Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy!: 2, 3, 4!

              Well, I'm a little behind... but our baby is now officially a
                                           TWO year old!!!!

And, for those of you keeping track, oh yes.That makes this house now the home of

           2 .............
                        three .........

and FOUR year-old

B O Y S.

Mmm hmm.

We're... busy.

............and noisy. Holy crap, are we noisy.

But. With each week, I think they do get a little more independent. And capable. Helpful (sometimes)... and self-sufficient.

So that's a small blessing. :)

But back to the two-year-old. Since we already had his main birthday party earlier this summer - while all of our family was in town and we could do the whole big, combined-little-boy-birthday-blow-out thing - on Graham's actual birthday day, we just kept it simple.

I took the boys to the park that morning. We had a picnic. And after dinner, we sang Happy Birthday and ate cupcakes.

It was simple. But it was a nice day.

And I think he felt special♥

The Birthday Boy♥

He's... a Hot Dog.

My "cheesy" boys at the park

Firefighter Holden!

Practicing his pole-slidin' skills

Curly Slide!

It is HIGH up there!

Weeeeeeee!!

Here he comes!

Stinker.♥

Playin' on the boat

Practicing his skills on the rings!

Time for lunch!

LOOK at these faces!!!

I think I was just trying to be funny to get them to smile!

I mean... they're not even in school yet and I feel as if they're already like, "Uh... Mom? No."

*sigh*

I'm in trouble, guys.

On to the swings now

Some things I know.

I know this sounds corny. And I know it sounds cliche. And logically, I know the realistic answer...

But sometimes, I feel like I truly just don't really know how he can already have been here with us, in our family, for two whole years.

It really feels like just the other day when I went for a walk with my Mom one morning... and was having contractions off and on... and that night he was here!

I just don't know how sometimes it seems like time goes so fast....