...he turned 2. As much as I protested against it, it still happened. Why?! Why do they have to grow up so fast?! Look how little he was...
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| November 15, 2009...priceless. |
I remember thinking after I gave birth, "I can't believe I actually did it!". It was something so amazing and awesome and I did it! He was so perfect, beautiful, amazing, everything I had ever dreamed of wrapped up in a 7lb 5oz package of pure baby boy bliss. ::Sigh::
And then, 2 years later, I'm celebrating his 2nd birthday. How did 2 years creep up so incredibly fast? I don't feel as though time went by THIS fast before Zach was born. Why now? Is it that whole cliche of "time flies when you're having fun" kinda thing? Life with Zach IS fun...unpredictable...amazing...but I would be ok if it went by a little slower.
He had an awesome 2nd birthday party. I did a train theme because he loves him some trains! However, do you KNOW how hard it is to find train themed party supplies that isn't Thomas the Train? No offense toward you Thomas lovers, but Zach doesn't know who he is. So, since I couldn't find any that I liked, I made my own. They don't exactly scream "train", but they're cute and I worked hard on them.
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| My first attempt at cake decorating. I wish I could take credit for the train, but I had it made from Etsy.com |
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| little engineer bandannas. |
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| The birthday banner I made :) |
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| Audrey!! |
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| More decorations. |
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| I really should have given this to him last. I ended up moving it so he could concentrate on other gifts! |
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| toy pots and pans! he loves to "cook" and mommy loves picking up every single last 120 pieces of play food...thanks Aunt Jan! |
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| hmm...what to open next |
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| daddy helping Zach blow out candles. I know. Those candles are huge. We had to improvise. Don't hate! |
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| Me and my cousin Beth. Her and Audrey drove all the way down from Manassas to help celebrate <3 |
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| Oh, look! 120 pieces of food on my coffee table! |
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| drawing on his new easel from Aunt Susan, Uncle Matt and Mitch. He loves this!! |
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| Doug drew characters from which movie? He thought it would be cute for Zach to see when he woke up the morning of his birthday. |
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| I decorated it with balloons. I actually decorated the living room with balloons. Maybe a little overboard, but the look on his face when he saw it...priceless. Totally worth it! |
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| Gifts from mommy and daddy on his birthday. |
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| yes, he got a Minnie. He loves her! |
So those are some pictures from his party. He had a great time and we so appreciate everyone who came, called, skyped, and sent birthday love to Zach. He is such a loved little boy and so lucky to have so many wonderful people in his life.
