T-W-O

Wait. Hold up. Is my little boy really two years old?!? I can't believe that two whole years have passed since he entered our lives! It's crazy to think how fast that time as gone and how much he turned from this helpless little baby boy to this tall, handsome, smart, funny, amazing little boy! He is certainly no longer a baby (though sometimes I pretend that he is my little baby boy still). He is full grown toddler! He has opinions and a very strong personality. He is very sweet natured and thoughtful. He has favorite things and things he doesn't like. He can communicate almost anything he thinks or feels or wants. Most of the time he is a great little kid, sometimes we get the glimpse of terrible two. I can't even begin to tell you all of the words he knows and he will often throw out a word to us that we never intentionally taught him, he just picked it up somewhere along the line. He weighs 27 pounds and is 35 inches tall. He is growing great and is a picture of health! He is hitting all of his milestones if not exceeding a few. His favorite things in the whole wide world (besides his parents of course) are trucks and tractors, bikes, dogs and being outside throwing rocks.

Thursday was his second birthday. We started the day with mickey mouse pancakes (though I cut it up by the time this picture was taken).

Reed spent the morning playing with Grandma and Papa Fogg. We had a quick lunch with daddy then had a nice long nap. After the nap, he played a bit with Papa and Grandma then we opened a few gifts. I gave him a tool set to stay in the shop with daddy's tools. He got a play tent and tunnel from Grandma and Papa.

Reed got a Little People Airport from Lala.

Got some clothes from Grandma and Papa (though I was much more excited about them, they are so darn cute!) It's funny how he just threw them to the side after he realized they were clothes and moved right on to a new package!

All these presents sure did wear London out!

Playing with his new airport.

Reed got a Little People bus from his cousin Gabby.

After he got all his gifts that we had for home, we packed up and headed to Nana and Papa Branch's house to have dinner and open a few more gifts after cake. As the steaks were cooking, Reed opened the gift that Nana and Papa Branch got for him - it was a toolbox!

After a delicious dinner, we had some cake. I made a Mickey Mouse cake! Reed instantly recognized it and said "Mickey Mouse!" It didn't taste too bad either...

We sang Happy Birthday and Reed blew out the candles!

Then onto MORE gifts! What a lucky kid! Here is is opening a sleeping bag that we got him. He got in it with his new bear.

And some trucks...

The final gift was a bike from Grandma and Papa Fogg! Reed has been pointing out every bike he sees for months now and it was time he got his own. This is called a balance bike and it doesn't have any peddles. They just walk it along until they figure out how to push and glide. It helps learn balance and he will skip the whole training wheels stage of bike riding. He was excited to have a helmet too. Can you see the smile on his face?



He is pretty obsessed with that bike and has been riding it every chance he gets. It's by far the favorite gift but he has been playing with all the gifts a lot. Thank you everyone for the great gifts and making Reed's day great!

We headed down to Moab after Reed's birthday and took somewhere around 500 pictures. I'll have to sort through them and post separately about our trip. Reed sure did a great job on that trip and Dick and Fran had a great time exploring a new area. Here is a quick picture of Reed on the famous slickrock trail in Moab on his new bike at the age of 2 years and 1 day! Daddy couldn't be more proud. Till next time!