Happy 2nd Birthday Colt!

Happy Happy Birthday Sweet Baby Boy!

Dear Colt,

I can't believe you have been in our life for two years. It's gone so quickly but been so wonderful. This last year you have grown up so much and changed from our sweet baby boy to our wild and fun little guy. You are in size 5 diapers and are wearing 2t/3t clothes. Some mornings when I come in to get you out of bed I swear you grew overnight! You are learning so much each and every day. You are saying and using about 40-50 words. We are so proud of this and worked really hard on it. Your words have been slow coming but it seems like each day you learn more and more. On occasion, you'll use a two word sentence. You can also make 4 animal sounds and dog, cat, duck and cow and you are slowly working on more. Each animal has its own distinct sound. Cat- Mowwwwwwwwwww (very high pitch), Dog-Arf, Duck-Kack (very loud and scratchy sounding), and Cow-Mooooo (low and deep). Your new favorite word is "HOT". Everything freezing cold to burning hot is "HOT". Your food, your toys, even when we walk out side your first comment is "HOT". I'm glad you learned that word because you stand back while Mommys cooking, point and say "HOT". You watched your first movie, Cars, a week or so ago and you loved it and watched (while playing) the whole thing. Mommy and daddy enjoyed it too but were very surprised you watched it because you really have not been too into watching TV, unless its Dive Olly Dive. You love boats, cars and planes. Your small Ramone (Amone) car, that you picked out on a trip to Walmart with daddy, is your favorite toy right now. You love looking at pictures of yourself and your family. If we ask you to "show me your teeth" sometimes, when you feel like it, you'll smile for a picture. You ride your bus and 4 wheeler all over the house during the day and you love to take your 4 wheeler "off roding". If we would let you, you'd play outside all day long. The Houston heat doesn't slow you down one bit. You love so many things right now and you are so animated when you play. You don't dislike much aside from sitting still and brushing your teeth. You're an awesome little sidkick to mommy during the day but your not a great shopper anymore. Who could blame you, there are things to play with and things that need to be done, you don't have time to sit still and SHOP! You are still a picky eater. We tried, for a brief time, to get you to eat what we ate but you lost weight and your Dr. said it would be okay for you to eat what you like. You've branched out a bit and like a few more foods that you've tried but we still pack a meal for you when we go anywhere (unless they have kraft McNCheese). Your new favorite is ketchup. You love ketchup and you've even eaten a little chicken with your ketchup, I don't think you knew that though. I'm not sure how long you've been doing this , but I just noticed a few weeks a go that you can jump with both feet off the ground and I think that's great. You like to show that off when people come over to visit.

We love having you in our life, we don't know wjat we did for fun before you. You are all we could have ever dreamed of and hoped for. We love every minute we get to spend as a family. Today was such a fun day...Happy Birthday sweet boy.

♥ love♥

Mommy and Dadeeeee

Now for the birthday pics...Beware there are a lot!

We started the morning at Panera for breakfast with Nanny. Colton loves bagels with hazelnut cream cheese.

Then, we headed to HEB to get a few things for the birthday celebration. Colton was so proud of this watermelon. He hugged on it the whole shopping trip.
Colton helped me and Nanny make his birthday cake. We made "MeeMaw's Chocolate Cake", it was good but not like MeeMaw makes it.
We had Pizza for dinner.

Colton got sung to, again, and tried to blow out the candle all on his own.

Time for MORE presents!

Lots of CARS stuff...

...And more monster trucks.

Then it was time for his "big" present. A "Gather and Grill" playhouse from Nanny and Grandad and Mommy and Daddy.

He cooked...

Took a break to slide...

Rang the working doorbell...

Had a visitor...

Organized his tools...

Grilled some yummy food...

Washed the dishes...

And showed off!!!

We ended the evening with a "midnight (8:30) snack" with Aunt Andi in their sun glasses.