Happy 3rd Birthday, Maxwell!

We had a wonderful day yesterday celebrating Max's 3rd birthday. It's hard to believe that three years have passed so quickly-- remember this post? It was a long wait for Maxwell to arrive (11 days past his April Fools Day due date!), but it was worth it! Here are a few photos from our day...
This is at about 7am-- both kids were dressed and ready to tear into the birthday loot! So, while I hurriedly prepared some banana pancakes, scrambled eggs, and bacon for the birthday boy, they got going with the festivities! Ruby was a pretty insistent "helper", but Max didn't seem to mind. In fact, he spent the whole day wishing others a "Happy Birthday!" even though he was the birthday boy!

Max posing with some of his birthday presents and attempting to show that he's three-- two fingers and a thumb! Apparently we should have worked on that a bit before the big day!

While Ruby was at school Max and I hit the bike trail with some of our friends. This was Max's first time riding his bike on the trail (I usually push him in the stroller) and he had a great time. I was shocked at how fast he was and how long his energy lasted-- probably a good 2 miles!

After Max's favorite dinner: corndogs, edamame, baked beans, and fruit salad, we lit up his rocket ship cake. You'll have to take my word for it that that's what it is since it looks a bit non-descript in this photo! Nevertheless, with the peachy cake inside and white chocolate frosting outside it was yummy and we all enjoyed it.

We love you more every day, Maxwell, and thank God daily for the blessing you are to our family! We can't wait to see what the new year brings you!