James is Two!

Our sweet, cuddly, determined little James has turned two.  I can't believe it.  I feel like I was just at the hospital with his brand new 9 pound 4 ounce self.

We threw him a small birthday celebration, kicked off by our family tradition of balloons in the bedroom upon wake-up.

I couldn't figure out what James would like to eat for dinner.  Usually I let the kids choose, but James never eats more than one or two bites of any dinner.  So I took him to the store and let him direct me.  He picked out corn dogs and boxed mac and cheese.

I decided to just make the corn dogs.  I served oranges as a side--at least I knew he would eat those!  James would live on oranges, crackers, and milk if I let him.  Oh wait, he basically does.

We did have some juice as well for a special treat.

And then, cupcakes!

At the last minute, I decided to make James a little train engine.  It is very plain because I only had chocolate and pretzels to decorate it with, but it worked.  

James enjoyed blowing out the candles.  He knew exactly what to do and when.

And he had pleeeeenty of help eating.

Plenty of help.

At one point, James decided a birthday train is more fun to eat when each bite is accompanied by helicopter noises.

We are really grateful for our funny guy!  James loves to laugh, and he loves to have his way.  He keeps us on our toes, and every single person in this house as a bit of a soft spot for him.