Happy 2nd Birthday to #2! I realize this is a little late. We did celebrate his birthday, on his actual birthday, I'm just a little late letting all my Internet peeps know he turned two. We had a nice bbq at our house with some of our adult friends and Husbands family over. Lots of cousins to play with! I decided we would forgo the traditional cake and made homemade cupcakes, from scratch, including the frosting. Below is my (lame) attempt at hand drawing airplanes, one of #2's favorite things at the moment. They turned out pretty good and were tasty. Cupcakes for a crowd of little people is definitely the way to go. An added bonus is the limited cleanup, no plates or forks, yea!!!
Here is #2 enjoying his cupcake. #1 helped him blowout the candles. Luckily #2 is very accommodating to his older brother (so far). I fear the day (coming soon) this finally ends.
A very cute picture of #1 when he was still a little baby. Unfortunately, I failed my second born by not getting a super cute picture of him when he was first born. I'd make some sort of excuse, but truly there isn't one.
#2 has in the past year really developed into the quintessential toddler. He has blossomed under his big brothers guidance; a lot of times he faithfully does whatever he tells him to do. Unfortunately for #1 this too is coming to an end. Not sure how to convince #1 that no matter how loudly or forcefully he tells #2 to do something that, no, he actually doesn't. #2 is starting to assert himself more. In fact, he just started saying the word no to us. It's pretty cute, I'll ask him something, and instead of grunting "uh-uh", he'll say "no mama." Other (not so cute) things he's picked up are:
- screaming at me (thanks to #1)
- hitting me when he's mad (why do children do this to their mamas?)
- being obstinate
- oh, there's the forever repeating myself telling him no:
- don't touch the baby swing
- don't touch the baby chair
- don't push your brother
- don't stand on the over: I could go on forever, so lame children aren't created to listen
Cute things he does:
- crashing his body into the ground (for fun)
- lots of hugs and kisses
- playing with his older brother
- lots of kisses for little brother
- riding his trike
- just being himself! He's got such kissable cheeks :)
There are a thousand things I'm missing, but you get the gist. I'm so lucky that he's apart of our family. Can't wait to see what the next year will hold for him (or us).
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