Reece's Never-ending 2nd Birthday

What a lucky little boy Reece is...he has family and people in his life that love him SO much! We just finished Christmas, then came back from traveling and got gifts from people at church, then we celebrated his birthday with Grandma and Grandpa Walker, and this past weekend Grammy and Papa (AND Meow-Meow kitty!), Auntie Em and Uncle Jeff and Nolen came to stay with us to celebrate his birthday again! And then he got Valentine's gifts on top of that!! Wowee! Reece thinks it's great!

He just loved having everyone in the house this weekend. We opened gifts and he had to take breaks in between opening because he was just so excited about each one, and wanted it "open please." He got an ABC puzzle, food for his kitchen, a remote control dump truck, a backpack, a Hot Wheels semi-truck, Cars underwear, a rug for his room with a road and town on it, a black corduroy suit and tie set, an Elmo outfit, Hot Wheels plate and bowl, Cars plate/bowl/cup set, Cars crayons, and a Mustang tshirt.We made a cake for Reece, and put the candles on and he blew out the candles all by himself! He sat with Auntie Em...he liked that :)

On Saturday, Ethan signed Reece and Nolen up for a Valentine project at Lowe's. They helped build a heart music box for their mommies. Here is the one Reece made for me!

Grammy and Papa brought Meow-Meow kitty with them to stay with us while they are traveling. Reece has been loving having her around. If she's not in the room, he's got to go find her. He loves feeding her treats, and loves playing with her. Today he has been playing with a bouncy ball and tennis ball with her, and tossing them on the stairs. Meow-Meow likes to play with the string on the balloon that Reece got for Valentine's day too. Nolen spends a lot of time with Meow-Meow, so when she would meow, Nolen would too. So Reece joined in the meowing as well. Reece talks to the cat and wants to show her things. When he woke from nap the other day he had his Cars underwear on his bed with him looking at the pictures. He said he wanted to show kitty the Tow Mater underwear. So he went over and held up his underwear for her to see in her face, and said, "Look kitty, Tow Mater!"

I'm cracking up at the tiny undies! Reece loves Tow Mater!

My "Baby" is 2!

Doing a puzzle with Grandma and Grandpa

Grandpa Walker showing Reece how the Hot Wheels track works

Reece trying to hold up "2" fingers for 2 years old

Reece having birthday cake

Mesmerized by the candles while we sing to him

Happy Birthday to you!

My first baby is 2 years old. I'm not sure how I feel about that!! I do know that I cried the second night he slept in his big boy room in his big boy bed, but then again, I was crying about anything and everything that day from commercials to movie endings, to not being able to find something I was looking for in the garage. Must have been my pregnancy hormones going crazy...OR maybe I was just emotional because of all of the changes going on while my parents were at the house. Putting up a baby gate, painting in Reece's new room and getting his clothes moved in there, getting out newborn baby clothing, just nesting in general.

Grandma and Grandpa Walker came over on his birthday and brought some cake and some gifts. We went out to dinner at Smokey Bones and Reece had a good time flirting with the waitress and driving his cars on the table. He ate a BIG dinner and then we went home and had cake and ice cream. We sang Happy Birthday to him, and he wanted us to keep singing it over and over again. We put 2 candles on his cake, and he tried so hard to blow the candles out, but he just didn' t have enough umph, so grandpa blew them out for him and Reece looked a little confused, wondering where the fire went. When we asked him how old he was, he tried and tried to put his fingers down with his thumb...he had been working on it all day. He had 2 pieces of cake and some ice cream, then opened gifts. He got a harmonica and a 4 lane Hot Wheels race track from grandpa and grandma Walker. He was thrilled! We played with the track way past bedtime, but that's okay. He had fun!

He also got some gifts from people at church. He got a few Hot Wheels, a snow plow, a monster truck with light up wheels, and a new winter hat that a talented lady made him. So nice! I think we are up to our ears in Hot Wheels by now, and every time Reece gets a new one, that's his favorite for the time being. The ones he usually goes back to are the PT Cruiser (which he can spot on the road a mile away) and the Hummer. If we go on long trips, those are the ones that come with us. He can tell you the model of almost every car he has (Chevelle, Mustang, Maverick, Hummer, etc.) and most of them he can tell you who he got it from, or that he got it for Christmas. He thinks everything he has been getting for his birthday is for Christmas. He got a birthday card today at church, and said, "I got it for Christmas!" And we corrected him and said it was for his birthday. He nods his head up and down and says, "I got it for my birthday!" So it's a little confusing to him why he is eternally getting gifts since December, but he thinks it's pretty neat all at the same time. Now he'll really be confused because we're celebrating his birthday with Grammy and Papa, and Auntie Em and Uncle Jeff and Nolen in Michigan on Friday, and he'll have another cake, and get sung Happy Birthday again, and get more gifts! There could be worse things!!! :)