Gavin’s 3rd Birthday!!

Our little Gavin turned 3!! (I know, still can’t believe it!), and we threw him a Shark themed Pool Party!

We had such a good turnout... practically every single one of our invitees made it over to celebrate! We went down to Gilbert for it since we still haven’t made a whole lot of friends up in Payson, (and specifically Gavin hasn’t made any buddies up here just yet). So we threw a little pool in the valley in our old neighborhood with all of Gavin’s friends and cousins, and it did not disappoint!

We swam with sharks; ate pizza, watermelon, and an awesome shark cake; and had a blast surrounded by a lot of people we love and miss living around the corner from. Gavin was so excited he hardly ever got out of the pool except for a quick pizza break and then once again when he saw his cake.

He loved his shark cake so much he was absolutely giddy. This was his first Birthday where he actually understood what a Birthday Party was and he could tell it was all about him. It was exciting as a parent to see him so excited about his Birthday.

Gentry was pretty stoked about getting to try some of his brother’s cake also and kept reaching for his fork for more! It was so cute.

Thank you to everyone who came and helped make Gavin’s Birthday Party special. We love and miss all of you! I tried getting pictures of everyone who came, sorry if I missed you! And sorry for the extreme heat haha... Next year we will either keep his party up north where it is naturally cooler, or pay for air conditioning somewhere!

The pool party took place on a Saturday, a day before his actual Birthday. So the next day we surprised him in the morning with some balloons, a donut breakfast, and opened all of his Birthday presents. He again was really enthusiastic about all the decorations and excitement over turning a year older. We even had a Mr Incredible posterboard cutout from a few months prior we put out so Mr Incredible could wish him a Happy Birthday that morning.

We sang Happy Birthday again and let him blow out some candles on his Birthday donut. We FaceTimed with family out of town and overall had another great day making Gavin feel special. I still can’t believe he is three years old now. Seems like just yesterday my water broke at 3am and I started the process of becoming a mom.