Birthday Boy!

This 2 year old...




Mickey and Minnie Mouse ... and some "Boom Boom" Trees.

Weighs 34 pounds and stand 3 feet tall EXACT.

Can say all his ABC's (big and small), 123's, colors and shapes. You love learning!

Says any word we ask him to say, but chooses to say "Braga" instead of "Grandma".

Loves to give and get kisses all the time.

LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

Is a daddy's boy and loves to do whatever he's doing, especially Angry Birds.



Sorry this one's blurry... hard to catch him when he's on the move!

Is so energetic and positive: When you fall, you always laugh and get right back up. When someone is sad, you give them a kiss/pat on the back to cheer them up.

RUNS and never stops and reminds me to not forget to have fun.

Loves to sing, play the piano, guitar and drums.

I could go on and on. I'm so lucky to be this boy's mom. How awesome is it to be able to love and help and learn from such a cute person all the time. Happy 2nd birthday!!!




Cheesy smile... I can't get him to smile any different for pictures :) Love it!



The big 1!!!

 Our little boy is 1 year old!  He is growing up too quickly (isn't that what everyone says) and we are enjoying every minute of it.  We had a big birthday party for him on his birthday and were glad that most of BOTH of our families were there.  Thanks everyone for all of the help and the presents for the birthday boy! 

The little man was not the happiest on his birthday because his molars are starting to come in (aren't they called 2-year-old molars???)  Anyways, he was a trooper and made it through!

 We did a basketball theme because this boy loves basketballs.  One of his favorite games is playing catch with mom and dad.  Dad helps him catch and then he throws it back to mom.

Opening presents.  He sat so nicely in his little chair and was in awe of all the new toys and clothes.

Playing with some of his presents.

CAKE TIME!!!  He wasn't sure what to do with a whole cake to himself but figured it out as you can see :)

As I said before, he wasn't feeling 100% so he went to bed even before all the guests left.  The next morning he was so excited when he woke up and saw all of his new toys!  Thanks again everyone who came and helped.  When I was done putting him to bed everything was cleaned up and in our house which I appreciated so much!

As a big 1-year-old here are a few things about Talon.

• He loves to bark at dogs and cats and growls at other animals.
• He is starting to imitate sounds.
• He has started walking and has taken up to 9 steps before falling down!  Crawling is so much faster though which is the transportation he prefers
• He empties EVERYTHING he can... toys, books, the dishwasher while I'm loading it.
• He loves reading.  He will sit in his room and read his books one by one as he takes them off the shelf.
• Says "up" when he goes up the stairs.
• He is so attached to his tractor blanket.  He has to make sure to grab it when he gets out of his crib.
• Loves yogurt more than anything.  When it's gone, I have to show him that it's "all gone" before I throw it away so he doesn't get mad.  (Food is the only thing he gets mad about)

We love our happy little guy and look forward to all the new things he will be learning and discovering. HAPPY BIRTHDAY T-MAN!

The BIG 2-zero...

As I'm sure all of you know, I had my 20th birthday last Wednesday. I feel just the same as I did when I was 19 but it is weird to think that I'm not a teenager anymore. Time just keeps going faster and faster at this point!

We went to Preston to celebrate my birthday with Josh's family. My cute sister in-laws Lindsey and Lacey made me an awesome cake!

I love the polka dots and the colors look so fun together! Thanks girls!

Josh got me this cute little video camera that I can't wait to start using. It was completely his idea to get this for me. I didn't even ask for it, but he sure did a great job!!

I wanted to put this picture in, first of all, to point out cute little Skylee in the background. She seems pretty happy about something! And second, check out the "birthday" candles on the cake. Peggy didn't have any 'true' birthday candles so we used these tea candles instead. I thought it was pretty funny, but in the end, I suppose it goes with the polka dot design of the cake.

On the weekend we had a birthday dinner with my family. Sorry I don't have any pictures but I promise we had a great time and it was nice to see everybody that was there (although we missed Meg, Trent, and Tru). Thanks to everybody who helped make my birthday so great!