Mardi Gras

We took Maddox to Mobile this past weekend for his first Mardi Gras experience! For the most part, he really enjoyed it. He was a little leery of the costumes and didn't want much to do with Grandaddy in his indian costume at first. He eventually warmed up and gave him a high five though! He absolutely loved the parade though and was mesmerized by all of the floats and excitement. He also seemed to enjoy dancing in the street to the bands. By the end of the night he had quite a collection of loot which included a ton of stuffed animals. I think someone of every float threw him one...who could resist that sweet little face though?

We had yet another birthday celebration for Maddox while we were in Mobile. I am pretty sure he now thinks that it is always his birthday! We had a few family members over for cake and ice cream and presents, which included more choo-choos and other fun stuff too. I think Maddox could get used to being the birthday boy!

A New Addition!

There is big news in our house...Our family of three is soon going to be four! That's right...Maddox is going to be a big brother! I'm not sure he totally understands yet, but he does know that a baby is coming and he seems pretty excited about it. We are sure he will be an excellent big brother! We are due September 12th (just 10 weeks after our new niece is scheduled to arrive), so it promises to be a long, hot summer! We are thrilled though and can't wait to meet our new little peanut!

Party Time!

This weekend we had a little family party for Maddox's birthday. We decided to keep it small and simple since we are planning to go to Mobile next weekend to celebrate his birthday again with family down there. The weather on Saturday could not have been more beautiful. Maddox was actually in shorts and short sleeves because it was sunny and 70 degrees outside. We were able to hang out in the backyard for a while. The kids played basketball, played on the slide, and rode Maddox's little 4-wheeler too. We also had cupcakes and ice cream and Maddox opened some fun presents too. All in all it was a great celebration of his birthday!

The precious (and very yummy) animal cupcakes...
Playing outside...
Uncle Andrew and some of the kiddos...

A very solemn look while everyone was singing to him...
Mmm cupcake!! Although I think the mint chocolate chip ice cream was his favorite (Mommy's too)!
Opening presents! It couldn't be something Thomas the train related could it?
Enjoying one of his favorite presents, a lollipop. It's the little things!

Birthday Lunch

Yesterday on Maddox's birthday I had a meeting at school during my break so I was pretty said that I couldn't go eat lunch with him. Blake went instead and brought a special treat for all of his little friends...yummy sprinkle doozie cookies that Maddox had picked out. Maddox enjoyed having his daddy there and he also enjoyed his cookie too as you can see from the pictures. After their lunch, Blake brought Maddox up to the school to eat lunch with me so I could spend some time with him on his birthday. I was so grateful to spend time with both of them and appreciate my sweet husband for making my day so much happier!

Birthday Boy!

Happy Birthday, Maddox!!

I cannot believe that my sweet little angel is already 2 years old! He has grown and changed so much in the past year. It amazes me to look back at pictures of him from the past two years and see how much he has changed. Over the past few months he has really began talking more and more. He went from saying several words to speaking in sentences in no time at all. They aren't lengthy sentences, but they are sentences nonetheless! He is able to communicate very clearly with us now to tell us what he needs and wants...sometimes a little too clearly! He can be pretty demanding!

Maddox is doing some very funny things these days. He does this funny thing where he shifts his eyes around and then just laughs and laughs. He has funny little expressions that he says too that sound funny coming from a two year old. He always talks about things being hot or cold and whenever you put his food in front of him and tell him it's hot he says, "Hot? Nahh". I said that one time and now he says it every time! Also the other day he bumped his leg and Blake asked him if it hurt. His response..."not so much". Cracks me up! He is also singing a lot these days. I'm going to have to try to get him on video. He loves singing You are My Sunshine, Jesus Loves Me, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, etc. It is so funny to listen to him sing because he pretty much mumbles the words and sings the last word of each line. It is very sweet!

Maddox used to be a very good eater. He used to eat pretty much anything you put in front of him. Now he seems to be boycotting meat (everything including chicken which he used to devour) amongst many other things. His foods of choice these days would be muffins (of course), cheese toast, yogurt, and waffles (avwafs as he calls them). He would literally eat these things every meal if I let him. I'm hoping he'll grow out of this stubborn phase pretty soon.

We still love our choo-choos and have accumulated more than you could even imagine. He loves playing with them on his "choo-choo table" and pretty much anywhere we go. He also loves racing around house with his fire truck. His favorite thing is to run under our legs through "tunnels" and to have his daddy race him with his dump truck. He still loves his basketball goal too and now that the weather is getting nicer he loves getting outside in the backyard. We are really looking forward to warmer weather and hoping it comes for good soon.

It is so hard to believe that two years have come and gone so quickly. We love you so much "Mad-Max" and look forward to seeing what this third year has in store for you!

Snow Days!

Shockingly enough we had three snow days this past week! School is rarely cancelled so you know roads are bad if Trussville cancels for three whole days! We had a lot of fun and Maddox continually looked out the window each day saying "I see snow". We bundled him up and tried to get him out in it to play a little. It wasn't the best snow to play in since it was more like sheet of ice on top, but we were still able to do a little playing and sledding (if you can really call it that). Maddox also enjoyed walking down the snowy choo-choo tracks! While we enjoyed our days off, it is sad to think we will lose them this spring.

Family Christmases!

It feels like we have been celebrating Christmas for a month now, and why not since it is after all, the most wonderful time of the year! We had a blast celebrating with family here in Trussville and then spending Christmas in Mobile with family too! Here are a few highlights (and pictures of course) of our family Christmases this year.

Trussville Christmas...

Having fun on the new slide from RaRa and Poppy!

Helping Daddy load up his new marshmallow gun...

...and eating a lot of marshmallows in the process!

Mobile Christmas...

Loving his new "big truck"!

A fun new race track!

Checking out his new fire truck. He loves zooming around the house with this!