Calen is Three!

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August 27th was Calen's Birthday! He turned three this year and it's so crazy. The time has flown by so quickly. I can't believe that he is already three, though most of the time he seems older. In fact he's so much taller then a three year old that most people ask us if he's four.
We decided at the last minute to have a little celebration. We decided to host the party at CEDI and we enjoyed having about 30 people come to celebrate his day. Calen was so excited that he couldn't even wait to open his presents till the end, so we ended up opening them up half way between before he ended up having a meltdown. He got lots of cars for his birthday. In fact for the whole month before his birthday he kept asking for a fire truck and a 'lofty', for those who have ever watched 'Bob the Builder' you know what we mean. So he was pretty happy when we got one of each of those. We also got a bunch of pizzas and ordered the giant size, however, it really was giant! But the great thing was we were able to give a bunch of left over people to our guest to take home, so they were all pretty happy.
Travis even got to teach the Ecuadorians how to play baseball. Overall, it was a great party and even though Calen is more introverted, he enjoyed his party!
It's hard to believe that Calen is three, I am so excited for the new things that he will learn and the ways that he is going to grow. He's a pretty quiet guy but once he gets talking, it's hard to get him to stop. He has lots of stories to tell and he's our funny man. He also is strong and can push his older sister around any time he wants. He loves cars and spiderman and playing any kind of sports. He's such a special guy! Happy Third Birthday Calen!