Happy 2nd Birthday to my soon to be not the baby of the house. But will always be MY baby. Just like I always tell Aiden when he’s so quick to remind me that he’s not a baby anymore. HA! Why are they so quick to grow up? Someone remind why WE wanted to grow up so fast?

Liam is our funny little guy that keeps us on our toes and brings the saying, “no rest for the weary,” to truth. He makes us laugh everyday with the things he comes up with. The words and phrases he says and repeats, the craziness he brings to our household, and the never ending kisses, love and snuggles he warms our hearts with. He is a very good communicator, saying things that Aiden didn’t say till well after 2 ½ years old. He talks in full sentences, missing some words of course… and maybe some syllables, but for the most part others can understand him pretty well. He loves to experiment… most of the time at our expense. Like dumping a glass full of water on the ground right in front of us. Or by chucking a toy across the room, to see what kind of sound it makes when it hits something? We’re not really sure why. Hehe. He loves loves loves to play ‘kick’, and is such a tropper when we have to drag him from soccer game to soccer game. He’s really good about staying close to me and never wonders off too far. Which is a nice change from Aiden’s younger days. I could never take him to Alex’s soccer games because he just wanted to run run run, and I could never watch the game. And since Aiden is playing now, it’s nice that he’ll stay close to me. He loves and adores his older brother and we can't wait to see how he reacts has the big brother to his little brother.  He’s finally a good sleeper as of 20 months. Wakes up early… but finally sleeping through the night, and a great napper. He runs pretty hard all day long, so night time comes pretty early for him, even with a long nap.  And oh how he needs his rest.  He's not a happy camper if he doesn't get his full rest.

When Aiden was little he would have to take two Cars car with him everywhere we went, loved his trains, loved Elmo and Mickey Mouse. Liam not so much. It was only a few months ago that he really started showing interest in characters like Elmo and Mickey. Loves Penguins of Madagascar, and playing with Aiden’s sharks in the bath. But not really attached to any of it. Until Buzz Lightyear came around!! This kid loves some Toy Story!! His favorites are Buzz, of course, Woody, Jessie, and the Aliens. So when he started to show interest in Toy Story, I knew immediately that that had to be the theme of his second birthday!!

His party came so fast, at the most busiest time of the year for us, but you better believe that this mamma wasn’t going to let it pass without a party!  He was so excited! Everytime he saw me working on the party décor items on my computer he would say, “Birthday party!” Even the next two days as I was going through the photos after downloading them from my camera.

Thank you to everyone that came out to celelbrate our little guy in the mist of getting ready for the busy holiday season… he had a blast! He even put himself to sleep that night singing, “Happy to you, Happy to you” in his crib. Here are some pictures from his Toy Story themed party… I’ll post the Toy Story party décor photos tomorrow or the next day.