Zachary's 2nd Birthday

I can't believe our baby boy is 2! He had such a great birthday! He started off his day by going to get doughnuts with Dad and was so thrilled to have is very own chocolate milk.

We let him open a few presents that morning.

He was so excited to see this shirt, it had a monkey on it. He calls them "Ha Ha's" because they say "ooh ooh ah ah" and he would wear the one monkey shirt he does have everyday if we let him!

His 2 year old picture

 He loves batman right now so we had a batman party for him. It all started when Scott bought him a batman action figure because all the toys we had were girly. It's his favorite toy and he calls him "Na Na" because we would always sing the batman song to him when he had it ("Na Na Na Na Na Na Batman!"). =) So here we are, the bat family.

  My boy and I. I love him so!

Ready to party!

Opening his presents. He is the only little boy on my side of the family, he is outnumbered by far!

He was SO thrilled when he saw the cocoa puffs, ha!

His sweet new ride, he wouldn't get off of it. Even when it was cake time! We sang to him while he was seated on his bike and he cried when we removed him to blow out his candle!

The awesome cake!

He did get of the bike long enough to devour his cake though!

Silly sister

This look of intense concentration kills me. I love his face! He's driving his new remote control car.

Dressed and ready to ride!

The full bat attire!

Some 2 year old stats:
He weighs 35lbs. Yes, he is solid. =) He is all boy. I absolutely love that it just comes so perfectly natural to him to be drawn to all things boy even in a house of girls. We call him our sour patch kid because he can be completely ornery one second and then the sweetest little guy the next. For example, he'll chuck a ball at my face and then tackle me over with kisses. It leads to him not getting in trouble often because he is so dang cute. And the kisses, he kisses a lot! Over and over. Hugs too. It is so sweet. I also love the way he says "Hi Mama", it melts me every time. [I'm trying to forget that he also loves yelling "bad mama" at me. Not sure why or where it came from but everyone (including himself) finds it hilarious...] He sings the batman song and talks in the deep batman voice. I love the way he says "bee" which he calls all bugs bees. He can get sassy too and wiggle his finger back and forth while say uuuh uh. I think he talks a lot, maybe more than the girls did. He says a lot and understands so well. He listens well too which I'm sure will change soon! His facial expressions kill us! Seriously, he does something with his eyes when he's excited and its crazy cute. He's a good helper and will help with anything he can. He loves building with blocks and he's so proud of himself if he builds a big tower. He loves trucks. Toys and real ones. He yells truck, big truck!, while driving and I must acknowledge him! He loves to wrestle. He loves his sisters and boy do they love him. He is my sweet little baby boy, and I just adore him. I feel so blessed but sad at how fast everything is going by. I try to hang on to moments but then I blink and another year has gone by! Just crazy! 

Haylee's Very First Day of Preschool

We decided to put Haylee into preschool this year, she's our first to go! We thought it would be great for her to start getting used to going to school. She was very nervous and didn't really want to go. Her teacher came over to our house to meet her and she hid from her the whole time! This made me anxious about how her first day would go! She is my shy girl and has always had Rylee or I to do the talking for her so I knew this would be a good stretch for her! I took her school shopping, just her and I, which she loved. It seemed to help her to be more excited since she had new stuff to wear and a new backpack all her own. 

Here she is rocking out on the way to the store. As soon as we get in the car she asks me to put on rock music and then she head bangs. Her dad is pretty proud.

The big day finally came! She was nervously excited that morning.

When we pulled up to the school, Scott was there waiting for us! He totally surprised us which both her and I loved! He didn't want to miss it! He held her hand up to her class and when we walked in she promptly grabbed on to my leg, buried her face into her hands and didn't want to go. The teacher encouraged her over to a table and we got out of there fast. When I picked her up she looked over at me and went back to what she was doing! The teacher said she did great and warmed up quick! She loved it. She talked a mile a minute for the next couple of hours and was so incredibly happy. She must have said "guess what..." a 1000 times. She said she was really going to miss that place and was excited to go back! The second day she was ready an hour early and walked around with her backpack on waiting to go. Preschool = Success!