Saturday, July 30, 2011

Dane's 2nd Birthday Party

Happy 2nd Birthday to our sweet boy!


I went round and round on whether or not to have a big birthday party for Dane. In the end I decided to have a family party. This worked well for a couple of reasons...1) Once again there was an excessive heat warning the day of the party, meaning most everyone wanted to be inside and 2) My morning sickness returned the week of the party, so I wasn't feeling all that great.


I thought it was funny because we had been talking about Dane's party for several weeks with him. I know he didn't understand it all, but he would tell me he was going to be 2 and ask me to sing, "Happy" several times a day. I would ask who we were having a party for and he would say, "Dane". The day of the party the little guy just went with the flow of things and enjoyed the day, clueless that the party was for him. We had a fun day celebrating with him. I have a LOT of pictures to remember our day.



Birthday Boy ready to play with his cousins

Dane telling me that he is 2!

Birthday Cookies

Circus treat boxes

Trey and Delaney had stars on the back of their tickets so they won two giant suckers!

I remember having circus peanuts when I was little. I saw this centerpiece in a magazine and loved it. I had to look everywhere for circus peanuts though!





My little man with his birthday cake.




Waiting patiently for the candles to be lit

Excited little guy!


Blowing out candles with Daddy!

Waiting for cake and ice cream

He kept saying, "Cake, Mommy, Cake." He was so happy when I gave him a piece.



As if cake and ice cream weren't enough, he also enjoyed a birthday cookie.

Dane had a great time playing with his cousins.

Delaney is so sweet. She always entertains the little ones.







The Frosts

Dane with some of his guests!

Clown noses!

Time to open some presents! He loved all of his gifts and had a hard time deciding what to play with first!










Shooting a basket!

Taking Claire for a ride!




Dane had such a great day! After the party we went to the pool with his cousins for a while, then came back and had a light dinner. He didn't have a nap all day and almost crashed as Aunt Katie and Tom were giving him a bath. He was out like a light!

Friday, July 29, 2011

Birthday Fun Continued at the Magic House

I am still a week behind blogging about all of Dane's birthday fun! Dave has been on vacation since July 20th and we have been loving every minute of it. I know Dane and I are both going to be soo sad on Sunday when he has to go back to work.

Exactly one week after Dane's birthday we get to celebrate Dave's birthday! Happy Birthday to a great husband and father! We enjoyed birthday dinner at Mama and Papa's house and then had ice cream cake. We hope you enjoyed your day!



Now back to Dane's birthday celebrations.....after a trip to the zoo in the morning and a long nap we bar-b-qued at Mama and Papa's house with the Aunt Amy, Uncle Darnel, Aunt Kara, and all the kids. We then headed up to the Magic House as Aunt Katie's guests. It was Missouri Baptist University night and she invited us all to join her.

Dane ran the whole time we were there. He followed Delaney and Trey alot and did everything they did. There are a lot of pictures here, but he did so much that I just followed him around snapping pictures.




Playing in the Childrens' Hospital Room


Loving on the baby doll

Dr. Frost



Dr. Emerson checking on the baby


Going down the slide




Sand table fun

Delaney's filling his car with gas for him.

Shopping in the grocery store...climbing the shelves to get what he wants!

Changing a tire on the car

The Restaurant





Claire working the register

Fishing with Daddy

Water table fun

Outside to the construction site





A fun night at the Magic House! Thanks Aunt Katie!