My babies. (And a KEATON update!)

March 13th-

Keaton had his HALF BIRTHDAY a few weeks ago and ever since I have been wanting to do an update all about him since he is now 3 1/2 years old!!! Keaton's very most favorite things lately are coloring, singing, reading books, and playing with his dad. Keaton colors for hours on end every single day. He has learned how to draw stick figures of people and loves to draw pictures of our family. He knows ALL the words to almost EVERY single Frozen song and loves to sing and dance all around the house. Every night Keaton loves it when we read the children's Book of Mormon stories together. And every day Keaton looks forward to Justin coming home so that they can play something together. He doesn't really care what they play, as long as dad is playing with him. Keaton is a picky eater! It is a challenge every day to get him to eat 3 meals. (And sadly, most days I really do feel like I have failed.) Keaton loves watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Team Umizoomi, and his new favorite lately has been WallyKazam! Keaton is such a smart boy and in addition to spelling his name he can also spell "mom" and "dad." He can also write quite a few letters all by himself- C, E, H, I, J, L, O, S, and U! Keaton is now a Sunbeam and LOVES being in primary. He is so sweet when he gives prayers at night and at meal time and he is so thoughtful about the kinds of things that he prays for- whether it is for daddy to come home safe from work, for mommy to be patient and happy, (Yes, he really prays for that and I'm grateful!) or even if he is praying that he can get something that he wants from the store, or to be able to do something he normally doesn't get to do. Keaton is 100% potty trained now! NO ACCIDENTS EVER! We even returned a whole pack of pull-ups that we didn't need anymore! WAHOO!!! Keaton still takes about a 2 hour nap every day and goes to bed at night at about 8 pm and then wakes up between 6:30 and 7:30 am. Keaton is the BEST big brother! He loves Aisley so much and is always talking to and playing with her. He can always calm her down when she is sad or upset. Keaton is a good boy. He is sooo much like his daddy and I love watching the two of them together. We are so happy to have this 3 1/2 year old in our family!

(I didn't bring Keaton's little "owl blanket"- both the kids have identical small minky/silky blankets from Grandma Patsy and they both LOVE them- with us this day and so when Keaton asked for it I told him he could use Aisley's instead if he wanted to. He said okay and was asleep within a couple of minutes!)