Our Boy Is Two!!

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Birthday, Family, Legos, Motherhood, Oregon Coast, Parenting, Toddler

We have had this little blessing of a boy in our lives for two whole years now, and it has been an adventure! To celebrate his birthday, the three of us went for an over night on the Oregon coast. It was a very windy time so we weren’t on the beach itself for very long, but despite that it was a great trip. We stayed at a hotel that had a pool so we got to take Nathan swimming for the first time. He definitely has a respectful caution of the water, but he really enjoyed it. We ate some great food, found an awesome used books store, did a little shopping, but mostly just enjoyed out time together as a family, and dreaming about what it will be like with two kids, and all the fun the future holds for us as a family. It was a short trip but really fun. Sadly, Nathan did wake up the next morning with the beginnings of a cold. 

Yesterday we had his birthday party, which he was still a little sick for, but it was only family, so we decided we’d still have it. As I was putting him down for a nap before the party, I told him he need to rest so he we could have his party and that he’d be getting some presents. He then kept asking “new noms?” (‘nom’ is his word for car). Well when he opened his presents he was definitely not disappointed. He is the only little person in our whole family so of course everyone wants to give him gifts, and boy did he make out. Plenty of Thomas the train and various types of cars to set his little heart a flutter.

I made some yummy chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache frosting, and when Nathan ate his he got a bunch of ganache up his nose. Haha he probably still has some up there 🙂 We also decided to serve Italian sodas. We served them at our wedding, and decided this time we’d try to make our own syrups. Clay made a raspberry and a peach, and both turned out great. Lots of compliments 🙂

It was Nathan’s golden birthday this year (meaning he turned the same age as his birth date) and so we had some gold themed decorations at his party which I don’t currently have a good picture of. One of the highlights of the party was our Lego car building contest. We came up with the idea because of how much Nathan adores cars right now, and how much I adore Legos. Clay built a ramp for racing, and there were some pretty interesting cars. Everyone who participated seemed to really enjoy playing with the Legos (and who can blame them!) And Nathan thought sending the cars down the ramp was a blast. I’m glad it all came together like it did because I knew it would be a hit.

This little guy has our hearts and celebrating him was wonderful!