Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Happy Birthday!

The Birthday

Monday was Talmage's 2 year old birthday. Wow, time really flies. We went in his bedroom, early Monday morning to wish him happy birthday. This is what we found.
A half-naked boy playing with his trucks and cars. He insists on bringing them to bed with him. It's okay with me because he is contained and happy and that makes me happy.
We ate some birthday pancakes (complete with candle, that he would not blow out) and opened some very modest gifts (one dollar matchbox cars from the dollar store). I also made him this little car caddy to carry his cars around in. He loved it. He drove his cars in and out of the pockets, parked them backwards and then forwards, etc....it feels good to be appreciated.
It folds up like this.
We had another little party that night...check out our awesome decorations (also from the dollar store). Andrew was really happy to be there. Too bad I didn't get a picture of him in the wet suit he bought earlier that day, it was also awesome.
No party is complete without some cake...truck cake, that is. You can't see the mold very well with chocolate cake, but I have a cake pan with truck molds. It's always a big hit, who doesn't like truck cake? We also put candles in the trucks and no, he would not blow them out.
That was our big day. It was so fun to celebrate the two years we've had with our little guy. He has been such a blessing in our lives. He keeps us happy and mindful of the most important things- family.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Whew

We got through croup with only 2 sleepless nights, one scary breathless encounter, heavy-duty humidification and lots of juice. The baby didn't get sick and Talmage learned a lot about trucks, city sanitation and fire trucks. We're looking forward to his 2 year old birthday on Monday....woo hoo.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Bad News

Talmage has croup. He's doing okay.
To appease him, we've watched redbox's 'Mighty Machines' about 20 times. It'll be a miracle if I have any cognisant ability after this is over.
If we can get through this without the baby getting sick, I'll be happy.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Halloween, fireman style

Two Fireman
A Fire Truck
And a Fire Dog
Yes, the fire truck was the most ghetto costume ever, but Talmage loved it to pieces, literally. I had to re-build it three times. And then came Halloween, not a party or get together, but the real deal and he fell in the costume and wouldn't put it on after that. Such a bummer, at least we got our money's worth.
P.S. I know these are pretty lame costumes, but next year...we are going to be something awesome. Any suggestions?

Monday, November 2, 2009

Trucks

If you've ever talked to Talmage, you know what his best, most verbal, favorite word is: Truck. Wee-o wee-o is how he says fire trucks. You can guess what we talk about most of the day. We read books about trucks, laugh about trucks, line them up, drive them around, fill them with money, raisins or cheerios, really the possibilities are endless. And that is why Talmage was a fire truck for Halloween. (picture to come soon)