Logan Turned TWO!

Logan truly enjoyed his whole birthday week... from the small family celebration the night of his birthday at Sweet Tomatoes to the great party we had at the house on the Saturday following. He LOVED when people sang the birthday song to him and he always wanted to do the singing and candle blowing-out over and over again! The picture above was a "second run" of it all!
Here's a pic of the first one

With Grandma and Grandpa at his favorite restaurant.
I just love those mini little ice cream cones... just his size!

Playing with his Grandpa... with the new matchbox airplanes they got him. So fun!

AND THEN CAME THE PARTY DAY!
He just HAD to have an Elmo cake. Whenever we would ask him what he wanted for his birthday (starting like a month before) he would say he wanted an "elmo cake" We still don't have any idea where he got that idea from, but I went with it and he was in heaven!
His new picnic table from mommy and daddy
Playing on the deck... behind him you can see the new storage tub we got him to hold all of his outside toys... makes cleaning up a lot easier and now our backyard appears much neater.

And the present opening begins!
His new magnadoodle from Alyssa, Rick and Jordan. This is his new favorite car toy and we know it will come in handy on the plane trip to NY this week! Thanks to the Cartwrights!
He got an easel from the Guidarellis in New York... we're gonna have lots of fun painting and coloring and maybe he'll even become a little artist. He already LOVES the chalkboard side, but mommy hasn't done the whole paint thing yet...
But when mommy's ready, we'll be prepared! Grana and Papa loaded us up on paint, the paint cups and the brushes! This is gonna be a great fall/winter activity for our days inside!
Oh yea! Elmo movies... we had never watched one before and now he has two!
Gotta love Elmo's World!
Stopping for a pose with Uncle Mike. He got Logan some great Oklahoma State things and the best shoes ever... little Pumas! Big hit at the party!
Opening up Aunt Rachel's present was very exciting because it was such a big box...
And he was already playing before Grandpa could even get the net put on!
He loves basketball and this is a great new deck toy!
Logan loves to cook and although daddy wouldn't let us get a kitchen set (he thinks they're too girly) Grana was able to find something a little less feminine! A microwave with plates, plasticware and some fake food. Oh how he loves it!
And this is how he plays with it... laying down watching the food turn as it "cooks"
So precious!
Oh, and notice in this picture the different shoes on his feet... one foot we were trying on the new Elmo sneakers from Grandma and the other is the Puma from Uncle Mike!
He walked around like this for quite some time :-)
A new puppy dog!
Not a real one, but just like the Gary's family dog Spencer.
Thanks to Jeannie and Bob... we named this new furry friend Spencer too!
Mommy was very happy when he opened gifts like this one... CLOTHES! Logan was already looking on to the rest of the unopened gifts, but we are very thankful for all the fall/winter clothing he now has!
Oh my goodness... a set of drums just his size! And yes, they sound like real drums too!
Look how excited Grandma is to be giving this gift... her face says it all!
And it didn't take him long to get going! We got some great shots of this.
Oh, and now when he wakes up from a nap and you ask him what he dreamed about,
he says,"I play the drums"
Do we have a musician on our hands?

Logan loves lollipops and this big tootsie roll one lasted him about 1 hour during the party!
Playing with the new magnet puzzles from Andrea and Ben... and still with the lolli!

Trying out his new train set. He had only every played with one at the Children's Museum, but he loves it so much there that we decided to get him going with the starter set. Good idea too, because he plays with it every day!

CAKE TIME!
diggin in!

and then he wanted a cupcake... they had the little Elmo candy pieces on them... pure sugar!


Later that night we ordered pizza (Logan's favorite) for dinner. We sat the "kids" together!
Aren't they cute?

Family photo... missing both Papas this weekend!
I think Logan was busy playing... or eating, but Dylan made the picture!

We can't believe our little man is two! These two years have been the best of my life and I am so excited about what the future holds for this precious little boy! Thanks to all that made his day so special... we are a very blessed family and we appreciate each and every one of you!