BIRTHDAY BOY TURNS 4 TODAY!!

My dearest son, today you turned another year older, how is this seriously possible?!?..

Mommy and Daddy cannot believe you are 4 today <<--- (Did I just say that)!!!

My son you have grown into a handsome young man and we couldn't be any prouder of you!!

You have changed so much lately, times been going by so quickly, life's been crazier than ever that I haven't had time to write down everything you have done/said and I'm saddened by it. Mommy needs to stay on board with all of these changes because we all know we'll never get this moment back. :(

Hunter you have gotten so tall and link lately. ha. You weigh about 43lbs and around 4 ft tall, you are in a size 11 shoe (big foot), size 4T clothing, some 5T's. You love to sing and dance whenever there is music on. You are ALWAYS jumping off of something (scares me half to death). You love it when Mommy reads to you then you say "me turn" and you like to go through the book by yourself and call out things that are happening in the picture to me.

 You have so many wonderful brothers and sisters (stuffed animals) at home with you that you cuddle up with and love.. there is Rex, Rusty, Tiger, Max, Kitty boo boo, Angel, T-Rex, and I'm sure many more.

You make sure you inform us now a days that we didn't do or say something the correct way, you love correcting us shall I say. Such a smarty pants latley. Ha! A little example (I went to tuck you in the other night and you informed me that I didn't tuck you in like you told me to, instead of having the covers half way on your chest like I did, you made sure "Mommy, you didn't tuck me in, "I told you" I wanted the covers all the way up to here". (You are ALWAYS saying that you "TOLD US SO" but really you tell us half of what you said and add the rest of your story after we've already done what we've had to do or say. Your favorite words ... "I told you so Mommy, I told you".. haha

You love playing pretend baby or puppy with Mommy. You say things like "you be Mommy and I be Baby okay" then you start crying like a new born baby, It's bitter sweet. :) You say your manners so well, everything is yes ma'am/sir, no ma'am/sir, thank you or THANKS, you remind us to chew with our mouths closed when eating, you are very polite. We have raised you well I'd have to brag!

You have a huge vocabulary now days, sometimes you come home with new words each week, last week it was "Mommy these (blank) are DELICIOUS". Oh that made me giggle when I heard that come from you. :)  You say so many cute things lately, every night before going to sleep I tuck you in, and when I start to walk away and close the door you say "mommy, I love you so much", I say it back, then you say "goodnight", then you say "mommy", pause.. "You didn't give me a kiss", so I give you a kiss, then we go through the whole "I love you" all over again, then you say "Mommy you didn't tuck me in", and it continues for about a minute.. ha. So bitter sweet!! You melt mommies heart!!

In the mornings during the school week I'll turn on the radio and get you to dance your way out of the bed, Its the only way I know how to get you up and moving because you DO NOT  like to wake up in the mornings. I also tickle you, then we hide from daddy so he can't tickle you either.

In the evenings you enjoy "helping" daddy outside in the yard. You say "Mommy I want to work with Daddy when we get home";. So cute!

You are always talking up a storm, telling me silly stories about your pretend brother and his sister at there house and going hunting. :) You explained to me the other day that "at my brother's house you can go hunting Mommy, at my brothers house where he hunts, he has a big, big, big, big, big,... pond with crocodiles you have to cross through to hunt in stand", I said I don't think I'd like to hunt at your brothers house, sounds very scary, you reply "Mommy It's okay, you'll be okay", then you talk about you hunt with a bow, and kill big,big, big bucks this huge (holds up arms as wide as he can). Haha Oh the stories you come up with fascinate me and your daddy!! :) You are def. our little Hunter!!!

Lately your new word is "look it" (look Mommy). ha.

Lately all you've talked about is you being a big boy and can do everything by yourself because you are not a baby anymore. Ha. When I say you'll always be Mommy's baby tho. right, you say no Mommy, I'm a big boy. :) Ah I love you so much!!

These past few months have been so wonderful having a 3 almost 4 year old around. It's so amazing what they say, and come up with.

You have grown out of that tantrum phase (Thank you Lord), and understand what we tell you to do or else time out is enforced (which you dislike)

Some things you are into lately, T.V shows; Super why, Franklin, Bubble Gumpies, Calhou, Fresh Beat Band, Chuggington, Jake the neverland Pirates, dino dan,  Love that dog/Jesus movie G-ma bought you (can't remember name of it), Monsters is by far your favorite movie,  tee-ball ( you can throw a ball very well), spider/bat man, super heroes, dinosaurs, any truck or train, dirt ha, books, puzzles, building things, coloring, hunting.

You can say your #'s up to 20 now, say some ABC's.

Oh this letter could go on and on, I could talk about you forever.

I just want you to know that you mean EVERYTHING to me and your Daddy and we are BEYOND blessed to have you apart of our lives and God chose you to be our son! You are the BEST thing that has EVER happened to me and your daddy!! We are so VERY proud of you baby boy!! Next week you'll be moved up into your 4K class and It's so hard to believe this!! Hunter we love you and pray that you continue to grow up to be the little boy God intended for you to be!!

Love you so much... Hugs.XOXO..Kisses,

Mommy and Daddy

P:S- Birthday Party photos to come, stay tuned!! .. (I did a LOT of crafting for his Monster Truck party, can't wait) Eekk!!

        

Changes

All week, my husband & I have been trying to come up with a plan for some adjustments that have to take place by next week. Our son will no longer be attending St. Luke’s daycare starting Tuesday. My good friend had been taking him to school every morning for us for the past year, and beginning next week she wont be able to do it anymore due to kids & work schedule. Since both my husband and I have to be to work by 6 & daycare don’t open until 7, we’ve decided that maybe switching daycares will be the best thing to do so we wouldn’t have to rely on anyone taking Hunter. Well we went yesterday to check out a daycare center that I just happened to look up online. From the pictures & website of this daycare it looked really nice & I was thrilled to take a tour….
Well lets just say by time we were done with the interview I was already in line to sign up RIGHT away. We just new this would be perfect for Hunter. It’s so much better than the daycare he is attending now. Don’t get us wrong, we LOVE St. Luke’s daycare center but oh my word, this one is wonderful!! You may ask why, well I have to explain the difference because I’m overwhelmed….
This daycare center is only 3 years old, was established in 2008 by a young mother of 2 who happened to decide that she wanted to open up her own daycare business and that’s what she did. This daycare is family oriented, Christian related, has bigger classrooms than St. Luke’s, hands on curriculum activities , bright color walls, you have to punch in a code to get into the building, there is a camera set up in each class room, all you have to do is go online and check on your kid whenever you want (how awesome is that!!!), they provide breakfast (we had to supply that @ St.Lukes) snack, lunch, they will wash any dirty clothes he may have messed up within that day, washes the kids blankets each Friday for nap, have a biting rule that if your child gets bit after 3 times, they will have a conference with the other child’s parents, and if it happens again they will be discriminated (I love that bc my child gets bitten EVERY week, Literally), they are very clean, friendly, have wood chips instead of sand on playground (think goodness), open’s from 6-6:30 (A+), that helps us out tremendously. I could go on & on but their really isn’t much more to say than how much I love it & pray that this is the right move for our baby.

I know that this will be a big adjustment for Hunter, but I also know that he will catch on quickly to the changes and will make new friends in no time. His teachers sure are going to miss him at St. Luke’s. His teacher called me today (Tara a young lady who doesn’t have kids yet) and said she heard tomorrow was his last day, & she said when she found that out, it about made her cry bc Hunter was so loved by his teachers. And I’m sure like all people we all get attached to a certain someone and will miss them if we ever left, and I can see that coming from a teacher. ♥ He sure was well known around the school. Every time we would walk him down the hall way, everyone would say “Hi Hunter”. They were always talking about how cute he was and commenting on his beautiful thick blonde hair & blues eyes. St. Luke’s is such a wonderful school and I couldn't thank them enough for all the things they have done for our little man. They’ve helped him grow from being a baby to a toddler and taught him so many new things over the year. We thank you so much St. Luke’s and you will truly be missed & remembered because this was Hunter’s 1st daycare. We also want to Thank Jennifer (our friend) for taking Hunter into her home in the mornings and taking him to school! You truly helped us out so much & we appreciate everything!!! ♥