Happy 2nd Birthday Brock!

 

We started Brock's birthday off with a concert at the local community center featuring Baby Caspar Pants. Yes, a funny name, but for those of you not in the Seattle area - this guy is a mega-star in the toddler to grade school age range!

He liked it after I told him, "Look Brock, he plays the guitar just like Papa!" But as I figured, he was very content watching the show from the comfort of my lap. He's my little observer. Maybe next year he'll dance and jump with the other kids. (To be fair to Brock, we met up with some of my MOPS friends and their children and his little friend Lizzy sat in her mother's lap too! I didn't see many one year olds out there dancing!)

Please forgive my awful looking cake - the frosting job was slightly rushed - who cares - it was just for us!

After meeting Daddy at Red Robin for Brock's birthday dinner, we came home to have cake and open presents!!

He's been practicing for the candle-blowing-out moment for over a month now!! ....We may have done it a few extra times too since he loved it so much.....

Then it was time to open presents - the first present he chose was from Grammy and Grandpa and oh my goodness was it a winner!

Oscar was checking it out too!

He has since carried it upstairs for bed and back downstairs in the morning almost every day.... the big excavator even comes with us on car excursions (with the little excavator)!

But back to Brock's birthday....
He received an awesome book from Uncle Brian and Aunt Nancy - Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site.... are we seeing a theme here?

Brock also received so many birthday cards, birthday wishes, and other birthday gifts - he's going to be one well-dressed little boy! (And yay - he can pass down all these adorable clothes to baby brother!)

Brent and I are in disbelief Brock is already two - it really doesn't seem that long ago when we brought him home from the hospital! But Brock is so much fun now. We can have a conversation about what he did or what he saw.... granted his sentences are two and maybe three words, but he understands so much and is learning so much every day - it is such an amazing thing to see. 

Oh and one last story I shared with some.... Monday last week we were driving to our ultrasound appointment and to pacify Brock in the back seat, I asked him what song we should sing. His reply, "HOT BABY!" I immediately turned to Brent and asked him what in the world was he teaching Brock?? I had no idea what he was saying so proceeded to sing another song. Later that night when we put him to bed, I said, "Brock, only two more days until your birthday." Then his response - "hot babee." Ahhhh... he's trying to say "Happy Birthday." And he smiled. Okay Brock, we understand now and we think it's adorable!!