Happy 2nd Birthday!

What a fun day! I can't believe that Owen is 2!!!! Last night Daddy worked very hard, and had the entire house decorated for Owen when he woke up, even though he had to be out of town for business. Owen LOVED the balloons, but thought the streamers were lots of fun to rip down! He didn't want them on the columns, so he single handedly ripped every piece down... All Daddy's hard work...Mommy spent all morning chasing Owen picking up pieces of blue streamer... I kept calling him Confetti Man...

Overall, Owen and I had a busy morning. When he finally woke up at 9am!, he spotted all the balloons and immediately had to head downstairs to check it out. I couldn't even change his diaper! I finally got him changed, we had breakfast and then headed to the grocery store to pick up some of the things we needed for his birthday party tomorrow.

Then we came home, and did Owen's favorite thing... vacuuming! We did the whole upstairs, and then Sofia and Ms. Robyn came over to play. We had such a fun morning, and Owen was in rare form, enjoying running around with all the balloons! Sofia also enjoyed them, and since her birthday is tomorrow, we had a little birthday party, playing with Play Doh, and just overall good time. Owen had a really fun play date - he even ate a HUMONGOUS lunch, considering he had been snacking all morning!

Owen got quite a few phone calls today, Pop, Granny, Mom-Mom, Great Aunt Denise, Great Aunt Kathy, Grandma, Grandpa, Grandma Bev, everyone wanted to wish Owen a happy birthday. He liked getting the attention, and enjoyed the birthday phone calls from everyone.

After Sofia and Ms. Robyn left, Owen and I played a bit longer and then Owen went down for a nap. He slept well, and Mommy made cupcakes for his class party tomorrow, and also made him a birthday cake.

After Owen's nap, it was almost time for Daddy to come home, and I had been telling Owen all day that when Daddy comes home he can have presents, so after nap, he kept saying PRESENTS! (Also, all day today when you said Happy Birthday, Owen would reply - CAKE?)

Daddy got home, and Owen was again running around pulling the balloons behind him. He loved opening his birthday presents. He got a really cool remote control dinosaur, he was very excited about (he's been eyeing it up in Target for months).

He also got a spinner bike, which is so fast and he's having a blast on the hardwood floors spinning around (he might actually give up his favorite pooh car).

He also got a really cool pair of boots from Uncle Steve & Aunt Lisa, as well as some moon sand...

He also got a package with a bunch of frog things (cards, book, stuffed animal) from Aunt Christine. He loved the book, one of his favorite songs (Five Green & Speckled Frogs), and sadly Uncle Henry passed away today, so the present was happy for Owen but bittersweet for Mommy and Daddy...

Owen had such a fun day... Mommy baked him a cake, and we sang happy birthday to him. He even blew out his own candles! He loved the cake... More celebration tomorrow. He'll have cupcakes tomorrow at school, and then Mommy's family coming over tomorrow evening to celebrate. Then a busy weekend too...

He was still wound up when it was ready for bed... after a nice bath which got all the peanut butter, chocolate icing and cake out of his hair, ears, etc... He was cracking himself up with the sit and spin... too funny.

Loving his birthday presents.

Blowing out the candles...all by himself!

Happy 2nd birthday Owen... We love you very much!