Asa Turns 3!

Our baby is 3 years years old!  How did this happen???

Asa is a beautiful, energetic, loud, precious little stinker!  He keeps us on our toes and we love him more than we can say.  We celebrated this weekend with my parents and my sister's family by going to an apple orchard and hanging out at my parents house.  It was a perfect, low-key celebration.

Our tractor-loving boy was a huge fan of this playground equipment at the orchard.  Then we took a short ride to out to the trees which were so loaded with apples that we only had to pick from a few trees to got enough apples to fill our bags.  Now we just have to find a way to use all those apples...

The Bubba still takes naps and was pretty tuckered out after all the excitement at the orchard, so he had a few hours of rest before coming outside for his first horseback ride!  I'm not sure how we haven't gotten the kids out for a ride yet, but alas it didn't happen till now.  At any rate, my dad saddled up Breaker and my niece rode along with our kiddos.  Asa was so tiny on such a big horse, but he wasn't afraid.  Asa is our most adventurous child, unafraid of anything.

Before we could eat cake, the kids discovered the balloons, so a balloon battle ensued.  Obviously.

I wanted to make a tractor cake for Asa, but I knew I wouldn't have time to decorate a whole cake, so my best friend tipped me off to this tractor cupcake cake idea.  The pictures I found online were so lovely and I thought, "That's easy!  I can totally do that!"  Well, the frosting I made was thinner than I thought, so it ran all over the sides of the cupcakes.  And the edible number 3 went flying when I opened the box and shattered all over the floor.  But thankfully a 3-year old boy doesn't care.  Asa saw this and shouted, "Tractor birthday!"  He was rather pleased :)

Asa has spent more of his life in Kenya than in America.  He is daring and fun and oh so full of life!  He is adventurous and unafraid, curious, strong, opinionated, and playful.  He loves to be around people and loves to try new things.  He needs his snuggle blanket whenever he's tired or sad or just because he decided he needs it - we never go anywhere without it!  His dimples melt our hearts and sometimes charm us enough to get him out of trouble.  He's sneaky and he knows it.  He loves tractors more than anything, but construction machines are a close second.  He loves any excuse to growl or shout, and thinks running around in a superhero cape or battling a lightsaber duel are the spice of life!  His favorite food is pepperoni and thinks that dessert is an acceptable meal option.  He loves to make goofy faces and loves to test the boundaries.  He loves to follow his brothers around and keeps up with them shockingly well.  He's far too good at climbing and creating mischief and we simply don't know what we'd do without him.  We still call him Bubba because he's just so Bubba-ish.  And we pray continually that he would do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord and that his heart will be committed to Him all the days of his life.

We love you, Asa Everett Horn!