Conner the Birthday Boy!

I can’t believe that Conner is already two! His birthday was on Sunday but we celebrated it on Saturday. Conner woke up to his first present of the day: his “birthday mobile.” He loved it and made us push him around the house all morning honking his horn and yelling “GO!” Conner kept saying either “Mama’s turn” or “Dada’s turn”… I let it be “Dada’s turn” the majority of the time.
For lunch we took him to Arctic Circle so that he could play on the toys and he didn’t want to leave even though we had been done eating for a long time.

When we got back lots of family started coming into town. Uncle Kevin, Aunt Lena, and cousins Lucy and Isak came down from Washington. Aunt Lindsey and Uncle Nate came up from Rexburg. Grandma, Aunt Teresa, and cousin Kynzee came up from Idaho Falls. Aunt Chelsea came from Utah. We started the party once everyone got here… we ate pizza and then sang to Conner and ate cake. Conner has really been liking Buzz lately so I went with that theme. (He does like Dora more but a Dora cake would have been way too girly…)


Conner sneaking M&M’s off of the cake… He is the birthday boy so he gets to do what he wants.
I made an ice cream cake but we forgot to take it out of the freezer to let it thaw a little bit. So I let Nathan use his super strong muscles to cut it.Once we started singing “Happy Birthday” to Conner he knew exactly what to do. He started blowing out his candles before we even finished the song.
Afterwards Conner opened up his pile of presents. He had lots of help from Kynzee. (I’m sure that he will return the favor on her birthday.)
He got Toy Story potato heads, a Jack in the Box, Play-doh, books, clothes, a sing along CD, Buzz plate/bowl/cup set, and a Nerf gun. Here is Uncle Kevin showing Conner how to shoot his new gun.

We were glad that so many people were able to come celebrate with us… we had so much fun and Conner loved all of the attention!

Kevin, Lena, Lindsey and Nate were able to stay the whole weekend because Monday was Presidents Day. We had so much fun with them here. We all got Nerf guns and had lots of battles. (We kept finding Nerf darts all over the house.) We played the Xbox kinect… sooo much fun! It was so funny to watch everyone play the dancing game. I even took my turn busting some serious moves! Haha! The girls gave the Dad's babysitting duty and went out shopping. I got a few things for when I no longer have a big belly and extra chub... it might be a while before I can wear them but buying big clothes is not as much fun. Here are a few pictures of our weekend!

Lindsey, Lena, and I

Conner giving Isak a big hug...

Hanging out with Uncle Nate...

Conner is being helpful by washing Lucy's hair...

Thanks for coming everyone! We loved having you here and had a blast!