Terrific Two!

     Our baby boy is two! It really is insane to look at photos from his birthday last year and compare them to the boy he is today.

Jack on his first birthday

Jack on his second birthday

     He talks in sentences and can reach things from the counter, and instead of a baby, he's turning into a little kid. It's so fun to see his personality and even have small conversations with him. One of his knew things is to ask us: "Guess what?"

     It was so fun to plan out Jack's birthday celebration. I wanted to day to be absolutely perfect full of all of Jack's favorite things to do--but Michael was (again) the voice of reason and helped us have a nice, more simple day. We of course DID try to do a lot of Jack's favorite things, but it wasn't a crazy, schduled minute by minute day like it might have otherwise been.
     Michael and I decorated the house the night before, so Jack was able to wake up to streamers, birthday notes and wrapped presents. Now that he actually knows what presents are, we actually had a hard time keeping him from opening his presents as soon as he saw them though.
   

Basketball cupcakes

Some of the notes we left around the house 

 We went to lunch at Costco to have hot dogs (one of his favorites--especially with root beer!). While we were at Costco though, he fell out of the cart and flat onto his back. He was terrified and hurt and crying and I got scared and I started crying (those floors are cement!), and a nurse who was just shopping came and checked him out because we weren't sure if he had hit his head or not. It was dramatic--but no concussion and after we got the soda, he calmed down to eat and be his happy self again.

     That night we had my brother's family, Michael's sister's family and sister Kacy over for waffles, cupcakes and presents. His main present from us was a basketball hoop and BYU basketball, so that was sort of the theme we went with. He loved it. He's been spending hours since his birthday just shooting the basketball and even trying to dribble. His free throw percentage is better than mine. Seriously.
     We love our boy!


Height: 34in (50%)
Weight: 24.5 lbs (10%)

Basketball Clementines

Jack discovering his presents in the morning

Our silly boy

Playing with cousin Gabriel before the party