It started early with some fun decorations in the house to make him feel special and his breakfast of choice: poptarts. :) Scott had a football practice that morning so we got ready and went with him. I took the kids to the playground to play for a bit and Claire and I both played with our cameras and took pictures of Everett. After the practice, we then went to Scheels. They have a ferris wheel that Everett wasn't able to ride last time because he wasn't tall enough yet. So this was his first time to ride the ferris wheel and he was pretty excited about it. They gave him 3 free tokens afterwards too for his birthday.
We came home for quiet time and we used that time to make his cake. He wanted a car cake this year. It was pretty easy, we crushed up some oreos to make a 3 and put yellow m&ms in it. I think he was happy with it. We opened presents after quiet time and got pizza for dinner, then sang to him and had cake and icecream after that. It was a successful happy birthday for him. :)
1. Everett now weighs 30.8 lbs, putting him in the 41st percentile and he is 38 inches tall, putting him in the 66th percentile.
2. One of the things we love the most about Everett is he likes to make people laugh. He purposely does funny things to make us laugh. And he may go too far at times, but he loves to tease Claire in a typical little brother fashion, and see her reaction. She thinks he's hilarious most of the time and gives him the satisfaction of seeing her laugh.
3. Claire and Everett have a great relationship. They get along most of the time and one thing we notice is that Everett copies everything Claire does. He'll repeat the things Claire says to us right after she's said them and he wants to try everything Claire does.
4. Everett still loves his belly button. I thought this would fade a little, but he still will drink a bottle or sippy cup with one hand while his other plays with his belly button. :)
5. As we've been teaching Claire the alphabet and sounds in preparation for school, Everett has picked up on them very quickly. He already knows all the letters and most of the sounds they make. He's always asking questions and learning things so quickly, our smart little boy!
6. Everett really likes to play Mario video games and something he picked up from those games was when a player got hit they would fall down and their head would spin from dizziness. So now whenever Everett gets slightly bonked on the head or anything, he likes to fall down and spin his head just like them. We were at the store one day and he (purposely) bumped into a post and did this and we immediately heard a woman start laughing, one of the store clerks saw him do this and thought it was hilarious. Of course, Everett loved this reaction which caused him to repeat this action over and over again in the store.
7. Everett loves to pull up his shirt (especially after he's eaten) and exclaim "Look how big my tummy is!". After this he liked to compare tummies and see who's was bigger. While I was pregnant, he always told me mine was the biggest. :)
8. With two parents who are pretty indecisive themselves, it's no wonder where he gets it from. Everett can be extremely indecisive sometimes. He'll tell me one thing he wants to eat for lunch and then after making his lunch he'll change his mind. This has caused quite a few tantrums at lunch time. He does the same thing with many other choices like what book or show or game he wants.
9. Everett has a stuffed monkey named "Bounce". He always needs to take him wherever he goes. It worries me a little when he wants to bring him along to some places, cuz I worry he'll lose him. We have lost him for a day or two in the past and I'm almost certain that we'll have to look for another replacement monkey friend but luckily, so far he's always turned up. :)
10. Even though I say sometimes he can be a handful, Everett is actually really well behaved. I'm always pleased to hear that he listens and is so good at nursery. He's obedient at home too and really does try to be good. He takes after his mommy and doesn't handle change very well and so the last month has been hard for him, but he's surprised me how quickly he's adjusting. We love him so much!
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