Happy Birthday, Baby!

This time 2 years ago Dan and I were enjoying some quiet time alone with our new baby boy in the hospital. I can't believe he is already 2 years old! He is growing up so fast and we are trying to savor every minute of it!

Last weekend we went to Nana and Pops' house for some fun. J loves spending time there with his aunts and uncle. J came up with a new nickname for his Aunt T...Tito. We love it, she's not so fond of it :) Here are some pics of us playing.

The kids (Tito, J, I, and H)

J loves to dive down the slide!

Nana and Pops

I swinging

H swinging

Pops trying to be a kid again

Dan and J on the 4-wheeler

We had J's bday party this past weekend with family. I decided I was going to attempt to make his birthday cake. That was an adventure! I never knew how hard it was to color icing! I think it turned out pretty good and J even knew it was Tyrone. Nana decided to make the cake even better looking by turning the oven on with the finished cake inside. Now we know how bakeries make all of the colors melt together so well ;) J had a blast all day!

Tyrone cake

Crazy Bday Boy

Dan and cousin E

J's new Bounce House

J loved reading the cards

Happy Birthday to You!

Mmmmmm Cake!

Chillin with Grammy and Grandad



J lovin the bouncer

Yesterday J played outside with our neighbor C. They had a blast digging in the mud and being all boy! Then as soon as we came inside the weather moved in. We got some crazy hail storms!

Dear J,

You are becoming such a big boy! We can hardly believe that you're 2 years old already, but we can't remember life without you. You are learning new things every day and keeping mommy and daddy on our toes. We are having so much fun with you and can't wait to see what you do next! You are talking so much these days. You are talking in sentences regularly and are learning new words every day. You are a very coordinated little boy and you love to play any game that has balls....baketball (basketball), Beeeeeball (baseball), gufff (golf)...you get the picture. You also love to sing songs and are trying your hardest to master the ABC's right now. Today you even went poopy (at daycare) and peepee (before tubby at home)on the potty! We aren't even potty training yet! We love you very much! Happy 2nd Birthday, baby boy!

Love, Mommy and Daddy

Music at the bottom

I started to make a playlist for the blog. I'll update as I find songs I like. Scroll down to the bottom of the blog page and press the play button to listen. Enjoy!

Pray Hard

Baby Stellan is very serious condition right now. Please pray for him and his family. It looks like he took a turn for the worse a few short moments ago. Pray hard. God please hold on to this family they need you near!

Pray for Baby Stellan

If anyone out there reads my blog regularly, you will remember the miraculous story I told you about baby Stellan. He was given a grave diagnosis while still in his mother's womb, but God had a bigger plan for him than we all knew and he was born a healthy baby. Suddenly baby Stellan is having serious heart issues and is sedated in the hospital. Things have turned around so quickly for this family in the last 24 hours. Please go visit their blog for updates and pray for them.

A fun weekend

We had a good week this past week. The weather was a little warmer on some days so Dan thought it would be a great idea to get the baseball tee thingy that J got for his birthday last year out of the box. J had a great time swinging the bat with daddy.

We had our nephew E's first birthday party this past Saturday and it was a blast. There were a bunch of munchkins there for J to play with which he loved. Here are some pics of the weekend's events.

J was all smiles on the way

Cousins Chillin

Monkey in the tree

Monkey Cake

E after digging into his cake

J enjoying his cupcake

E hitting on the ladies

J being silly

J literally 2 minutes after getting in the car...wiped out! Thanks for all of the fun Aunt Kathy! Sorry for the boring post. I will try to be a little bit more creative in the next one.