Zane Moses Turned 3!

Our little guy turned 3 years old on July 4th!! We can't believe it, but have been getting reminded of it by a few changes in behavior, if you know what I mean. :) Other than saying no more, thinking he's the boss more, talking back more and few other 3-year-old kind of stuff, he's been sooooo fun to be around! He seems way older than 3 a lot of times to me and I find myself acting like he's my little buddy now. We have great conversations, tell jokes, laugh together, make up stories, etc. He's also pretty easy to take most places and can just go along for anything. He's the sweetest boy and shocks us every single day with how smart and loving and gentle he really is.

Here are a few recent updates, pictures, and videos.
When he bumps something or get a tiny bit hurt, he says he broke it. "Oh no, I broke my leg again!"

His imagination is out of control and sooooo fun and smart! He pretends, tells stories, makes up things, comes up with ideas, and plays with his stuffed animals and Toy Story friends all day and night.

He's been actually helping a lot more lately, like making trips up the stairs to put something away or get something, shutting the door on our way out, getting the right size diaper for me, etc.

When I asked Zane today how he got so fast at running he said, " I just growed up, Mommy." :)

He tells Emerson funny things all the time. Some recently are:
"Emmy, PLEASE stop screaming! I'm trying to listen to music!"
"Sorry, you can't play with Woody right now because he's really special and you might break him."
" No, don't cry like me, Emmy" (he said when he was fussing and she started copying him).

He rolled his eyes at me when I was being silly the other day...no joke!

He'll make up a story and when I go along with it, he says, "No, Mommy, it's just pretend. It's not real...I was just pretending." I think he thinks I really believe him sometimes. :)

The other day, he was sleeping in the car and I turned a corner and he woke up and yelled, "Woah, that's way too fast, Mommy!"

His new name he made up for a boy doll was "Snaky Gilbert."

This is Zane helping me push Emerson in her stroller after the 4th of July parade we went to in Monument.

On the 4th, we went to the Cherry Creek Arts Festival and Zane (and Emmy) got to make seed art, paint, and draw with chalk. It was fun walking around to look at everything and the kids' section was cool.


We let Zane do sparklers this year, which he was very hesitant about at first, but then didn't want to stop. He was super careful and concentrated really hard the whole time. He also wanted to wear his good old Woody cowboy boots out. :)
This is Zane with Zack while we were waiting in the car to see the big fireworks show.
He got to sit on the car for a little bit of it and he and Zack had a blast out there together.
Such a big dude!

For Zane's birthday, he slept in super late, so we decided to wake him up to let him open presents in bed. He usually wakes up super happy so we knew it was safe to take a chance. I love how he just wakes up, jumps right into gifts and says thank you all along the way.

Presents in Bed from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Zane heard Alvin and the Chipmunks singing, "Woolay Boolay.....oooh, watch me now" on tv and so he started imitating it. He sings it, "Roly Poly, Roly Poly." And in a chipmunk voice of course.

Singing like Alvin from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.

Zack's parents, Nancy and Ed, sent lot's of singing birthday cards to Zane for his birthday. He and Emmy both loved (still love) them and so we asked him to say thank you to Gigi and Papa on camera. So, right as I started taping, he started talking about her. I thought it was so sweet because it was totally unprompted. It shows how he's able to express his feelings in more interesting ways.

He says, " Thank you, Gigi. I love you, Gigi. I love you so much, Gigi. You are so special. I will love you for my whole life. I think you are so perfect." Then, just silly stuff about his toes and who knows what else.

Thank you, Gigi from Josie Weingartner on Vimeo.