See...I told you I'd be back. I'll have to work on catching up, but as for current events Freddie celebrated his 2nd Birthday on Sunday...and in turn, so did we...here is his 2nd Birthday, in pictures!!!
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| It started out with a bath, because EVERYONE needs to be clean on their birthday...we even let them draw with the bath crayons and they both had a blast!!! And surprisingly, cleaning up wasn't as bad as I had imagined! |
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| We gave Freddie this neat "pop up" Cars tent for his birthday and he and Karyl quickly found spots right in front, grabbed a few snacks, and sat down to watch...wait for it...CARS.... |
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| Amazingly, this year Freddie picked up on the idea of anything wrapped was his to tear open...unfortunately for him, his 4-year-old sister already knew this all too well and just assumed he needed her help with every single present. Needless to say, the presents were opened in half the time because she was opening them too.... |
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| Freddie's dreams came true...he got lots and lots of cars...he was in HEAVEN!!!! |
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| Then, when all the presents were open we let Freddie and his buddy Jaxson play with the bubble gun....why is it that kids LOVE chasing bubbles?? |
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| Here's Freddie and Jaxson...they are only 6 weeks apart and had such a fun time playing together!! A huge thanks to Claire and Sterling for coming by and "partying" with us. |
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| This was Freddie's cake...it was my first time trying to make a cake from a shaped pan and it worked pretty well. I've learned for the next time though, so I can't wait to try again with another shaped pan!! |
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| And here's our happy little family....Freddie already had frosting on his face from sticking his finger in the cake. He'd been bugging me to eat the cake since seeing me decorating it the night before. I'm only posting this picture because we don't get many "family" pictures...but I didn't bother to think about the fact that I was standing sideways, which of course makes me and my 6 month baby belly look like two people...ugh.... |
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| Freddie LOVED eating his cake...luckily he wanted a spoon to eat it with, for some reason he wasn't into digging his hands in...thank you!!! |
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| Greg got Freddie these balloons...he was SOOO excited when he saw them....the big one is in his room and whenever he sees it he gets all excited, says "Ka-Chow!!" and then starts naming off all the characters "May-May (Mater), Shally (Sally)" we giggle every time. |
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| Of course, it's like he KNOWS his mom is deathly afraid of balloons...he tried to jump on that thing more times than I could count. Luckily it never popped.... |
HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY FREDRICK!!!!
I can't believe 2 years ago this was you...all tiny and quiet....
And now we have this big boy....from almost 8 pounds to over 35 pounds in 2 years...you toughed your way through your skull surgery and even have an awesome scar to show for it!!! Look at you now..beautiful blue eyes, gorgeous blond hair...and a face that melts even your mom's worst moods. What would we do without you?
Just in the past few weeks he has really done some growing up...he recognizes almost all of the capital letters and gets REALLY excited when he sees them...he talks in sentences (although sometimes I'm the only one who can understand them)...he tells me "poo-poo out"....he LOVES any toy with wheels....he loves to mimic Karyl and whatever she does (which isn't always helpful)...he gives me a big hug every morning when I get him out of his crib, and then he asks where his cars are....he finally can count to 10 (we worked and worked!!)...
But most importantly, he is healthy, almost always smiling, and growing faster than we can keep track of. We wouldn't have him any other way!!!
