Dear Bently,

Yesterday and the day before we celebrated your 3rd birthday. Boy did we celebrate. I feel bad actually because this party convinced me no more big parties. Lol. We had like 25 people crammed into our tiny apartment to celebrate you! We had your party on Thursday the 3rd so your Grandpa Paul could be there! We had pizza and presents and cake! To be honest it was pretty worth it! You had SO much fun! This was the first party where you had friends to invite. We had 5-6 little kids all under the age of 3 there. It was crazy but like I said, you had a blast! :) You were adorable opening presents, albeit not super grateful! I didn't think to coach you to say thank you before the party and while it was going on it was just too crazy! To be honest I didn't even feel like I saw you at your party! I was so busy talking to people and trying to keep things running smoothly. Another reason I want to stick to small parties in the future! Oh highlight of the party. You came up to me and told me you needed to go pee. You do this quite often even if you don't have to go. So I asked you "Did you say you need to go pee?" But you ignored me and walked away. Assuming that meant no I turned back to talking to who I was talking to. Suddenly I heart raised voices and I look over and you had pulled your pants and underpants down to your ankles and you were headed to the bathroom. I quickly picked you up and took you there myself. So pretty much you flashed multiple people at your third birthday party! :)

The day of your birthday was 100% perfect! We got up and went to the store and bought treats for our zoo day! You LOVE the zoo so we decided to go there for your birthday! We also decided to invite Grandma Kay Lynn to come with us. We got some yummy treats went home and packed up. We were off! We had so much fun. It was seriously the most perfect day. I couldn't help but just randomly stop during the day and just watch you and your Dad and sister and think "I am the luckiest person in the world!" We were all happy, we took our time, and just enjoyed the most perfect day at the zoo! You had so much fun! We all did! We had lunch in the zoo and  you thought that was pretty cool!

After the zoo we went home and had ravioli and watched Spiderman of course! :) We had bought you a wiggle car and gave it to you at your birthday party. For your actual birthday we wrapped a couple dollar presents to give to you! We gave you a bath and dressed you in your new Spiderman jamies and then you saw them! You pointed at the presents and exclaimed, "Those are for me!" It was adorable! Obviously you now had experience with presents due to the previous day! This present opening was so much more enjoyable for me. You found joy in each present and you were so excited. It was just you, me, your Dad, and Grandma Kay Lynn. I loved watching your face light up at each gift. I couldn't get over how old you looked in your Spiderman pjs! (Which are 4t and fit you almost perfectly! Stop growing!) 

Then we brought in a cupcake with the candle and we all sang! You had to take multiple tries to get that candle out but you did it! :)

I love you Bently. I couldn't imagine a better birthday celebration! It was perfect! The best part is you had fun! As