My sweet little boy is TWO years old! I still can't believe how fast time is passing. We had so much fun celebrating Ben's birthday. His birthday fell on a weekday again, so Jeremy and I took the day off and we all went to Sea World! We had a lot of fun and would like to go back before our free passes expire.
We had our family and friends over Saturday evening for dinner and cake. The weather was perfect! We were able to sit outside and let the kids play all evening. Ben was such a little ham. His personality has really changed over the past year. I remember wondering if he would ever want anyone other than Jeremy and I (or G-ma and G-pa) to hold him. Now, he'll go to just about anyone. He certainly doesn't meet a stranger either. He'll strike up a conversation with the cashiers at Publix! He has certainly come out of his shell :-) He got tons of gifts and we've been having a blast playing with everything. He is a well-loved little boy!
I've posted a ton of pictures below! Enjoy :-)
Ben with our neighbors, Orville and Sandra Dawes. They brought a present over for Ben Thursday evening. We adore them!
Ben and I made cupcakes to share with Ben's friends at Aunt Joycie's house. He loved helping with the sprinkles.
This is first thing Friday morning. We got him a few small gifts to open that morning while his "big" present was in our bedroom charging.
A Pablo beanie baby.
A pack of Hotwheels. I love his face in this picture :-)
Emmies! He was so excited about this bag full of M&Ms.
He really loved this yellow plastic recorder that we bought from Toys-r-Us (only cost $1).
Ben and Momma @ Sea World!
Ben loved the flamingos! He tried to hop the fence so he could play with them!
Ben and Grandma checking out the sea turtles.
Ben and Grandpa watching the sea lion and otter show.
The trainer and sea lion were about 3 feet away from us in this shot! Ben had the cutest look on his face when the sea lion got this close!
This is a picture of Jeremy and Ben that I tried to snap while we were in the shark tunnel. I thought it looked cool even though it didn't turn out.
Grandpa and Ben looking at the sharks and sting rays.
Taking a juice and goldfish break :-)
Ben with his "big" present! It had finally finished charging by the time we got home from Sea World.
One happy kid!
Birthday party pictures!
The birthday boy in his Backyardigans party hat :-)
Ben with Aunt Darla
Ben with Aunt Joycie. He loves his "Jo-cie" :-)
Ben's Pablo cake courtesy of Senora Phillips! I loved it!
And so did Ben!
Ben and Daddy
Ben and Momma
Pablo!
The giant Pablo balloon! Ben has had so much fun playing with this!
Ben and Momma. We tried taking this picture a million times. He is just too busy to smile for the camera!
My Benny BOO!
I promise he's not picking his nose :-)
My boys look great in baby blue :-)
Ben being silly after nap time
This face cracks me up!
Funny pumpkins!
Ben and Daddy at Boktoberfest
I love his smile in this picture!
Ben enjoying his first snow cone
Ben being silly after his bath
Ben and Daddy riding the carousel
and the train...
and the helicopter!
Can't a boy get some privacy? Good grief.
A decent shot of Ben and Momma :-)
