Birthday Boy!

Well, our little boy is growing up.  He no longer gets into airplanes, sporting events, buffets, or almost anything else for free. :(  But at the same time he is turning into such a character.  He is talking more and more, and it is absolutely hilarious the things he comes up with.  He will occasionally call Scott "hun" or say "Good job guys" when he is talking to one person, and often just to himself. :)  He cracks us up every day with some new phrase.  He also shows me that he has colored on the wall, and tells me it is a "no, no, no." (Speaking of which, is there a way to get pen off the wall?)  I guess this all comes with the territory of having a 2-year-old!

We all had such a fun filled day as we celebrated his birthday on Monday! He was so excited and absolutely loved every minute of it. He will even tell you that he's 2, if he feels like it. Here are some pictures from the big day!

Happy Birthday morning!

Loving the T-ball set

And wanting to play NOW!

He would yell "Present!" when we brought another present in the room, and then when he pulled out the gift he would yell "Oh, Wow!"  It was all very exciting.

He immediately found a perfect place for this new dog to sleep between George and his bear.   "Now we got that in an order, don't we." :)

Unwrapping was very serious business.

Thank you aunts and uncles.  They are everywhere. He will peek in a room and then go back and hide behind the wall and throw them in the room like a grenade.  He thinks it's hilarious.  :)

Squatting next to his new sandbox as he hadn't quite discovered that you can actually get in it.  As he was still in his jammies, I didn't encourage him. 

We also went to a farm on Alan's b-day.  We went strawberry picking, saw some animals, and played on this little playground.  It was a nice day and a lot of fun, but chasing Alan around didn't leave much time for picture taking, so this is what we got. :)

We had a BBQ that night with some friends to celebrate.  I can't believe I didn't get any pictures of Scott with his new grill!  He made us some very tasty burgers.

And we really couldn't have Alan's birthday without ball cupcakes.

Alan's reaction to singing "Happy Birthday."   Very nervous, as you can tell, but no crying!  He even did a little puff to try to blow out his candles.  Such a big guy!!

I think it helped that he knew he would get cake afterwords. :)

Balls, sticks, and cupcakes.  Doesn't get much better than that.

Happy Birthday Alan!