Two Years Old!

Owen celebrated his second birthday this weekend, and though we have all come down with colds in the past few days, Owen didn't let it slow him down. On Saturday morning (his actual birthday), Owen's favorite sister duo, Rosey and Maddy (along with their crafty mom Kerry), came over with quite the birthday celebration: balloons, donuts, a hand made "2" t-shirt, and a handcrafted picture board on which to hang his favorite photos or works of art. Here is the trio, enjoying their celebratory donuts.

Nate was away on Saturday, fishing on the Outer Banks (he made up for his absence on O's actual birthday by bringing home tons of fresh mahi and yellowfin tuna!), so we celebrated as a family this morning. We decided that instead of birthday cake, we'd do a fun pancake breakfast. Nate fashioned a dog for Owen, which we decorated with whipped cream and blueberries. Owen went for the head first.....



All day long, Owen enjoyed playing with his new birthday loot - wrestling with the balloons, modeling his new t-shirts, playing songs on his new keyboard, reading books, fishing for puzzle pieces, and drawing at his new easel. Aunt Rosie, we'll wait for your visit to let Owen experience Playdough - for now he just enjoys dumping out the contents of the bucket and replacing them again! Thank you everyone for the wonderful gifts, cards, college fund donations, and all the well wishes.

Since turning two, Owen seems to have decided its time to expand his vocabulary. Though his favorite 'word' continues to be "doe-ka", which he repeats again and again to himself all day long (what does it mean, I wonder?), today he said "all done" and "highchair" - at least according to our interpretive skills!

One month to go until Baby Bacheler's due date...