Happy birthday, Owen!!!
I can hardly believe our little man is turning 2 years old!!! It just blows my mind how quickly the time has gone since we've had him. I remember when he turned 1 that I was so sad and emotional about how big he was and no longer a baby and how different from when he was born. The amount of growth and change that happens these first years is amazing! Well this year turning 2 he is so far from the baby he once was and way into toddlerhood at this point. I'm trying to not get too emotional!
Owen's birthday isn't officially until this coming Monday on May 2nd. (I'm writing this after we had his early birthday party in April.) However we celebrated his birthday two weeks early just in case Nora decided to show up. I really wanted to have a special day all about Owen for his birthday without worrying about Nora coming and us having to cancel our plans.
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| At first he wasn't sure what was going on when we were getting ready to sing to him. |
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| But halfway through everyone singing "Happy Birthday" he just started grinning and loved it! |
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| It was super adorable as he sort of realized we were all singing to him : ) |
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| The happy little birthday man. |
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| What other way is there to dig into your cupcake? |
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| He kept licking at the icing and it was pretty hilarious! |
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| Dad finally helped him discover the chocolate part below the icing. |
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| He's not looking at the camera, but this is Owen's "Cheese!" fake smile face. |
So two weeks early we invited our parents and our church small group to eat lunch at Big'z Burger Joint and let Owen and a few of his friends run around to play. We wanted this year's party to be really casual and easy so I didn't have to worry or plan or stress much, and we wanted it to be something Owen would have fun with. His first birthday I felt was more about us and what we wanted because he really wasn't involved in what was going on, but this year we wanted it to be something he would like, and well he loves just running around and being with other kids.
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| The balloons were a hit! Each of the kids loved running around with them! |
Big'z was perfect. We just bought tablecloths for one table and some balloons, cupcakes, and a birthday shirt for Owen and called it a party. I loved the shirt I found for him; it said "Party like it's my birthday!" - since it wasn't technically his real birthday : ) I was a tad sad because I had bought a number 2 candle for his cupcake and some pin things that you put in a bunch of cupcakes that would spell out "Happy Birthday" - but of course I left those at home. Thankfully Cody's parents stopped at a store to pick up a lighter and a number 2 candle for us.
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| With Grandpa and Grandma |
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| With Suebee and Pops |
Everyone arrived and ate lunch and hung out and it was great to have our parents and friends there to help us celebrate Owen. After eating Owen and two girls from our small group just ran around and played with the balloons and had a blast! The only thing that could have gone better was the weather. It was raining... but it was on and off again, and even during the rain everyone let their kids run out in it anyways so they still had fun. And Big'z actually had turf and not grass in their open lawn area so it wasn't muddy at all, just wet. It was really perfect. Owen had so much fun and we loved seeing him with his friends!
For Owen's real birthday on the 2nd, we plan to have a mini-celebration of just us with him, hopefully that can happen whether we've had Nora or not, or if we're possibly in the hospital that day. For Owen's first birthday Cody and I (mainly Cody - but I did help!) put together a video collage recapping his whole first year. We plan to do that again for this second year but it's not done yet. Whenever it's finished I will share it here on the blog : ) Anyway we have to wait and see how these last official days before his birthday play out... because this video could possibly include him becoming a big brother right before he turns two! We shall see.
Happy birthday, Owen! My big boy : ) We love you so, so much. These have been two amazing years with you in our lives, and we cannot wait to see you become a wonderful big brother!
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| We love you, Owen! |
May 2, 2016
Today is Owen's official 2nd birthday!! I'm so glad we had a party for him to give him a special day and celebration, because since Nora arrived this past Friday on April 29th, today on his real birthday we weren't really able to do much. We did make a point just the three of us (actually now just the four of us!) to get some cupcakes, light a candle, and sing to Owen. He definitely loved the cupcakes again and I think he enjoyed a small bit of focused attention and mine and Cody's beautiful singing for him : ) Here are a few pictures from our mini-celebration for Owen's official 2nd birthday today!
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| I think he felt special with our singing : ) |
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| Mmmm, cupcakes are yummy! |
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Owen's recap thus far:
Newborn, 1 year old, 2 years old (at early party), and 2 years old (on official birthday today!) |
We sure do love him and Owen is loving being a big brother! He constantly looks for Nora and asks for her and loves to be a big helper and to hold her : ) It really is precious! Hopefully for now he accepts our 'birthday' gift for him of a little sister! His real gift arrives tomorrow which is a balance bike, and we are so excited to watch him play and learn with it! He has been talking about his coming bike and helmet for a while now : ) We love you, Owen! Happy 2nd birthday, Mr.
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| The birthday boy with his little sister : ) |
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| He's already an awesome big brother! |
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