Week 46: TWO!!!

I feel the need to apologize once again; Alex has dominated many posts lately and for everyone other than grandparents, it's probably not all that interesting to read.  I intended this blog to be more about photography, but Alex definitely takes the spotlight on most posts.  But then again we don't get out much and he is the most exciting thing to photograph around here. . .either way, sorry, this post is no different.

Alex is officially TWO!  I'm not really sure how that happened; I feel like he was just recently that tiny baby in the NICU, but now he is an extremely energetic inquisitive toddler running around creating confusion and chaos wherever he goes.  It's a bit of an understatement to say that he can be a lot of work, but holy cow he is so much fun these days!  The workings of a toddler mind are often hilarious - "hmmm, how does this saltine cracker that I found under the table taste dipped in my yogurt?  YUM!", "this empty can would make an awesome drum, and after I'm done banging, it would make a nice hat!", "I can't possibly leave the house without all 10 of my trucks!", "it's naked time RIGHT NOW and NO I will not wear pants!", etc.  His logic is awesome!

His birthday was so fun this year!  We decided to have the tradition of decorating his room, so Matt blew up 34 balloons and we scattered them around his room the night before.  The next morning we woke up at 5:50 am with Alex squealing in delight.  He had a grand time playing with balloons!

I made Alex scrambled eggs and truck toast for breakfast - he refused to eat the toast and just drove it around his plate instead.  He helped me make his birthday cake by licking the beaters for me.  He got to go hang out with grandma and grandpa after his nap so that I could get everything ready, and all of the family came over later that night for Alex's birthday party.

He actually opened his presents almost without help this year.

He was pretty excited by most things, but he gave me a seriously dirty look when he opened the monkey backpack/leash that I bought for him.

Alex got very excited by his birthday cake.

He was so excited that he didn't even want his own piece of cake, but preferred to sit and use the excavator to dig more into the cake. . .although that didn't stop him completely from tasting some cake every now and then.

Who needs a fork when you have a bulldozer?

Happy birthday to my sweet sweet little boy!!

Happy photographing!