Bennett's 2nd Birthday!

Bennett had a wonderful birthday. We were up and at'em bright and early for all of his festivities. I wanted to make sure we were up so that he could have a special birthday breakfast before his party at 10am. We made pancakes and put candles in them. I like the idea of letting him blow out candles at every meal. I just want him to feel special all day long!

He was up at 7:30 and that's when the festivities began. We woke up Daddy and Aunt Becky. We had a cozy coupe ordered for Bennett and it was on its way to the house. We got home and it was already inside...Rebecca had gotten him one, too! So, we let her give him his first set of wheels. HE LOVES this thing!

Then, it was time to open a couple of things from Mommy and Daddy...one piece of wrapping paper at a time.

We had special birthday pancakes with candles. He loves blowing out the candles!

Gammy came over before the party to bring B some cute frog boots and a puppy dog.

Mom has a friend at work that makes these shirts...she got us all one that said "Bennett is 2!" Here is our family photo.

The party favor...it is just the regular Gymboree favor spruced up. I finally found picnik.com and added some text to a photo and printed them in wallet size for the tag. It says "Thank you for celebrating my 2nd birthday with me! I hope you had a ball!"

Sweet Max

Bennett and Maddie sliding together

It's like he knew that this party was just for him!

I love this picture of the dads!

Balls! yay!

Here's Bennett jumping off the"birthday candle!"

Jeff won Dad of the year for bringing his little girl to the party while Mom stayed home to cook. So sweet!

Me and my mom

Bennett loves going under the parachute.

The grandmothers

I re-used the banner from last year.

Me and my birthday boy

I also reused the party hat, but added a 2.

The #2 cake with balls bouncing and gymbo made by Alison Foreman.

Blow out your candles!

We were so excited that baby Caroline came to the party. She is only 4 1/2 months and so cute!

Caroline, Georgia, and Shep

This face is a sign of someone who had a lot of fun.

Thank you for my car, Aunt Becky!

We came home and had some birthday pizza for lunch. And we even got to blow out candles again!

Time to open presents before our nap. He loves all of his new toys!

We forgot to take a picture of all of us with our shirts on, so I used the self-timer for us!

After a much needed, not long enough nap, we headed to Annabella's birthday party at Sci-Port. Bennett had a good time with the liquid nitrogen. It is looking like a Sci-Port party will be in Bennett's future.

Happy 5th birthday, Annabella!

I like those muscles, Neil!

Way to go Amy!

Jennifer dropped this off later on in the evening. They gave Bennett this art easel! What a great gift. We spent hours on her easel as kids and she thought Bennett needed one! How sweet.