I can hardly believe that Brinton is already two! His birthday was just yesterday, the 22nd. It's so crazy how quickly time flies.

I remember his first birthday like it was just yesterday and he basically shoved his whole face into his cake. Now, he won't even eat cake or almost any bread-type food. He is definitely getting a little more defiant, which can only be expected. Even still, he is a lot of fun. I have been training him for a couple weeks to say "two" when we ask how old he is. He even tries to do the hand gestures sometimes (like in the picture to above . . . yes, that means two).

For his birthday, I had him invite two of his friends, Thayne and Jackson, over to play. I wasn't originally going to do anything like a party because well, he's just two. However, he really loves to have friends come over, so I figured it would be fun for him. Turns out that he and his friends had such a blast. Steve and I got Brinton a little blow-up bounce house that we had him open right as his friends arrived. They had a lot of fun jumping, climbing through holes, and throwing balls around.

After they played for about a half hour, they did some finger painting. Thanks, Steve for the awesome shirts to keep their clothes clean. We cleaned the boys up and they (and by they I mean Brinton) ate some cookies and ice cream and played some more. At the end of his one-hour party, Brinton opened the presents from his two friends. He loved both of them and has been playing with them today as well. He had such a fun time, he was sad when everyone left. I guess we will just have to have them over again for some non-birthday fun! I know it's not really about Zander, but he was sleeping the whole time Brint's friends were over. Just after the party, I was able to get a picture with both my boys in party hats :) Steve and I decided to have the grandparents come over that evening for cake and ice cream so Brinton could just play at his little party and then spend time with them later.

Grandpa and Nana Bishop and Grandpa Bodell were able to make it over and it was really nice for Brinton. He opened some more fabulous presents and played for a bit. Then, we had brownies, cupcakes, and ice cream. I already mentioned that he won't eat cake, but sometimes he will eat brownies, so I gave that a whirl. No such luck. He didn't care for the dessert, but he did a great job blowing out the candles. He actually blew them out on his own and clapped after. He got to bed late because he was so excited about everything. All in all, I think it was a huge success.