Happy 2nd Birthday!!!

Liam is 2 years old now and we all had a great day celebrating. This morning was spent at home just relaxing. Taylor and I have been getting really tired of Baby Signing Times (the only thing Liam will watch and there are only 2 DVDs of it) so we decided we'd get him something new. But what to get since he doesn't watch TV, so doesn't know about Wiggles, Blues Clues, Elmo, etc. Taylor decided he wanted to get him Baby Einstein, but Liam has always hated Baby Einstein. We decided to try one, though, since it was all about things "On the Go". Well, he opened it this morning and LOVED it. So the day started off well, right there. Plus he got to have "awfuls" (Taylor and I call them waffles) for breakfast. Yummy!

Afterwards, we all drove out to a local farm to visit its Fall Festival. Liam had a blast. They had live music, hot dogs, and tons of slides (which Liam cannot get enough of). Plus, we got to go on a 20-minute hayride which Liam just thought was awesome. (It actually was pretty cool....lots of props and funky characters along the way). There were also some live animals that he got to check out. We spent most of the day there, so by the time we got home, Mr. No Nap was a bit tired. Needless to say, opening presents was tough. Daddy gave him a truck first, which took about 15 minutes to get open since it was mounted to the box it came in. Ha! Then we made the mistake of putting a CD in the DVD player for him to listen to. Liam could not understand why there were no pictures on the TV to go with the music and got royally mad! Good thing we got him a Wiggles DVD to try. He liked that since his old school in El Paso played Wiggles CDs, but mostly just listened to it while he played around.

Before long, he was just too wiped out so it was off to bed. He still has a few presents left to open, so there will be more fun tomorrow. Plus, Katherine, Judd, Ben, Mimi, and Grandpa Basye are coming over tomorrow for a brunch. Should be tons of fun.

Liam, we love you so so so much, baby boy. Daddy and I wanted the day alone with you and it was so special to just have so much fun with our little family. Every day with you is such a treasure and I can't wait for millions more days with you to come!
Happy Birthday, Mr. Pants. :)



*you can click photo above to see more pics from today