Hold on Just a Minute Here...

I've decided that there simply must be some sort of time-continuum warp going on here because this was my baby just a few short months ago...

...and this past weekend somehow he turned 2!!!! That is simply not possible. How did that happen???? All I know is this is simply going WAY too fast! Looking at the difference in him between these two pictures almost makes me tear up a little because I still think of him as a baby, and obviously he's a little boy now.

We had a little celebration at home with just the 3 of us on Ty's actual birthday (Friday 10/16/09). He had been practicing blowing out his candles for his big party so we let him have one more go of it with this cupcake. He still mostly tries to "spit" out the candles instead of blowing, but it gets the job done and it sure is cute so who cares.

Helping Daddy assemble his present...Ty sure was in a hurry to get this thing moving!!

It may be cold out, but when there's serious work (aka playing) to be done that's just a sacrifice you have to make.

This is my second Wilton cake that I have made for his birthday. Last year he had a puppy cake. I must say I'm pretty proud of how it turned out this year even though I had quite a struggle getting my icing red instead of pink. His party was held at the Brooklyn Kid's Park on 10/18/09.

"Spitting" out his candles.







He got so many presents we're having a hard time finding space for all of them in our little house...what a good problem for a kid to have. Hopefully one day soon we'll have an entire second floor for all of this stuff (not to mention all of his brother's stuff).


How is it that kids seem to learn the concept of "mine" without being taught. I swear I don't know how Ty learned that certain things belong to him and not other people, but he's been very possessive of his toys lately. In the picture above is his buddy Stephen who innocently came over to check out Ty's new tractor only to have Ty promptly grab it away and yell at him, "No, Owen. Mine!" (apparently he wasn't paying attention to who exactly he was yelling at because Owen is in the background with his hand in his pants. HA! The things cameras catch.) I suppose it's all just par for the course with two year olds.

He did a really good job this year of unwrapping his presents. He seemed to really get excited to see what was in each package. That is until you tried to take it away from him so that he could open the next one. One of his favorite presents was his miter saw that he got from Jim.

Wearing his safety goggles just like Mommy would want.

This is how WE smash a pinata! It really seemed like Ty had a good time at the party. I really hope so even though he won't remember it firsthand. I know that I had such a good time celebrating my little man with all our family and friends. I'm so thankful for another year of being "Mommy" to this amazing boy. I am just in awe of him. He is such a perfect gift from God; healthy, smart, funny...just perfect, in short. Oh, how much I love him!!