{finally, the birthday blog}

IAN IS TWO!!!!!

birthday weekend began as this....

{my parents came in thursday night, yay!}

 

we blew up balloons and put them in ian's room so when he woke up on his birthday, he would see them! we (me, mom, dad, & cecilia....justin had to work) waiting until we heard him talking (to know that he was awake), then we went into his room and sang him happy birthday. he was still pretty groggy, but was super excited about all the balloons. cecilia ended up in ian's crib b/c she so badly wanted to eat them all....

i made him birthday sprinkle pancakes, then we went to run a few errands to get ready for his party, then came back to draw with chalk on the sidewalk. his favorite thing to do at the moment. it was surprisingly cold on ian's birthday!

 

after nap, we headed to the park for awhile!

time for dinner. i decided last year (when he -obviously- turned one) that i wanted to make my children their birthday dinners as opposed to going out to eat. so i made dinner, we had a "mini party" complete with cake and presents. it was a great day!

day two (saturday): mom and i took the kids into tucson to do a little shopping around while we waited for peter's plane to land. we got him and headed back to sierra vista and just hung out majority of the afternoon. ian was in heaven with 3/4 grandparents there!

day three (sunday....birthday party day): marisa flew in in the nick of time! she came in just in time for the rest of us to head up to the park to get ready. she and peter stayed with the kids so they could get a full nap in, then get them ready! we had a great time and a great turnout. some of justin's work friends + families were able to make it, which was amazing! both sets of ian's grandparents, the thomas' and us! it was a great time!

the afterparty was a ton of fun...we just hung out and watched ian be the super cute 2 year old that he is! (and ceci had to call it an early night b/c she was so excited for the party that she never really napped!)

thanks to everyone for making it such a great time! i know there's a ton of people who wishes they could have been there, but you were definitely there in spirit. ian is one loved little boy-that means so much to justin and i.

thanks again!