Can we believe this happened? I'm still in denial. Pretty sure I just found out I was pregnant with Jackson and then bam, here I am with a 3 year old and another boy who is pushing this 1 thing pretty hard lately.
Of course I was elated for my lion cub's third birthday but I definitely got a little verklempt when I actually realized he is getting older and there is nothing I can do to stop it. For now we are living in the moment though and he is, and always will be my baby boy.
Per my usual MO, I decorated Jackson's room while he slept and bought him a mylar balloon that hung over his bed. His room is almost pitch black when we shut his curtains so he woke up that morning saying, "What's this, what is this? what is all this? what is this all about?"...
We then ran into his room and sang 'Happy Birthday' and had James give Jackson all his gifts....
Jackson loved all of his presents from Gigi, Abuelo, James, my aunt and uncle and his El Paso clan. He thought he was done opening presents, but then we told him we had one BIG surprise for him in the garage...
Yup, a trampoline!!! Jack stayed up into the wee hours of the morning the night before putting it together and it was well worth it. Pretty sure Jackson's head exploded. Pretty sure James' did as well :). The boys have lovvvveeeeeeeddddddd this gift and we have now spent hourrsssssss on it outside.
After jumping we told Jackson he could have whatever he wanted for breakfast that day so he asked for Taco Deli and Starbucks. This kid. He is alllllll mine :)
The remainder of the morning was spent playing/napping/prepping for his wildly awesome Birthday party.
It just so happened Jackson's party fell on his actual birthday this year so everything was pretty regimented. James, my parents and I showed up first to decorate and Jack and Jackson were about 30 minutes behind so that the cub could finish out his nap.
The calm before the storm...
In case there was any doubt, this party was a dinosaur theme. All the kids got their very own 'dino box' full of Jackson's favorite treats and an apatosaurus-shaped peanut butter and honey sandwich (Jackson's absolute favorite).
Everyone had mini bundt cakes for dessert...
and had the option to dress up like a dinosaur as well...
The piece de résistance was the piñata my mom bought and brought all the way from El Paso. It was a head turner. Y'all should have seen the looks and heard the commotion this thing caused! Everyone fell madly in love with it and we decided it would be best to donate it to Book People because the horse triceratops piñata took up a lot of room in our house. Oh and there was nooooo wayyyyy we were going to break this thing. It would surely have taken 3 hours to make a dent....
James took full advantage of having a party all to himself for 30 minutes....
then the guests arrived...
the birthday boy arrived in style, (aka a little late) and was blown away. It was awesome to see his face and completely worth all planning to see that.
Everyone enjoyed the puppet show...
ate...
and then it was time for cake!
The kids continued to run around for a bit, but shortly after everyone left and the party of the century was over. Jackson had an absolute blast and I hope all of his friends did as well. We packed up, went home, opened presents and both boys were in bed and asleep by 7pm. They were TIRED, it was AWESOME.
All in all a successful 3rd birthday and definitely one for the books! My sweet Jackson--stay young, but mostly just stay you. You are perfect and we worship and adore you. You are forever the sun in my universe, my boy, my Jackson.
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