Aaron's 2nd Birthday

October 11th - 2 years old

Weight  25.4 lbs               18th percentile

Height  34 in                    37th percentile

Head Circumference  49.5              72nd percentile

I cannot believe my baby is two! He still seems so little -as you can see from the statistics above he is! We had a toy story birthday party which he loved. Although he did not notice the toy story decor was just excited to jump in all the balloons. For the boys birthdays I always fill their room with balloons (when they are little I just fill the family room) it is always so fun to see their expressions when they wake up in the morning.

The boys and daddy had been sick earlier that week with fever and sore throat. Thankfully they were doing great by the weekend. Although Ian's allergies have been full blown. Poor kid can hardly breathe. Sure enough that night I got a wonderful high fever and sore throat too. But, the celebration must go on and thankfully my parents were here to help out (I don't think I moved from the couch).  Aaron opened presents throughout the day which was great -he was able to enjoy everything and not get too overwhelmed.

Ian picked out these Toy Story Cars for Aaron. Ian wanted so badly to help Aaron open all of his presents, Aaron just wanted grandma to get everything out of their box. Aaron's expressions were wonderful when opening his presents.

In usual birthday tradition we had juicy rolls for breakfast. The boys could hardly shove then in there mouths fast enough they just wanted to go and play.

Aaron and Grandma cuddling on the couch.

After naptime Aaron opened some presents from Nana and Papa. He was beyond excited for the big cars.

He loves hiding his little toy story cars in the toy story garbage truck.

My mom made Aaron's birthday cake (homemade marshmallow brownies) which we all loved. It smelled and looked so good that we had a "backwards" dinner. Yep, we had cake first! Then about a half hour later we had spaghetti dinner. one of Aaron's favorites. 

Later on that evening Aaron got one more big surprise. A new balance bike that looks just like his brothers bike.

The first time he got one his balance bike he went down the drive way then dropped the bike. Turned around and ran back to grab his tricycle to speed down the hill. Thankfully after watching his brother on his bike he decided to hop back on and give it another try. I can't believe how quickly he is catching onto balancing. If only I could get him to sit on the actual seat and not the bar -I think it would be much more comfortable.

This past week the boys have wanted to be outside riding their bikes all day long. Ian now enjoys biking up the hill and down the street. He then hops on his bike petals as hard as he can and comes flying down the hill.

Yes, Aaron tries to follow as well.

These boys can't simply just ride their bike in the driveway. It is much more enjoyable to race each other down the hill and of course you have to look good while doing it!

Here are a few highlights from this year....

After continuous ear infections and rupturing your eardrum the doctors finally agreed that you needed tubes. In March you had surgery and have not had an ear infection since!

You love to color and are an amazing scribbler.

We always thought maybe you would be our mellow child, or blob that would just be good with anything. That is proving to not be the case. While you can be so sweet, affectionate, and love to cuddle -you are no mellow child. You enjoy pushing your brothers buttons when given the opportunity, and if you don't get what you want you throw an awesome tantrum that we happily ignore.  

A few weeks after have tubes put in your vocabulary exploded. You are now saying complete sentences. You also say "please" when asking for things and always remember to say "thank you" on your own.

You enjoy "putting on a show" for mom and dad when we take you to nursery and you have for the last 5 months. We mention nursery or begin to leave the Chapel and you pout your lip and being screaming. Brother Bawden happily takes you and the moment the door closes you jump down and being playing. Literally the moment I shut the door you are done. 

You try and usually succeed at doing most everything your brother does.

I was dreading moving you to a big boy bed, but the joke was on me. You sleep even better in a big bed than you did in a crib. In the morning you come walking into our bedroom and say, "ood morning mommy, ood morning daddy" and jump in the bed to snuggle. You will just lay with me in bed until Ian gets up and then you excitingly jump up and shout, "ood, morning Ian!" 

You love changing your own clothes throughout the day and are obsessed with wearing and putting on socks. You prefer the socks to not match. 

You love airplanes. You can hear and spot one from anywhere.

People are always surprised that you do not like fruit snacks. You also just enjoy sucking the butter out of popcorn and then spitting it out. Your favorite foods are pizza, mac n cheese, chicken, anything with ketchup, rice and beans. 

Happy Birthday Aaron!!!