Dominick - Three Years

Weight

3 Years: Around 39 lbs - he has an appointment on the 17th

  Length

3 Years: Around 40" - he has an appointment on the 17th

Diapers

POTTY TRAINED! except nap and bedtime, which we are now working on since they don't use pull ups at school for nap
Clothes

3T and 4T

Eating

SUPER picky! Favorite foods include cheese ravioli, macaroni and cheese, pbj, fruits, chicken nuggets and hot dogs. He hates most meat and almost all vegetables except corn. Dinner times are exhausting and can last upwards to an hour and a half. We make him try roughly three bites of everything on his plate, but it can really be a struggle.

Sleep

You sleep through the night 

Likes

Trains

Dinosaurs

Duplos

Anything that "goes"

Taking Pictures

Going places - the park, Target, the doctors, for a walk, etc.

Being around other kids

Going to his Papa and Gigi's

 Dislikes
Not getting your way

Having to come inside

Eating Vegetables

+Your most common nicknames are Dom, Domi and Brown Bear. 

+You LOVE having your back "scratched" and tickled. We will say their is a lady bug on your back and basically tickle you. You love it and ask for it often.

+You cuddle on your terms, but 99% of the time will always give kisses and hugs if we ask for them. You're super loving. We call kisses moochies and will do eskimo kisses which we call huga muga's (From Daniel Tiger).

+You know your alphabet, can count to 15, colors, shapes, read 2 books (from memory), the national anthem, 5 out of 7 days of the week (always skips Wednesday and Thursday), many words in Spanish, some in Korean and obviously your first language is English.

+You love to be outside. You don't care if we stay in the yard or go someplace you love being outside. 

+You are very independent and will often play by yourself, but you never pass up an opportunity to play with other kids and often ask to play with "friends" (aka kids).

+You're incredibly friendly, but if an adult says hi to you you will occasionally get shy and hide between my legs.

+You LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your momma, BUT you love having fun with your daddy.

+You love anything that goes, but you're favorite things are trains and airplanes.

+Your favorite shows are Paw Patrol, Umizoomi, Daniel Tiger and Jake and the Neverland Pirates

+You are SO funny and always try to make us laugh (you're successful 98% of the time).

+You repeat pretty much anything and everything you hear so we have to be REALLY careful.

+Most of the time you're SUPER easy to take out in public because you just go with the flow.

+You're SUPER hard headed. 

+Your favorite color is red and you tell us.

+You're ALL boy. You love to be rough and tough, play sports and are just a wild one. 

+You're SO appreciative of the littlest things and I absolutely love that.

+In your third year of life you started going to daycare with Mrs. Jen, then went and stayed with Mrs. Lauren, then stayed with Gigi and Papa for 3 weeks and then spent the last 9 months with me. You're fixin to start preschool and are SO excited.

+You are a HUGE lover of the beach. Totally your Momma's child. 

+You say I'm your bestie, but you're a huge fan of your daddy and your cousin Kyla.

+You talk NONSTOP. All day, every day. To yourself, to others, to me...it doesn't matter, ALL day.

I love you to the moon and back!

Other Birthday Shenanigans

Are y'all tired of hearing about Dominick turning three or his birthday? I promise to post about other things soon.

The night before his birthday Ryan and I put streamers on his door, from his fan and filled the floor of his room with balloons. When he woke up he didn't even want to leave his room because he just wanted to play. We even told him there were presents waiting for him downstairs and he said, "no, I'm fine!"

The morning of his birthday we gave him three options on things to do and he picked the train museum. We've been before, but it was always cold and they never had the little Thomas train outside. This time it was nice so he was able to ride and was so happy about that.

For dinner that night Ryan had to work so I took him to the Spaghetti Warehouse in downtown Dayton so he could eat on the trolley car. He LOVED it.

When we got home we skyped with my parents, sang him happy birthday and he opened their presents. He had a great day!