your first movie was kung fu panda. an animated film with the voice talents of jack black as the lead character. we had intended to take you to a movie titled wall-e as your first movie, but we were in seattle and you were going a little crazy in the hotel room. so i took you to see the movie and mom and tyler went for a walk and chinese food.

Penguin Soup
“Penguin soup tastes like strawberries.”
actually
the other day you amazed me with your grasp of language. you wanted me to play cars with you in your room. as we entered your room you started looking for cars and trucks. you handed me red toy car, and then for some reason only known to you, you changed your mind and said “actually daddy, you take this truck.” I was actually impressed that you (only 3 years old) understood the context of using the word actually.
happy 3rd birthday
wow. you’re three today. it was certainly a bigger birthday than last year. you invited reese and cooper, your friends from school, to your birthday party. mom decided that you would love a jumper. one of those blow-up houses that you jump around in. it was a hit. you and the other boys and janelle played in it for hours. it was awesome to watch you have so much fun.

happy birthday ty
today is the birth of your baby brother. he was born at 9:20am in sarasota florida. you came to visit him and mommy when you got out of school. grammie and gramps picked you up at janelle’s. you were mildly interested. you touch him and noted how small his hands and head were and then you played with your cars and ate mommy’s chips.
