The big Oh-Two

It is so hard to believe that our little man is now two. Hard to believe that was two whole years ago that we welcomed him into the world at 5:26 pm on 5/26/10. What a wonderful whirl wind it has been ever since. With his birthday falling on Memorial Day weekend we chose a low key (very low key) celebration. We did presents in the morning and then really just let him lead the day. I made an extra effort to only be focused on Saturday, instead of the usual on him and the laundry, on him and the dishes. Moms, I know you know what I am talking about! It was wonderful and I am vowing to try and keep more of that focused mentality throughout this year. I am a silly Oregon mama and got him an alligator sprinkler for his birthday. I know it will be tons of fun in of 3 months when it finally gets warm! This was really the only toy he got for his birthday and since delayed gratification is really a bummer no matter what your age, we made a special trip to Walmart today for a new Thomas train and the stand up racing spiral track he loves from daycare. Spoiled anyone??

Luckily Saturday was the "nice" day this weekend (notice the fleece) so we headed to the park. It was tons of fun and we took Truck who managed to make a gaggle of kid friends too while we were there. The SLIDE!

Turning the big wheel:

Caught him perusing his new book and DVD literature:

And now for the retrospective.... Brand new baby with his brand new papa 5/26/10:

Birthday bay with his balloons 5/26/12:

The big two year old busting out of his jammies:

We love you G man!!!