Today is Wyatt's 3rd birthday! I thought I'd take this opportunity to do a "picture recap" of his life thus far and share a little about Wyatt! It's hard for me to really comprehend that my baby boy is 3 years old---I know everyone says this all the time, but I really don't know where the time has gone. Sure, there have been days--weeks even--where I couldn't wait for him to grow out of whatever stage he was in, but I didn't realize it would happen so fast. He has grown into such an intelligent, inquisitive and joyful little guy and he definitely keeps us laughing!
He is a natural leader and loves to tell other kids what to do (something we'll need to work on!)
His love languages are definitely quality time and words of affirmation. It takes Wyatt awhile to warm up to people, but if people are patient and show an interest in what he's doing, they can become his closest friend! And he's so loyal that he'll keep asking where they are and what they are doing.
He is great at saying "thank you" and just the other night, we were eating dinner and he said, "Mom, thank you for the food. You are a great maker!"
He always wants to make sure that everyone is included and won't let Matt pray for dinner until I'm sitting down at the table.
He has become quite protective of Sadie and wants to be the first to walk into her room in the morning and say "good morning Sades!".
He knows all his letters and can spell his name, mom, dad, and we're working on Sadie.
He loves to play pretend, but will quickly tell me that he's just pretending. For example, he loves to call Buzz and Woody (from Toy Story) and Lightning McQueen and Mader (from CARS) and Bob and Larry (from Veggie Tales) and invite them over for breakfast/lunch/dinner. I'll pretend to call them, we'll answer the door, set a plate for them, etc. And then after we've been talking to them for awhile, he'll say, "Mom, we're just pretending. They aren't really here."
He watches sports more intensely than most adults.
He is so into the details of everything. He will fold his hands the same way Matt does when we pray, he'll hold his hockey stick just like Uncle Ty, etc.
He talks like an adult---" Wyatt, could you pick up those cars for Mommy?" "Absolutely" (I'm thinking, did Wyatt just say 'absolutely'?)
He doesn't like to try new things unless he watches someone else do it for awhile and then he still requires a bit of nudging from us.
He wants another baby--preferrably a brother, he says.
He LOVES to read books--any book!
He is definitely all-boy and loves to wrestle and push anyone who will allow him to do so.
He does everything with 110%--he sleeps hard, plays hard, concentrates hard, etc.
He wants to do everything by himself--no sippy cups, wanted to use utensils at like 15 months, wanted to sit at the big table around 15 months, opens his own car door, wants to get his own food, poor his own milk, push Sadie in the cart,etc. (however, the potty training part didn't seem to fit into this category!) He even asks the people at Target when we are checking out if he can scan his own item--which they usually let him do.
We still don't know if he's left-handed or right-handed. He writes with both, eats with both, etc. Who knows when we'll know for sure, but no one in either of our families is a lefty, so we'll be pretty surprised if he is.
He knows all the words to the Hillsong "Mighty to Save"--I never noticed that he was paying attention in the car until one day he started to sing all the words and it just brought tears to my eyes when he sang the chorus in his sweet little voice, "Savior, He can move the mountains. My God is mighty to save, He is mighty to save...." (makes me extra careful about what music he listens to--and me for that matter!)
His smile can light up a room! Here are a few pics of him from his first 3 years of life! I can't believe it went so quickly and I'm hoping to enjoy the last 2 years I have with him before he heads off to school :(!!
What a blessing he is to us and we are so thankful to be his parents!!!!
2 comments:
that was a VERY nice tribute! Loved to read it.
Happy Birthday Wyatt!!! Elle and I thought of you on your big day! Kris - it was good to look at the pics of little baby Wyatt - it doesn't seem very long ago that we came to see you in the hospital with him! How excited we were to meet your precious little boy! ...and how precious he still is!!
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