We have a TODDLER!!

Jaxson celebrated his 2nd birthday on Friday!!  He’s definitely become more independent and wants to do things on his own as most toddlers do.  I cherish the moments he lets me cuddle him because they are getting fewer and farther between as he is no longer a baby.  Elmo and tractors are his passions right now (as you’ll see in the pictures………)

He got to celebrate his birthday a little early this year with a couple of presents.  My mom got him the cube chairs that Amelia and her mom, Kasia, turned us on to.  (Thanks Amelia!!!)  Jaxson loves his chairs so much that he refused to get out of them to take a nap on the day they arrived!

These really are GREAT chairs.  He loves sitting in them, but now he can also have a little table to put his cereal or snack on too.

Since Peyton is such a Ravens fan and loves wearing his jersey he thought it would be a good idea to give Jaxson a jersey of his own so they could match during football games on Sundays this year.  Jason, Peyton and I also gave Jaxson a new toy to ride outside while Peyton’s riding his bike or in his jeep.  He LOVES his new Harley Davidson!!

His face just lit up when he realized he could drive it on his own.  His steering skills need a little work, but I’m sure it won’t take long since we can hardly manage to get him off the bike!

Thursday evening I needed to bake his cake.  Peyton loves helping me cook so both the boys decided to help bake the cake.  I honestly thing they had an alternative reason as here they after the cake was put into the oven……..

I usually let the boys stay home from school or daycare on their birthdays and we do something together for fun.  This year I found an Elmo Live show that I bought tickets for which is next weekend so we decided to just have a small birthday party with my family on the evening of his birthday.  Besides Jaxson was completely spoiled at his daycare with a present including an Elmo outfit and firetruck along with cupcakes for everyone that his daycare provider made.

I took off a couple of hours early from work and decided to finish the cake before the boys came home.

 

Peyton came home from school and we picked up Jaxson from daycare.  I was in the middle of changing his clothes for the party when he found his cake on the kitchen table.  I’m glad he was so excited about the cake, but here’s what happened when I told him he couldn’t eat it right away and had to wait for the party.

Needless to say, he won…………..

Well it was his birthday after all so he got the first piece of cake, even if it was 2 hours before the party started!

He did love his cake and tried really hard to blow out the candles this year.

It took a little effort to get him to open his presents this year as he was too busy playing with his cousins, but once we got him started he had a great time.

 

He got lots of great Elmo stuff and a really cool tractor hat from Mom-Mom.

What a great birthday!  Although I may miss certain moments of him being a baby, I absolutely LOVE having my little man now.  There’s nothing better than hearing him say “love you mommy” in the sweetest voice you could ever imagine!

Happy Birthday Jaxson!  I love you!!!!!!!!