My Be TWO!!

Cowboy Joe

(Blowing out the candles, with Mom "in motion")

As Joseph likes to say! We really talked up his birthday and party for the few weeks before. He would go around saying "my birf-day comin' up" and "my be 2!!" He was very excited as we talked about grandparents coming, opening presents and eating cake. We went the Saturday before the party to get his cake because the bakery is closed on Sundays. Well, as you can see below the cake was pretty awesome and amazingly heavy. I had Jon bring it to me to hold in the truck...Joseph watched all this and kept saying "my hold it, my touch it". He was very excited about the thought of eating some of that tasty cake! Blue Cake Company did a great job and it is always so fun to create an original design with them. The price doesn't seem so bad when you divide it out by the pound! And it had to only be 1/100th of a penny per calorie!

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Joseph had a great time, and got lots of fun new toys! We were so glad to see everyone who made it, and those of you who couldn't were missed!

Here's a great shot of Joseph walking up with Cara, a friend from school...don't worry, she's only 1 month younger!

More of an update...he had a good visit for his 2 year check up. He is 34 pounds, 37 & 3/4 inches, and a 21 inch head! He's still the average size of a kid 1 year older!

His language is expanding so much every day with longer sentences, adjectives and complete thoughts! He knows his colors, shapes, alphabet, lots of songs, names of friends at school, can spell the first 2/3's of his name (J-O-S-E)! He is learning left and right, how to pedal a bicycle, and how to play basketball. He knows animals galore, including the sounds they make, and can even tell me where to turn to go see the animals at the zoo! A surprise to mom and dad was that he knows the theme song to Bob the Builder!

He's a busy boy!