Birthday Fun

Drew's second birthday began with a very exciting milestone. He woke up in his big boy bed for the first time! The transition has gone extremely well so far...but I don't want to jinx it, so I will go into further detail at a later time.

When he woke up, we went downstairs where there were birthday and Valentines surprises waiting for him. We definetly indulged the Thomas obsession for his birthday...I say, why not? He had a Thomas balloon, a Thomas card with a tatoo in it, a Thomas DVD, a new Train (Molly) in his valentine present, and a Thomas birthday cake! His birthday gifts were the dvd and some new "racing cars". The other part of his gift was a new play table..but I had to get him some fun stuff too because a table and 2 chairs didn't really seem like much of a gift to him. We had also gotten an easel, but after we decorated and put out the Valentines gifts and birthday gifts, we thought that it may have been too much - so we are going to wait on that one and just bring it out at a later time.

I made belgium waffles with berries for breakfast and then we headed out to the Children's Museum. We did the same thing last year, and he enjoyed it just as much.

Auntie Laura came over after dinner and had cake with us. We went to a really great bakery for the cake and it was sooo good! Drew ate quite a bit of it and was on a big sugar high for a while.

We ended the day with another very successful night in the big boy bed. Transitioning him on his birthday has sent Andy and I into a big emotional mess - our baby turned 2 and he is no longer in his nursery! I guess it was like ripping off a band-aid, but it is hard to look back and see how much he has grown.

The balloon was the first thing he went for.

At the Childrens Museum - "Boats Afloat"

Back at home, doing some paperwork after his nap.

More Thomas stuff from Auntie Laura - actually, the BIG gift from Auntie Laura and Uncle JR is tickets to go see Thomas Live in April! I may be giving birth at the time, but I still wanted tickets for me and Andy as well...how could I miss that?
The cake was adorable! We are going to order from them again when we have Drew's party...a kids party in March.

We are so proud of our boy! These 2 years have gone by so fast, and I imagine will only get faster. We are excited to see Drew change over the next year as he becomes a big brother! We love you, Drew!