Birthdays – Page 52

Won’t you leave a comment and tell him Happy Birthday? You don’t have to say much – just “Happy Birthday!” or tell me your favorite post, picture or story. Or even just say hi! Whatever strikes your fancy. I’d love for him to know all of the fantastic readers that have been following his adventures over the past year! A big thanks from me to you!

Now, I’m off to spend the day with my sweet TWO YEAR OLD!!

More 2nd Birthday Party!

August 28, 2012

Continuing on with the 2nd birthday party coverage…

After a yummy hat-wearing lunch Maxwell got to open all of his super fun presents!

His first stop were the two packages from Mrs. Susan and let’s just say they were a HIT!

She got him some Superman pj’s with a detachable cape!! I think someone might have been a little jealous! 🙂

She also got him an AWESOME fire truck that lights up and makes fire truck noises. Maxwell LOVED it and had to go get his fireman hat immediately!

He got lots of other sweet and wonderful gifts from everyone like new clothes, Dr. Seuss books, a VTech computer, a giant sticker book, new toys for the sandbox, DVDs and even a ride on bumble bee! This little boy is fixed up in the toy department!!

After presents it was time for cake! I got the cake from Olexa’s again and it was worth every penny! yum!

Maxwell has been practicing blowing out his birthday candles for weeks now. He’s been so excited about it. I guess all the excitement was just a little too much though because when I came out with the lit candles and everyone was singing to him, his little face went from pure excitement to fear! He didn’t want those candles anywhere near him!

Poor buddy! I think it was all just a little overwhelming. After a little hug from Dad, he was doing much better…

We were happy to see a smile again!

I cut up the cake…and here’s my 32 week bump in all it’s glory if you’re curious!

While Maxwell didn’t want to blow out the candles on his cake, he sure did want to eat it!

I think everyone enjoyed the cake eating part of the party!

After lunch, the cousins played with the new sand toys in the sand box for a bit…

and then it was time to bounce off all of that cake!

Please note that picture in the middle of his face smooshed up against the black netting! cracks me up!

After lots of energy was spent, it was time to say “bye” to everyone!

Or maybe that’s actually more like “help!” 🙂 Either way, it was a GREAT day and we’re so happy that so much of our family could be there to celebrate the big TWO!

Maxwell, I hope you had the best birthday party a little boy could hope for. We love you so much and can’t wait for another year of adventures!!

Bring on the terrific two’s!!

2nd Birthday Party!

August 27, 2012

We had a big weekend around here and we’ve got a big week coming up! First, today is Maxwell’s first day of school! Let’s hope he does great in his new older toddlers room with his new teacher! Second, Maxwell’s 2nd birthday is on Thursday so lots of fun birthday posts to come this week! Third, we celebrated Maxwell’s birthday on Sunday with a family party centered around – what else – yellow construction trucks!!

Here’s the invite I emailed to family…

And here’s my sweet birthday boy ready for his party!! Boo-boos on his chin, knee and shin and all! My rough and tumble little 2 year old! 🙂

I got his shirt off of Etsy and it came in about two weeks ago and Maxwell has been SO excited to wear it! Every day he would want to peek into his closet at his truck shirt…but he knew it was off-limits until his party! He couldn’t wait to put it on that morning!!

Like last year, I had to make things festive and I like a good theme to center the decorations – some yellow construction hats, orange cones and plenty of balloons of course!

I even got some special eating utensils for Maxwell…

So cute, right?! I think he might be eating every meal with those for a while! I did forget to hang the awesome “Happy Birthday” banner though! darn! remind me to hang it next year, ok?

We gave Maxwell this truck that morning and it barely left his hands all day…

and the proof is in plenty of the pictures!

The only thing that took him away from his truck were the balloons of course!

He was a happy little boy!

We loved having most of our family over but definitely missed Mary Beth, Holland, Keath, Jen, Delaney and Nate!

Before lunch, we had one more surprise for Maxwell…

A bounce house! Those 3 cousins bounced and bounced and bounced in that hot sun…

until they were red-cheeked and ready to eat!

When it came time for lunch, fortunately everyone got into the hat wearing spirit! What can I say? I definitely think hats make a party more fun! 🙂

But the Birthday Boy looked cutest of all in his hat, of course!

I think that’s enough for today. Party coverage continues tomorrow! Until then, I leave you with this awesome family photo that we captured…

ha! Hey, it was his party – he could do what he wanted!! 🙂 See you tomorrow!

Birthday celebrations!

August 7, 2012

This past Saturday we drove down to Montgomery for the day to celebrate both LuLu and Graddad’s birthdays! I think it was a surprise to LuLu that we all showed up at her house…but luckily we came bearing food so she didn’t have to do anything except play with the grandkids.

We all enjoyed a wonderful lunch…and the kiddos had a ball at the “kid table”.

We then celebrated the birthday boy and girl with a key lime pie…

and then LuLu got to open her gifts…with plenty of helpers!

Granddad had a little help too! 🙂

Maxwell LOVED getting to play with Katie and Anna all afternoon….

and I loved getting to catch up with these lovely ladies!

After pie was eaten and presents were open, the kiddos hit the pool! Robert was a trooper and volunteered to get in with Maxwell. Of course, considering how HOT and HUMID it was, I don’t think he was sacrificing too much! Maxwell loved swimming as always and even starting jumping off the side of the pool into Robert’s arms! exciting!

We also got to see Mary Beth’s dogs, River and Zelda, that she brought over. If you know me at all, you know I am not a dog person…to put it lightly. and to be around dogs this big…well…poor MB was having to run interference to keep them away from me all afternoon! Maxwell wasn’t too keen on getting close to them either. He just kept saying “no puppies!”. I can’t blame him though because I think Zelda and River might still be taller than him at this point. They are super sweet pups though, just too big for me!

By the end of the afternoon, Robert was hot-doggin’ off the diving board. It was pretty impressive! wish I had gotten a picture of the flips he was doing…Maxwell had to get his olympic swimming expertise from somewhere, right?