A Special Day Just the 3 of Us

With Liam's birthday party delayed until the next weekend so that Mimi and Aunt Rara could join in on the fun we decided to spend a special day celebrating just the three of us on Liam's actual birth date. With much anticipation,  Liam awoke on his birthday morning eager to open the present that had been gathering on the mantle. We decided to spread out the present opening throughout the day and let him pick out one to open before breakfast. He decided on a very special gift from his favorite ladies in Texas and went to ripping!

As you can tell from the picture he was very excited about his new car and very quickly figured out just how to take it apart and put it back together! What a great new toy! Thanks Aunt Rebecca, Uncle T-bone, Riley, & Reagan!

A much enjoyed Saturday morning tradition at our house is Saturday pancake breakfast. Well Liam didn't want to stray from tradition even with coaxing from mommy to go to the donut store. So we decided that a special monkey shaped pancake was in order for our little "monkey man"! Following breakfast we ventured into downtown Bethesda to check out story time at a local bookstore and explore a new park! 

Liam climbed so high he was even making Daddy a little nervous!

Following a good long afternoon nap we did a little yard work at Liam's request, of course! This little man loves to help his Daddy rake leaves and fill up his bucket to be dumped into the yard waste bag. He is quite the little work horse and seriously loves, loves, loves to rake the leaves! He has such a servants heart and truly enjoys helping others especially his mommy and daddy!

All that work sure does make a boy hungry so we headed over to the mall for dinner also at Liam's request. What we learned upon our arrival at the mall, following our attempt at going to CPK for dinner is that "dinner at the mall" actually means Mac & Cheese from Noodles & Co.  

Here is Liam enjoying his birthday cupcake from Georgetown Cupcakes. This little guys sure does know a good thing and is definitely a fan of GC!!

After dinner we headed over to Build a Bear for a little more birthday fun! Liam was super excited to make a new friend. 

Heading home with his new Build a Bear "dog" named Buddy!

What a great day...Nighty-night!

We had such an awesome day celebrating our sweet little miracle and truly would not have wanted it any other way. I know the time will come when spending a day with mom and dad is the least fun and cool thing possible to do on your birthday so I am going to enjoy every moment while it last and would not have traded this day for anything in the world.