"I'm 3. Today, I'm 3!"

Joshua is so excited to be a three year old. People have been telling him Happy Birthday for about a week now. So, when he woke on the actual day (Monday) he kept repeating, "I'm 3. Today, I'm 3!" as if it was too good to be true.

On Saturday, Joshua and many of our friends went to the Nashville Sounds game where Joshua was the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Ambassador. He was asked to throw out the first pitch and was really excited to do so. We stretched him out beforehand, made sure his arm was good and loose, and threw some warmup pitches near the dugout. Then the moment came.

Now, if you were the Nashville Sounds, and you wanted to make a 3 year old feel comfortable on the mound, the solution is obvious: move the mascot to be the catcher! Right? Wrong - Joshua HATES 2 things very equally - squash, and people dressed in costume. It went south from there, with Joshua yelling, "I don't like him! I don't like him!" and Michael granny pitching the ball towards the home plate. He seemed to be okay once he got an ICEE in him though.

The rest of the night, though, he was pretty well obsessed with Ozzie's location.

Beyond his big pitch, Joshua got a birthday cupcake and a Diego scooter earlier that day - Muy Bien!

We are so proud of Joshua and are excited with him that he is 3!