Latham turns 2 years old!

On November 16th Latham turned two years old! We celebrated with two parties, a family party and a friend party. The family party was held on the 14th (the day after Collin got back from a three-week trip to Japan), and in attendance were my parents, sister Delta, and Collin's father, sister Teresa and niece Lauryn.

Auntie Delta supervised the decorating of the cupcakes. Latham wanted to eat a cupcake rather than decorate, so before adding the sprinkles to the second one he took a big bite out of it!

Ronan got in on the decorating action too - everyone knows that the sprinkles are what makes the cupcakes taste so good!

The birthday boy and Papa.

It was really special to see Latham during the party - he knew the day was just for him.

He blew out the candles like a pro and wanted them re-lit several times so that he could do it again and again.

The presents waiting to be torn in to. I added this picture because of the big belly visible on the right - I don't know if that was intentional by the photographer or not, but it makes me giggle.

Mommy helping the birthday boy open one of his gifts.

Pretty soon the present action moved to the floor where Ronan was more than willing to help.

"Ronan, you let Latham open it!"

On Wednesday the 17th we had the friend party at our house. Although there were 4 Mommies and 9 children, I didn't get any pictures of the party-goers.

I made another batch of chocolate cupcakes...

...and Latham knew what to do!
(Notice the preggo belly on the left!)

It was a pirate-themed party, but unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the decorations either...oops!

Latham and I had an interesting conversation one day when talking about his birthday:

Latham: Mine birfday!
Me: Yes, it's your birthday.
Latham: No, mine birfday!
Me: Yes, it's your birthday!
Latham: No, mine birfday!! (He is getting really agitated at this point)
Me: Yes, it's Latham's birthday!
Latham: (Happier now) Mine birfday!