Tommy is 2!

On Tommy's actual birthday (Wednesday), we took him to McDonald's - he loves their nuggets.

This was also the first time we let him play on the playground they have there. Once we told him he could play, he didn't want to finish his food and kept looking out the window at all the other kids playing.

Someone wasn't ready to leave

He was a little more adventurous than I thought he would be, but I did want to hit those bigger kids that were acting too wild and running into Tommy. :)

Grace was just hanging out

When we got home, we gave him one of his birthday cupcakes and he had an interesting way of eating it - look at the picture below. Haha!

Tommy's 2nd Birthday Party

On Sunday, we had Tommy's 2nd birthday party at Gymboree. We invited the kids in his class and other friends of ours who have kids the same age. There were about 11 or 12 kids there.

I was a little nervous about how Tommy would do, because he is a little shy in new environments. It took him all of about 5 minutes to get over his shyness and then there was no stopping him.

He had SO MUCH fun running around, participating in all the activities and running around. :) He loved playing with all of his friends and he was so cute when everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to him. He got this little grin on his face and did this shoulder shrug thing. He did manage to blow out his candles (in about 4 tries - with minimal spit), but wanted nothing to do with his cupcake after that. I think he just wanted to get back out there and play.

Still a little hesitant

 Someone was having fun :)

Kylee crawling around

All of our helpers - thanks guys!

Tommy finding the lion with the help of his flashlight

He's fearless

Yo Gabba Gabba cupcake cake

Ready to blow out the candles

I'm going to go out on a limb and say Tommy didn't like the clown

Taking a breather

Grace was also there to celebrate Tommy's special day with him. She was a good baby only crying when she was hungry and when we told her she was too small to go down the slide.

Stretching Out

Grace with Uncle Eddie

Grace and Aunt Christine

On the way home, he was still excited about his "birthday party" and loved the little Yo Gabba Gabba bath squirters I gave each kid as a favor along with the other little items in the bag.

Once we got home, Tommy opened all his presents in front of the family and he ended up getting another guitar. Those kids know him so well (he's up to 4 now). He received so many nice things from everyone (so many toys that we hid half of them in our closet until later on).

Tommy with his new sand and water table

He loves his tricycle

Shooting some hoops (notice he made it)

Family photo

The kids with Grandma and Grandpa

The kids with Grammy and Pap-Pap

Grandpa with his grandkids - I don't think they were too happy

Birthday Weekend

This past weekend Tom's parents, sister and her husband came down for a visit (and to help celebrate Tommy's 2nd birthday).

Gram and Pap-Pap got here Wednesday night and Aunt Christine and Uncle Eddie arrived Thursday afternoon.

On Friday, both kids stayed home from daycare to hang out with our guests and that night we celebrated Uncle Eddie's birthday. I think it's on the 16th, but Eddie keeps insisting it's on the 18th - so I came up with a compromise :) to split the difference with him and celebrate on the 17th.

Tommy loves playing with his little sister

Happy Birthday Eddie!

Tommy's 2 Year Photos

On Saturday, we went in for Tommy's 2 year photos and some pictures of Tommy and Grace together.

Tommy loved his photographer and was happy and smiling the entire session (and then ran around during Grace's session with Uncle Eddie and Aunt Christine).

Here are some of my favorite:

Grace 3 Month Pictures

Yesterday, we all took Tommy and Grace in for their pictures.

Both kids did great and we got a lot of smiles out of them. Here are a few of my favorites of Grace:

Grace is 3 Months Old

On Monday, our baby girl turned 3 months old. It truly seems like we just had her!

Here are some of the highlights:

• Grace sleeps through the night - and has for the last month - we put her down around 11:00 and usually have to wake her up around 7:00 to go to daycare (sometimes we do have to run up once a night to put the pacy back in her mouth)
• She's moved up to 3 1/2 ounce feedings (4 oz. at night though)
• She still has a head full of hair and the longest eyelashes of any baby I've seen
• She loves to talk to her mommy and daddy
• She smiles all the time (especially loves when Tommy comes to talk to her)
• Mostly content to sit and look around for long periods (there are times where she has little fits though)
• Doesn't sleep a lot once we get home from daycare - she will take little cat naps

Tommy loves his sister and always asks about her and he says her name so cute "Gace" - the "r" is silent.

I love my little munchkins so much!!!