Connor Turns 3

Days are long, years are short.  It's a phrase I've thought of many times since Connor was born, and it couldn't have felt more accurate than last weekend when Connor had his third birthday.  How in the world has it been 3 years already?????  Sometimes I feel like it was just yesterday that Sara and I looked like this

Or that Connor looked like this 

Or like this

Or that his first birthday was just a couple of weeks ago

Or at least that his second birthday wasn't a full year ago

 But...here we are, celebrating the third anniversary of one of the best days of our lives.

To commemorate Connor's third birthday we went to the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica.  It is an airplane museum right next door to the Santa Monica airport, complete with many full size kit planes as well as a few cockpits that all the kids could climb into.  There were 6 other kids there and they all loved running around, getting to push all the buttons and levers in the planes, and indulging in way too much birthday cake.

After the party ended we headed back home for a little recovery time (and a nap...for everyone).  After nap we opened more presents and Connor wanted to play with each one before moving on to the next. This resulted in a 3-day present opening period, but hey, I think he's just learning early how to extend his birthday.  Below are a couple of photos of presents, including a giant blow up ball that Connor got to roll around in, complete with Papa pusher, and a ukelele, so he and his cousin Maverick can have a full band the next time they get together.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONNOR!!!!!