Simon is two

Today is Simon's 2nd birthday, but we celebrated last night. Sunday night get-togethers are the best for our family. Weeknights are always chaotic! Uncle Jason, Aunt Amanda and cousins Grace, Thomas, Lucy, Henry and Charlie came for dinner/cake/presents. It was a perfect little party for Simon. He was jazzed about it and definitely knew they were here for him! He was running around and totally hyper. A year ago he wasn't this social ... he's really changed a lot.

We had spaghetti/salad/garlic bread, which Simon scarfed down. Actually, we all did ... it tasted so yummy. I'm about to dig in the fridge and see if there are leftovers! Then good ol' chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream. Simon blew out his own candles this year - Aunt Amanda was impressed. The kids have been practicing with a little wooden birthday cake toy that we have, so Si was ready. I have some leftover cupcakes and I'm thinking we'll have to let him blow out candles one more time today.

 Simon "helped" make his cake this year.

 Simon likes Mickey Mouse, so we went with that for his cake. 

Found the shirt at Target :)

 Simon was interested only in the ice cream. 

He asked for seconds - and of course I didn't say no to the birthday boy!

 with Thomas

Simon is such a fun boy. He's really talking up a storm and cracking us up with his antics. He knows where the baby is and will point to my stomach. I'm sure he'll be shocked when she shows up in real life, though - haha! I'm pretty sure he'll love having a baby around. He loves dolls and is into make believe-play of any sort - especially when he's playing with the big kids. He still takes a solid 2-3 hour nap every day which is great. He doesn't care who puts him down as long as he has his "baba" (blanket) and  "pabis" (paci -- yes he still has it!) and all the appropriate stuffed animals. He loves nursery at church (took him a few months), and is overall pretty easy-going. Like I said, he's gotten to be pretty social and will often say hi to strangers when we're out and about. We sure love our Si.
Happy Birthday!

p.s. I can't bring myself to cut his hair now that it's going curly in the back. Love it.