Luke is Three! (pic post)

This post has been about 2 weeks in coming, but my little Luke is now THREE!!  

I went back into "Yee-Ol-Blog-Archives" for memories of his birth day and found myself remembering the joy and anticipation surrounding his birth.  And also the uncertainty of Luke being forever ours.  It is so much easier to be looking back and knowing what happened rather than living in those moments - but I would do it all again in a heartbeat.  :-D

Here are some pictures my sister took of Luke for his "I'm THREE" photo shoot:

This one looks like he's posing, but he did not sit still for one split second.  The magic of the camera button captures all his movements.  :-)

One of my absolute favorites!!

Another one of my very favorites ~ he loves Thomas the Train (can you tell?)!

Laughing and giggling during the shoot!

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We had a Thomas the Train themed birthday party for Luke on Saturday, the day before Easter.  We had both sets of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins all over to the house.  We hosted a meal, gift opening and a trip to the Children's Museum.  Then the cousins came back over to the house for an Easter Egg hunt.  It was a busy, nap-less day!  

Cupcake cakes are the biggest hit!

There was one candle left!!

In the background are (left to right) DH's dad, my mom, DH's mom and my dad.  

In the foreground are (left to right) Luke, cousin J (2 months older than Luke) and J's dad (DH's little brother).

Singing Happy Birthday and blowing out the candles - Luke can't wait for more fire!

Smiley, happy Birthday Boy!

We picked out "Thomas-Themed" colors and bought a helium tank at Walmart to fill up balloons.  We tied some to lamps/chairs/etc, but left 10 or so with long strings so they could float to the ceiling and the kids could pull them down and play with them.  It was a big hit!

Everyone got to have a balloon!

Luke got a train whistle for his birthday.  DH is showing Luke and cousin J how to blow it correctly.  Toot toot!!

(left to right - DH's mom, DH's oldest brother, DH and my mom)

Loving all the tissue paper with the gifts!  With two boys, they did a really good job of taking turns to open gifts.  With J's birthday a few months ago, Luke was all "happy helper" about opening gifts, so J returned the favor.  

Weeee!  Tissue paper over the head!

Showing Grandpa their balloons!

(Left to right is my mom, Luke, J, DH's dad and DH)

At the Children's Museum, all the cousins had a blast together!  It was a solid 2.5 hours of running, fun and excitement!  (left to right is J, Luke and J's little brother JJ)

It is such a blessing to have Luke in our lives and be able to parent and love on him daily!  While I am sad that he's three (which means he's growing up - sniff, sniff) but so happy that he is thriving and with us.  I am so grateful to be his mommy ~ he lights up my days!!

Stay tuned for "After" reveals on the Foyer, Master Bedroom, Playroom and Luke's room.  Yes - I was crazy enough to get them all painted and decorated before the Birthday party.   :)