Alex turns 2!

October 24th 2006 was the day that our family changed forever and in a couple of days our little boy is going to be 2 years old. We had the family over on the 17th for a little celebration. This year Alex has a pretty good idea what a birthday celebration is, well at least to the point that he gets to open presents, have birthday cake, sing the birthday song, and of course he gets to blow out the candles. This year it was much easier to figure out what Alex would enjoy for his birthday. He has shown many interests in trucks, trains, buses , digging in the dirt, and throwing things around the house.

The day of Alex's birthday party, Alex spent the afternoon with Nana so Emily could bake the cake, wrap presents, get the balloons(which he loves), and we could set up the rest of the decorations. Alex came home after his afternoon nap and the rest of the family showed up a little later. We borrowed a small bounce house from a friend and the girls all enjoyed it, but Alex isn't very comfortable in it with others bouncing around. All the kids had a lot of fun running around outside. After dinner of course it was presents and birthday cake. Alex really tore into the presents and was very excited with each one. He especially loved the backhoe loader that makes noises and has a lever that moves the loader up and down. He loves it so much he wore himself out the next two days playing with it. Emily made a wonderful cake where she frosted a yellow backhoe, and she placed two candles on it. Alex was very excited this year to have the birthday song sung for him, he had the biggest smile and pointed to himself when everyone said his name, and of course he blew out his candles.

You can see all of the photos by clicking here.