Happy Birthday to the Coolest 2 Year Old I Know!

Blowing out his candles!

Today is my little man's birthday! And that's exactly what he is, a little man. He amazes me every day, the things he learns and remembers. For the last week or so, we've been asking him whose birthday is coming up. For a while, he would say "Raggie!" (our dog's birthday was last week) or "Jaxon!" (his cousin, whose birthday party we went to over Thanksgiving). And then he would talk about how Jaxon had a balloon and there was cake (cupcakes, actually). So we would tell him, no, it's going to be YOUR birthday and start singing Happy Birthday to him. So he would sing with us, but his words were, Happy birthday, Jaxon! Happy birthday, Jaxon! It was adorable. But slowly as the week went on, he learned that HIS birthday was coming up, and he was getting excited!

So today he's home with Daddy because daycare is closed due to sickness, and when I went home for lunch, Owen was in his jammies eating "roni and haw dogs" and was in a really good mood. So I asked him whose birthday is today and he yelled, "OWEN!" I didn't even know that Owen knew what 'presents' are since he hasn't opened one since last Christmas, but I asked him if he wanted to open presents, and he got really excited and said, "Yeah!" So after lunch we went to living room and he tore right into them!

Rip 'em open!

Super Mario Bros. gummies

TRUCK!

Movies

"Boppa's truck and Nana's car in the gwage (garage)." -Owen

He also got a bunch of banana's. Seriously! Daddy did the shopping last night. And wrapping bananas is pretty difficult, so you could see part of them. I told Owen he had one more present and he looks down and sees it and says, "Manana's in nere (there)?!" He couldn't get it open (Ryan put LOTS of tape on it), so he brought them over to me and he wanted a banana bad! He was so happy! It's nice to be able to give a gift that he loves at 55¢ a pound! His favorite was the truck, which immediately became 'Boppa's truck' and he found his car that is the same brand and that became 'Nana's car'.

We also plan on getting Owen a Power Wheels truck for his birthday/Christmas gift from us and both sets of grandparents. Not sure exactly when we will buy it, considering it's winter and he can't use it until spring, but I think we will just keep an eye on the price and buy one when it's on sale. He's going to LOVE that thing, though!!

Tonight, Ryan had to work, so Owen and I are on our own. I picked up some cupcakes and candles so Owen could practice blowing them out and get to have some cake on his birthday. He's been talking about cake ever since he realized his birthday was coming up. One of our friends asked him tonight what he was going to do for his birthday, and his reply was, "Cake."

Tomorrow we head to Muscatine to have his party at the hotel. We were going to go to Davenport to an indoor inflatable castle park, but we can't leave until tomorrow, and the logistics of getting to Muscatine, getting everyone together and going to Davenport, playing at the park and getting back to the hotel to swim, eat and open presents would be very hard. Not to mention Owen getting a nap in there somewhere. So we are skipping the inflatable park and going straight for swimming at the hotel. I think Owen is going to have a lot of fun, so I'm really excited for tomorrow!

Happy 2nd birthday, Owen!! We love you so much!