He's TWO!!!

David turned 2 last week and had a wonderful birthday. He liked his shaggy dog cake and took an ear and a paw for his pieces. He liked all of the gifts he got but loved the animal puzzle and trucks!

I cannot believe he's already 2. Time has flown by. He's a silly little boy! He has this smirk that he makes when he's "not going to smile" but cannot help himself. When he makes the "I'm not going to smile" face then of course I have to make him smile. He is a fast runner and likes to show us how fast he can run. He'll run all over the house showing us. I use to keep the piano closed but now it is open all the time and he will go and "play pretty songs" on it. He use to play the higher notes, but lately it's more of the lower notes. He is growing up but he will always be my little baby that I would sleep with and snuggled with all the time. The benefits of being a first child I guess. I would love napping in the chair and having him lay on top of me. Lots of memories to be thankful for.

More Home Updates...

This is the addition to the back of the house. The door into the basement use to be next to the basement window but we moved it over about 8 feet. We chose to cover the stairs so hopefully when it rains and snows, the stairs will be a bit more protected.

This is our new porch!!! We love it and will enjoy it even more when the rails are up (all in due time). In the spring we'll have our grass in and some landscaping done to help finish it some more. The porch really adds character to the home.

I painted the boys room a soft green and for decorations I put up animals for Evan's side of the wall and trucks on David's side. They are pretty familiar with the trucks but are learned more of the animals this way. David is more distracted when it's nap time because of the stickers, but the walls are cute.

David and Evan played project manager for our summer projects beginning with checking the quality of gravel used.

Here is a quick progression of our house in 2004 just after we moved in up to having the front porch poured in August 2009.

I finally have the pictures ready to post from our projects this summer but I have run out of time so it will be a couple of days before they are available.