anxious for his first year experiencing another family birthday tradition...breakfast in bed (or my bed). He requested Lucky Charms (because he doesn't normally get to eat sugar-cereal), bananas, and apple juice.

After that, he got to open the traditional single present. He chose the one Baby Amber had sent from Seattle.

Since his birthday party was going to be pirate themed, Amber got him the coolest pirate ship!


It was an exciting morning, but the party later in the day was REALLY fun!!! More posts coming soon...