My Birthday Boy - Ross's Bday Party!

I'm in denial that Ross is turning two.  Two years ago at this moment I was in labor with that little guy with just a few hours left till he graced us with his adorable presence.  He has been so wonderful to have in our little family.  He makes us laugh every day and is so full of personality.  I've found he's a very passionate little person about things too.  I'll post more about him and how wonderful he is for his actual birthday.  

This boy loves a good chocolate dipped pretzel! :)

Love a chocolate mouth!

So excited!

This girl's ready for the party!

LOVE her!

We had his party the Saturday before since Daddy will be very busy all throughout the week with exams and projects.  We invited his little friends, and lo and behold - EVERYONE could come.  That ended up being 17 little friends plus parents - YES - in our little apartment.  I was quite worried about the space - which put our Thanksgiving celebration to shame. We hauled a few pieces of furniture upstairs and made it as open as we could.  It was a bit crazy, but super fun.  We loved having everyone over.  We had his best buds Wes, Davin, Parker, Skylar, Naomi, Caleb and Brenna, Paige, Carson, Hayden, Belle, Cache, Paige (another Paige), Matt, Lydia, Carter, and Jack.
That night before I was attempting to put everything together - we put up decorations and I had to finish the cake the next morning.  

Hooray for 2nd Birthdays!  Boo for red icing the runs...

After I finished the cake - Ross woke up and came down for his daily breakfast of Wheaties.  He saw the cake with Mater and McQueen on it and kept saying to me "Hold it! Hold it!"  Poor guy - I wouldn't let him hold them until after he blew out the candles during his party.  He had a melt down or two before then...hey - it was going to ruin the cake if I gave in!.  After he got over not being able to hold Mcqueen and Mater - he looked around and saw this guy...

I painted him myself! :)

His reaction was priceless.

He kept giggling to himself and mumbling "Mater" the rest of the day.  Love that boy!

The Spread

Celery Sticks with cream cheese and peppers :)

The party favors - bubbles, Cars fruit snacks, and stickers.

We had a bunch of balloons all out for kids to play with - Ross of course popped a couple beforehand...and was traumatized.  (This kid had a hard morning before his party!)  We managed though.  

The kids started coming :)

Par - Tay!

We managed to squeeze everyone in...

Using every nook and cranny in our house.

"I love you pretzel!" Just kidding - I'm sure he was thinking that though.

He carried that chocolate face the fest of the day. :)

Ross and Daddy

Pin the Teeth on the Mater

The kids showed up and we just played with toys, balloons, and colored pictures of Cars characters.   Then we played Pin the Teeth on the Mater.  That was pretty fun.  We only blindfolded the bigger kids - who seemed to still do better than the little kids. :)  

We sang a rousing round of Happy Birthday to Ross (who got very shy during it), blew out the candles (after which Ross immediately got his McQueen and Mater) and served up the cake. 

A bit shy for the singing of Happy Birthday - he still blew out the candles though. :)

Playing with the cake Mater RIGHT after.

Yes - cute babies came to our party too.

I lost Ruby for a bit - I found her here - enjoying being held. :)

I LOVE this picture - love Ross's cake face!

Presents!

This kiddos surrounded us!

This is my "how cute!" face.  Ross is trying to make sure Parker doesn't take his toy. ;)  Carter would also like to play with it. :)

Gotta get some McQueen PJs :)

Isn't this smile to die for! :)  Cute Davin.

Ross carried his Mater, McQueen and new firetruck everywhere throughout the party.

Cutie!

Wesley our master colorer.

We had to have cute girls come of course!  Naomi is so adorable!

Present opening followed.  This kid was showered with them! (That's what happens when 17 kids come to your party.)  Everyone was so nice - we were so glad to have everyone come.  

Mom and kids :)

A girlie picture.

Kim and Wes - he's going to be a big brother too :)  just like Ross is now.

Licking off the extra chocolate.

Some gorgeous Auntie pictures!  I couldn't have gotten the party together without this girl.  She was a star throughout the whole party!  Love her!  (I mean Megs - I do feel the same about Ruby too.)

Ross needed a nap - but this was the best we got of the clan together.

It's my party - I can cry if I want to! :)  And he's going down for a nap!

Thanks so much for visiting Megs!

Sibling pic!

I had to get some pics of our spring daffodils :)

Using my cute wreath I made last year again - oh how I love it!  Happy Spring!

Happy Birthday Little Buddy!  You are too fun!

 After the crowd thinned out - Ross and Wes hung out for a bit while we picked up.  It was a VERY fun day!  Happy 2nd Birthday my Little Buddy!  We love you so much Ross!  

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We of course had to start it off with a very GREEN breakfast.  Ross helped cook it this time. Unfortunately - since I keep losing brain cells from having children - I turned on the wrong burner as well as placed a plastic bowl on top of it.  Ross let me know of my forgetfulness very quickly. 

Notice the most likely toxic steam rising from the burner...yes - that bowl was sitting on it.

Ross is letting me know I didn't do it right. 

After recouping, we enjoyed our breakfast. 

Our eggs that took a bit longer to cook since I turned on the wrong burner...

We salvaged the honeydew.

Yum!  Green pjs, green booster, green plate for the green food.  Perfect!

My hunk! :)

Yum yum

This little beauty in her green pjs decided to get her beauty rest.

Notice her dainty fingers being very ladylike while she sleeps. ;)

Steve had to go do some home teaching visits this morning - Ross was extremely distraught over it.  

This is the "watch-for-Daddy" window.  He's cried here many a time for Daddy.

(This happened two more times that day when Steve went to take the sacrament to those who couldn't go to church and then again when he went to help our neighbor sort out some TV problems.  I won't lie - it gets old having this kid scream his little lungs out for Daddy.  I'm a good parent too you know!  I do love that he likes his daddy though...in an almost obsessive stalker sort of way.) ;)  

We got ready for Church and had a wonderful Sabbath day.  We of course had to get pictures of our green family. :)  I love Sundays that I get to spend with my family and go to Church.  It's so refreshing after a long week!  Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

My boys sporting the green ties I made them last year. :) 

More Auntie Meghan Fun

We had such a good time with Auntie Meghan here!  I truly miss having my dishes done every day...just when I'm getting used to it too. ;)  Megs was a good supporter of exercising - as well as eating chocolate covered pretzels and Cadbury mini eggs. :)  She was a real gem.  We got to go to the Children's Museum with her and had a blast.  Ross loved it, and as usual, was distraught when we left the digging room.  Other than that - it was great fun!

My two cutie pies. :)

Ross LOVES tummy time with Ruby - he likes to make "tunnels" by going up on his hands and feet.

Crazy kid!

Gotta Stretch after doing the Insanity workout!  Ross would try to follow along and ended up running around Steve and Megs in circles. :)

                                          Ross working out! :)
 

If you make any sort of a "tunnel" in Ross's eyes - he will happily go right through it. :)

The giant Lite Brite - one of Ross's favorites at the Museum.

Me and Rubes looking in the distorted mirror!

Carrying Ruby around worked out pretty well.  I needed Meghan to run after Ross though.  How do these moms do it going places with two kids by themselves?!  I saw loads of moms with a toddler and baby by themselves there too.  Sheesh!

"Ambiance!"  He was very excited.

Man handling my son for a picture. :)  Can you tell he wanted to play with the trains?

We had to help him share a few times... :)

Rubes mostly slept the whole time - apart from taking a break to eat.

Ross's favorite place ever.  He went right to work!

We loved the storybook room!  Chicka Chicka Boom Boom was even there.  Classic.

If you stepped on the feet it made a crunching in the snow sound - super fun. :)

If you gave a Megs a cookie...she would eat the whole thing!

Love a good snow angel...and someone who doesn't fit in it either. :)

This is a bit too big for his body. ;)

Escaping just like Peter Rabbit

The Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree - you push the buttons and the letters go up the tree. :)

On our way out - Ross just plopped himself right down on the steps - to enjoy the sunshine I suppose.

Hooray for Aunties and the Children's Museum! :)