Cooper Turns Two

Cooper's birthday is actually the 26th but he's two and doesn't know the date so we made Saturday his birthday instead. All week I talked to Cooper about how this weekend was going to be his birthday and he was going to have a birthday party with balloons and cake and his friends were going to come over to his house and he was just wildly excited all week long. Since we aren't around any family this year I thought I'd invite a couple of his toddler friends over for a small, short party so he didn't have to spend his birthday staring at his mom and dad like he does every day. The theme this year was balls as balls have replaced Hello Kitty as his new favorite thing.

This was Cooper's party invitation he sent to his little friends.

We turned our dining room into a party room and we kept the doors closed until his friends came and when I finally opened the doors Cooper screamed and bolted inside to play. It was sooooo sweet and made me so happy.

The chalkboard is kind of hard to read in the picture. It lists all the things Cooper loves: balls, trucks, stop signs, rocks, oreos, his kangaroo, bubbles, Super Why, Michael Buble, dirt, trains, blueberries, puppies, pretzels, running, babies, Daniel Tiger, water, hiding things, milk, letters, mom and dad, his friends, and circles.

We also played a balloon/parachute game that I didn't get photos of and Cooper was just in heaven. He wanted to keep playing that all day long.

Gene brought Cooper an awesome ball!

This is the story of my life. Everyone sits except Cooper. Even when there's chocolate cake involved.

I didn't get pictures of him blowing out his candle and singing happy birthday because I was chasing him around the house with his cake. As soon as he realized everyone was singing to him he ran for it.

Cooper didn't care for his cake or his ice cream. Because he's weird. He's refused two birthday ice cream treats today.

But he sure loves balloons.

Cooper handed out party favors of bouncy balls and candy with this little note.

Then we opened presents when his party was over. Josh and I got him a bunch of car stuff as he's starting to get really into cars and trains.

He was very excited about his car rug.

He immediately started lining up his new matchbox cars.

His cool new car from Nana and Papa was very exciting.

He started driving it right away.

And he got a million trains from Aunt Becky which he loooved.

He lined those up too.

                                      

Then we set up his car ramp we got him and he played with that for hours. Notice the screwdriver and scissors right there? Nice one Mom and Dad.

He also got some new clothes and some more presents from other relatives that we're waiting to skype with before he opens them, and some presents from his party guests I didn't get a picture of. Spoiled little guy.

After naptime we decided to take Cooper somewhere to dinner that would sing to him and give him a little treat.

He was very excited about the singing but not so much about the ice cream. He drank his milk instead and Josh and I ended up eating his ice cream sundae.

Then we went to the mall and let him ride the train which I think is officially his favorite thing in the world to do. If you ever want a really good laugh, ride the train with Cooper at the mall. Passersby just bust up laughing at how excited this kid is to be riding the train.

And that was the end of Cooper's big birthday bash. It was quite the day for a two year old! 

I love my little bubby so much words cannot express. He makes me laugh every day and I just love getting to know more and more of his little personality. I can't wait for many more birthdays to come! I love spoiling someone who gets so excited! Love you Coop!