We had a wonderful time celebrating with both families. All of the children got great gifts. We were truly blessed with health and happiness this year!
Giving Tyler a hug
Tyler's flower band on his head - getting face smash from Heidi
Looking at Christmas gifts from Santa Christmas Morning!
We had Daniel's family birthday party at our house. After he woke from his nap, I put his birthday shirt on - he kept exclaiming, "I two!" when he would look down and see his shirt. We continue to feed Daniel's obsession with transportation and had a car-themed party.
Traffic Light Rice Crispie Treats
Pavement (Oreo-topped) IceCream
Cars Publix Cake
Pop and Daniel
Daniel and Grandpa
Mary Linnley, Aunt Ashley and Uncle Scotty
Gigi, Daniel, Pop
Aunt B and Daniel
A new "lellow" Car!
Taking a ride in his much smaller "old" car
Mary Linnley and Daniel
As he did the day before, we sang and Daniel danced. Only this time, he started out on the floor. Then, he glanced over at the "train table" and jumped on top to dance with even more excitement. This kiddo never ceases to amaze us!
Daniel turned 2 today at 11:50 AM. As he did 2 years ago, he woke me up at just after midnight. Two years ago, my water broke in the middle of the night, but last night Daniel just wanted me to rock him back to sleep. It was actually fun to reminisce about the whirlwind of December 9, 2009 as I was rocking him. I took Daniel to School and spent the day getting ready for his two parties - one at School and our family party tomorrow.
On the way to School
At school, Daniel was in rare form after his nap. He seemed to know that the party was for him and his two friends, Miles and Madeline (born one week after Daniel).
Class party
Acting silly with icing
Silly boy
Class clown
After the kids snacked on birthday goodies, many of Daniel's teachers from his other class (the Waddlers) came to give him kisses on the cheek. Ms. Rhonda sang and turned on the music so others could dance. Daniel was feeling the beat and danced along with Ms. Rhonda.
"Dance, dance, dance Daniel! Dance til you sing Hooray!..." and Daniel yells, "Hooray!"
After school, Leah and I took Daniel, Madeline and Miles to see Santa at the Brookwood Mall. He was not interested in visiting with Santa however. Sorry - no pictures! We took Daniel to eat (for the second year in a row) at Salvatores in Hoover. He had some baked ziti and a slice of pizza.
Then we went to Krispy Kreme Donuts for some birthday dessert. Daniel was fascinated by the donut factory and loved eating a donut. All in all, he had a great 2nd birthday. Tomorrow - our family party and pictures will follow in another blog post.
Happy birthday, buddy! You make us laugh out loud and smile every day! We are thankful to God for you!
