(sorry if you've been trying to read my latest post that was blank, I didn't even realize it had posted until someone told me - thanks Melissa!)
Our baby is 2. He turned 2 on Thanksgiving day. I figured I should get this posted before Christmas gets here.
He loves tractors and dump trucks and bulldozers. When he sees them he says "Dada" every time. Even though Daddy doesn't really drive these big things, he still seems to know it's the same kind of work many times that Daddy does. So a construction truck party it had to be.
He loves tractors and dump trucks and bulldozers. When he sees them he says "Dada" every time. Even though Daddy doesn't really drive these big things, he still seems to know it's the same kind of work many times that Daddy does. So a construction truck party it had to be.
This is our first child with a birthday near the holidays and just 2 years in, I'm realizing how difficult this can be. Energy is a bit lower than usual when I'm preparing the house to host Thanksgiving and all the food that goes into that. But of all the holidays to be around, at least Thanksgiving changes dates every year and he will not always be right near it. This year he turned 2 on Thanksgiving Day. We did the party the night before. And let me just tell you...decorating with caution tape is probably the easiest party decoration ever! We had it across all the doors plus a sign on the front door that said "CAUTION: 2 year old ahead". Add in balloons and streamers and we had a bunch of super simple things that really made it look festive.
Seriously this kid was the most excited about his party as any of our kids have ever been. Taylor and Mason weren't nearly as animated, excited, or proud about their party as this little guy was.
It made it super fun!
He took people by the hand and walked them over to the table to see his cake. He was pretty excited about the rocks and trucks.
And he loved his gifts and was by far our most fun 2 year old to open gifts and be excited about them. He got his very own backpack, thanks Aunt Rebekah! So we can finally say goodbye to the diaper bag. Plus he is SOOO proud to have a backpack like his brother and sister.
He got a Mickey couch from Nana and Papa, a suitcase from Mom and Dad, a cattle truck and cows, a sled, and a construction worker dress up costume.
It's hard to believe he turned 2 almost a month ago. We're already almost a month into year 3, and it already seems to be racing by.
We are so thankful for this fun little guy. He cracks us up and exhausts us every day. He has facial expressions like NOTHING our other kids had. He loves to wrestle his daddy and brother and play basketball and football in the house with them also. He still wants to be rocked before bed making him our longest rocked baby. He loves to throw things (much of what he's not supposed to throw) and loves to play in the sink (and leave the water running and flooding the entire bathroom and destroying part of the basement ceiling), he loves to put things in the toilet and flush it really fast before I can get there. And has now cost us a new toilet. He loves to sing, his favorite song is anything about Jesus. Or just Jesus's name over and over again to whatever tune he chooses. He still naps 2-3 hours every afternoon. He drinks goat milk and can't eat eggs, nuts, dairy...and we ALMOST thought wheat too...but I think we're safe there. Thank goodness! He wakes up grumpy and loves to watch Barney. He's done sitting in highchairs and booster seats, and really just won't sit still at all to eat, EVER. He is finally starting to say more words, but still will not SAY "thank you", it is the one thing that he only hums...."mmm, mmm". He says "Yes Mom" and "Yes Dad" in the cutest possible way EVER. We have fun making him repeat those two. And he's our earliest riser...many times up long before Dave or I need to be up. Did I mention he's our most exhausting kiddo? But I promise I wouldn't trade him for anything...even if some days I get close.
We're excited to see what year 3 brings him...it always seemed to be such a huge year...leaving all the "baby" behind.
sniff....sniff.
Seriously this kid was the most excited about his party as any of our kids have ever been. Taylor and Mason weren't nearly as animated, excited, or proud about their party as this little guy was.
It made it super fun!
And he loved his gifts and was by far our most fun 2 year old to open gifts and be excited about them. He got his very own backpack, thanks Aunt Rebekah! So we can finally say goodbye to the diaper bag. Plus he is SOOO proud to have a backpack like his brother and sister.
He got a Mickey couch from Nana and Papa, a suitcase from Mom and Dad, a cattle truck and cows, a sled, and a construction worker dress up costume.
It's hard to believe he turned 2 almost a month ago. We're already almost a month into year 3, and it already seems to be racing by.
We are so thankful for this fun little guy. He cracks us up and exhausts us every day. He has facial expressions like NOTHING our other kids had. He loves to wrestle his daddy and brother and play basketball and football in the house with them also. He still wants to be rocked before bed making him our longest rocked baby. He loves to throw things (much of what he's not supposed to throw) and loves to play in the sink (and leave the water running and flooding the entire bathroom and destroying part of the basement ceiling), he loves to put things in the toilet and flush it really fast before I can get there. And has now cost us a new toilet. He loves to sing, his favorite song is anything about Jesus. Or just Jesus's name over and over again to whatever tune he chooses. He still naps 2-3 hours every afternoon. He drinks goat milk and can't eat eggs, nuts, dairy...and we ALMOST thought wheat too...but I think we're safe there. Thank goodness! He wakes up grumpy and loves to watch Barney. He's done sitting in highchairs and booster seats, and really just won't sit still at all to eat, EVER. He is finally starting to say more words, but still will not SAY "thank you", it is the one thing that he only hums...."mmm, mmm". He says "Yes Mom" and "Yes Dad" in the cutest possible way EVER. We have fun making him repeat those two. And he's our earliest riser...many times up long before Dave or I need to be up. Did I mention he's our most exhausting kiddo? But I promise I wouldn't trade him for anything...even if some days I get close.
We're excited to see what year 3 brings him...it always seemed to be such a huge year...leaving all the "baby" behind.
sniff....sniff.
3 comments:
Cutie!! I was wondering how the diet changes were going? Diet changes can be hard, we know first hand!! YOu put on the best parties! Thanks for sharing!!
My brother's birthday often fell on Thanksgiving Day also. Since we didn't have big family parties living out of the States, it wasn't so much work for mom. In highschool Dave was in Tokyo at boarding school but having a bithday Nov 25 meant he got to be home for his birthday!
Happy two year birthday to your little ball of energy. Bless his heart. Hang in there, looks like you are doing a fabulous job!
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