Landon's Golden Birthday!

This year, Landon celebrated his golden birthday: he turned 2 on the 2nd of October! A special day indeed, since 2 is my favorite number! I was secretly so excited when we found out his due date was October 2nd, and equally disappointed given the likelihood that he would actually be born on his due date (less than 5% of babies are). When I went into labor on September 30, 2011 I thought for sure we'd have an October 1st baby...but no, our little love waited until 7:44am on Sunday October 2, 2011 to make his debut (here's the post about that incredible day).

We considered having a small, low key celebration for his second birthday after going big with a party in the park for his first birthday last year...but instead opted for an open invitation, backyard, toddler free-for-all at our place last Saturday! It was a ton of work, even with the extra helpful hands of Grandma Donna & Grandpa Rob, the Safeway bakery & balloon people, and a guy name "Famous Dave" who knows a thing or two about BBQ.

We are so thankful for everyone who joined us to celebrate our little man's big day! He loved having his little friends from school over to his house ("Mama, Cole at Landon's house!" "Look, Addi here, Dada!"), we enjoyed inviting some of our awesome neighbors over, and our friends (even those without kids of their own) are troopers for taking time on a Saturday to eat BBQ, sing happy birthday, and eat blue cupcakes!

Landon: you are our sunshine. You make Mama & Dada so happy. You are such a polite, smart, sharp, and sweet little boy. We are proud of you, and just love being your parents.