Jo turns 2.

The baby is 2! When Rowan was 2, I thought he was such a big boy. With Jonah it's so different, he will always be my squishy baby. To celebrate our boy we filled his room with balloons, opened presents, spent the day playing at the Children's Museum and had the fam over for ice cream cake.

Morning presents: Jo got a hook doll, train tracks, Wreck it Ralph and some books.

*Happy burfday to you*

I made an ice cream cake for the first time and thought it would be a disaster since I forgot to read the "let set for a least 4 hours" part! We had a back up cake just in case, but the cake turned out ok in the end!!

Brother helped blow out his one candle!

 JoJo got spoiled with some pretty awesome present from his grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles! Thank you all.

Jonah made me tear up as he went around to everyone, gave them a hug and kiss and said "TANK YOU!". He really is the sweetest boy.

 

 

 

Jonah at 2:

Nicknames: Jojo, Jo, Joey, Jonup, Jonut, baby, squishy

So lovable and kind. Has picked up growling from his brother, but will most likely hug or kiss you before he scares you.

Not a great sleeper...Goes to bed after Ro and wakes up before him.

Loves to eat WHATEVER momma has in her bowl.

Favorites foods are "OODLES!" (noodles) and "YOU-YULE!" (cereal).

A great talker.

Favorties are Wreck it Ralph, Hook,  Bad Guys (playmobile knights) and swords.

Loves his "abu" (blanket).

Great at playing with friends or independently.

Starting to get bashful with strangers.

Jonah is so sweet, and has such a kind nature. He also has the ability to have all three of us in stiches in the blink of an eye!

He is a BIG blessing in our family and I truly believe he came so close after Rowan for a reason. They are best friends and Jonah has helped our sweet Rowan in so many areas. We are so in love with you Jonah!

January.

January is pretty perfect in Tucson. Once we hit the 70's, we were off to the splash pad. The boys took off like caged animals and splashed for an hour. 

Evidence:

xo

Park Parties.

We've been hanging out at the park a ton in our beautiful winter weather. I love the way Danny captures our boys and fam in action, so here are my favorite snaps from some of our winter break park outtings!

Bet your Grandpa doesn't come to the park wearing leather on a decked out Harley... :D

xoxo

Christmas 2013.

On Christmas Eve, we had a wonderful little celebration with the Lams. We ate, took family pictures, opened presents, and enjoyed the loud celebration from the kids.

Danny took our family photo and I think he did an awesome job. That man has a few too many talents! 

We had to wake the boys up on Christmas morning because we just couldn't. wait. any. longer. Now that I think of it, this may be the last year we ever have to do that! We'll be beginning for more sleep in the years to come, I'm sure! My Dad was able to over in the morning and we saw my mom the day after. 

We had a bit of a hard afternoon with Rowan. Christmas can be so overwhelming for little ones, especially if they're not used to getting presents all the time! We sent Rowan to Nana Renee's house for the afternoon and that made everyone take a breather and feel much better. We met them for a yummy Christmas dinner of Indian food, our best Christmas tradition yet! 

It was a fun, overwhelming, happy, crazy day!

xoxoxo