Owen's turned 2

On December 7th, or little Owen turned TWO! And these past few months he's really gone from being a one-year old, into a little boy.
And I think he and I have grown together. I no longer feel the love-annoyance relationship I did when he was really young and basically whined all the time. He still whines, oh yes. But he also has a cute, goofy, and sweet personality. And he still loves to cuddle with anyone.
And finally over Christmas he really started talking. It's such a better means of communication for all of us!
For his special day we hung out at home, met dad for lunch at McDonalds and played on their toys,
we tried on Dad's hat,
And eventually got tired.
Man, Dad looks tired too.
That evening, we had a small party, just the four of us. As we sang Happy Birthday he just sat there, beaming at us. Enjoying his moment.
He opened a few gifts:
And loved his new animal puzzle,
while Lucy played with the totally cool kids remote-controled Airplane that Grandma gave him:
We celebrated his Number 2 with a No.2 Pencil cake:
(and make-shift birthday candles)
And then I let both kids lick all the frosting they wanted off the cake....until I was too grossed out to eat my own piece of slobbery cake.
Happy Birthday Owen! We're so blessed to have you in our family!