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Friday, February 21, 2014

A day in the life of a TWO year old

Our little guy turned TWO years old today! I'm not even sure how that happened. It's like I blinked my eyes and all of a sudden he's a little man.

Long gone are the days of breastfeeding and burping and sleepless nights...although who am I fooling -- only 9 more weeks of carrying our child-to-be in my belly and I'll be laughing at this post.

Now are the days of trips to the library, swimming lessons, spilt milk and runny noses! I promise to cherish each and every one of these days that I have with just Liam. Because I know that once the baby arrives things are going to change. And I must say, it scares the crap out of me.

Liam is simply THE most amazing thing that has happened in my life, other than meeting & marrying Matt of course :) He amazes me every day with his little quirks, his giggles, his smiles and even his temper tantrums. It's sometimes hard to remember how life was before he came around.

I decided to snap some photos today of our big 'ol two year old, just doing his thing. We had a pretty normal morning & afternoon. Then when Matt finished working we took him to a museum and a family friendly restaurant for dinner. Here's a little bit of our day:


Birthday breakfast. He decided what he wanted. Blueberry waffles, pineapple, raisins and an orange. He's a little fruit addict.


Attempting to help blow up some balloons...


Watching a little Dinosaur Train...


Playing a few games...


Playing, playing, playing...


Practicing sitting on his potty chair.
Notice how Elmo is doing the same thing?


Playing with blocks at our local childrens' museum, Above & Beyond Childrens' Museum.


Steering a ship (at the children's museum).


Checking out a circus exhibit (at the childrens' museum).


Climbing through a suspended tunnel with Matt...

We had dinner at a great local Mexican restaurant, El Camino, and then gave him a scoop of birthday ice cream when we got home. Matt and I practiced our "Happy Birthday" singing skills.


My happy boys.




Flossing before bath time, then bed time.


Happy 2nd Birthday, my little peanut.
I love you!!

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Liam's 2nd Birthday Party - Photo explosion!

We celebrated Liam's SECOND birthday this past Saturday at our home. His birthday isn't until this coming Friday, but we celebrated a weekend early so that more family members could make it. About 25 relatives made the trek through the snow to help Liam celebrate his big day :)

Liam picked the party theme himself. He is currently obsessed with Elmo (when he sees Elmo on Sesame Street, when he sees Elmo books at stores, etc). So Elmo, Elmo, Elmo it was!

I'll let the photos do the talking:

Elmo balloons could be found throughout the house...

I made these balloons myself. It was way cheaper than buying a bunch of helium Elmo balloons. I bought red balloons from Target, printed eyes & noses off the internet and used a Sharpie marker for the mouths.

Little goody bags and party hats for Liam's cousins...

Another spying Elmo...


I cut an Elmo out of a large gift bag, then added the saying with a Sharpie...

My attempt at making a homemade Elmo cake! Do you know how HARD it is to make red frosting? I used an entire tube of red food gel (a cancerous amount....eek) and two packets of Cherry KoolAid powder, and this is as red as I could get him! I must say...the KoolAid definitely gave the frosting a "different" flavor than expected :)

My attempt at making homemade Elmo cupcakes. Edible eyes from a specialty cake store, Reeses' pieces for the noses and 1/2 Oreos for the mouths.

Snacks ready to go...

Liam coming down the stairs after nap, arriving at his party :)


Cousins Bella and Rylan eating dinner...
Cheesy hash brown casserole anyone?

Taking selfies with Cousin Beth

Gift opening time!
Lucky little boy.

Check out the boys' expressions....

Okay...I am super excited about these cool pants with suspenders :)


Chopping fruit with his daddy...


Cousin Bella...

There was NO getting that cupcake away from him once he had it...

...and then there was cupcake #2

Liam had a great time, which means it was a success :) Thank you, family, for helping Liam celebrate his big day.