2nd Birthday Fun

Warning: Photo overdose to follow!

Nate had a wonderful 2nd birthday surrounded by friends and family.

He woke up in a great mood!

Disney was kind enough to sponsor a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Marathon for his birthday (it is his favorite show).

He had a birthday biscuit breakfast, complete with extra jelly!

Then we were off to Bayou Wildlife Park.

First stop...the petting zoo.

As Cole was loving the goats, Brandon's shirt became one goat's snack!

We LOVE this place, we got so see all kinds of animals on the tram ride.

If that does not say "Happy Birthday", I don't know what does.

Friends aboard the tram. Cousin "Ry-Ry" petting the camel.

This camel was one of Nathaniel's favorites this time. Another one slobbered all over his head. Nathaniel was not as bothered as Mommy was by this!

Nate's buddy, Landon, had no fear feeding the animals!

Isaiah warmed up to the animals. The Obert girls also got in on the action.

After the ride we shared a lunch with everyone, including one special deer!

Then it was time for cake (well, cupcakes covered with a TON of frosting). Nate was pretty shy when everyone was singing to him.

But none too shy with devouring his cupcake!

Then off to the stables....

Ry-Ry petting one of the "ponies"

Our little cowboy!

He was much braver than last time we went and seemed to enjoy the pony ride!

As did his friends, here are Abby and Landon.

He gave some friends hugs and we headed home.

Here are Aunt "Oh-la-la" and Emma rocking out on Guitar Hero as Nate took a long nap.

He woke up to find all kinds of people he loves waiting to celebrate with him. Here he is with Granny ("Ne-Ne") and Gram Aunt (who he recently started calling "Damn-It").

One spoiled kid!

Cake #2 (he has not let the Nemo and Dory go since he got them). Please note his little finger already getting into the frosting before we could sing.

If a spoon-full of sugar helps the medicine go down, then he should easily take medicine for the next 10 years as much sugar as he had today. This is a picture of him eating straight frosting!

Enjoying the bubbles his cousin got him for his birthday.

Then bath, brush teeth, prayers, and off to bed.

This was such a fun day. Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun and celebrated the life of our little guy with us. We love you all!

The Past Two Years

The past two years

I have been to the doctor's office more times than I care to count

Have functioned on less sleep than I imagined possible

Questioned if the choices I have made have been right

Read Goodnight Moon and watched Nemo thousands of times

Stepped on legos, cars, and blocks yet not broken anything

Fought to get someone to take a bath, then fought to get him out of a bath

I have laughed, learned, and loved more than I deserve

I have spent so much time trying to teach Nate what life is all about,

and he has taught me how to live.

I never knew I could love this much or care this deeply.

I absoultely adore being his mother -

even through the crying, sleepless nights, unknow causes of fits, and uncertain times.

I cannot imagine life without this precious boy and am so thankful God chose me to be his Mommy!

Happy Birthday to my 2 year old!

Easter Cuties

Who can resist these cute kids?

Happy Easter, Everyone!

A Huntin' They A-Went

Although Easter was a week away, we had a hunt in our front yard.

His cousins gathered eggs...and Nathaniel gathered the bubbles. He could care less about the eggs!

Beach time with the Brew Crew

As mentioned in the earlier post, we had a lot of fun being Beach Bums!

Rob was pretty proud of the jelly fish he found.

Craig was fearless, like Nathaniel

When Logan was not jumping in the waves, he was being buried in the sand

Gigi had her hands full with these two!

Uncle Rob's Tatoo Parlor

I know, I know...I am way behind in posting. Here are pics of the cousins getting tatoos from Uncle Robert. As you can see, even Gigi was in on the action! There are no pics of Nate because he was screaming bloody murder the entire time. If you did not know any better, you would have thought it was a real tattoo, and the silly things have been on 2 weeks now!