Celebrating Gav's Birthday

We decided to celebrate Gaven's birthday early this year while Grandma was still here. Our big gift to him was his bed and all his bedding that he got a few weeks ago, but my mom and dad got him a few things, and we thought it would be fun for Grandma to see him open them. Saturday morning, we made him hide his eyes and then surprised him with the new basketball hoop from my mom and dad.
First shot

I love that Carsen is JUST as excited about the new hoop.

...And it didn't take Braeden long to join in on the fun, too.

Saturday night we went out to dinner to finish off the "celebration."

COWBOY BOOTS!!

"Like 'em," as said by the almost 3 year-old.

Showin' them off at home.

Gaven's actual birthday is Dec. 28th, so we'll have some cake or cupcakes for him then. I can't believe how time has flown. It seems like we were just moving into our house and he was just a 5-month old baby. One other thing that I love about knowing that we're having a baby girl is that Gav will always be my baby boy!!

Some funny things Gav says:

When he doesn't know the answer to a question you ask: "I no not know!"
He's on a "smells like" kick. If he smells you peeling an orange, he comes into the kitchen and says, "Mells like Orange!!" Or if we tell him we're going somewhere to eat something specific, as soon as we walk into the restaurant he'll say, "Mells like chicken nuggets!!" Or if he toots, "Mells like poo-poo!!"

We don't know where it started, but he now calls us "Sir" and "Ma'am." Mostly when you ask him if he has to go potty, "No Sir, No Ma'am." What a sweet little southern gentleman!

One of my favorites: Carsen got a Leapster Explorer for his birthday. He got the Toy Story 3 game to go with it. When the games starts, it says: "Disney Pixar's Toy Story 3." So anytime Gaven sees anything Toy Story, in the store, on TV, in the newspaper... etc... he gets super excited in a high pitched voice and exclaims, while pointing his finger, "Disney Pixar Toy Story 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"