Happy birthday, Christoher Alton!

To my sweet baby boy Cal,
Happy Birthday! I cannot believe you are already two. You are growing up so fast; I am amazed how these 2 years have flown by. I remember the day you were born, like it was yesterday. You are such a special boy and I love you more than you could possibly know. You have such a great spirit; you are full of life, curiosity, playfulness, and fearlessness (sometimes stubbornness too). I am so proud of you; you are so smart and clever. You knew all your animal sounds and at 18 months and easily were saying 40-50 words. At 2,you know your shapes, colors, ABCs, and can count to ten. Your vocabulary is too large to count, and you repeat EVERYTHING and can even sing songs now! You are non stop motion, from the time you wake up until you fall asleep- so much so that you could care less to stop to eat, drink or go potty. Right now, Cars the movie is your obsession....you love Lightning McQueen and race cars, in general. You say, "I speed" and "Ka-chow" all the time.

I love just to look at your adorable face and watch the changes in you, because they are daily. We are so blessed to have you, and you are lucky to have a family that loves you so much. You have the greatest big brother in the world. Carson loves playing with you, reading to you, teaching you, and just being with you. Although, at times he torments you just to see your reaction, he loves you so much and he is your protector. I look forward to watching your brotherly bond grow and strengthen over the years to come. You want to be just like him, and if he leaves the room, you cry, "Darson come back." You love hearing him play guitar, and dancing along to it. He's even learned to play some of your favorite songs by the Wiggles=) You also love to watch him play sports- baseball, football, and basketball...you don't care. You love them all, too!

On this special day, I just wanted you to know how much you are loved. Happy Birthday, my sweet little angel.

Love, Mommy

New room!

Finally, after over a year in our house, we have one room painted=) I have been itching to do Cal's room since we moved, and we figured we would do it as part of his birthday. He is still in his same toddler bed, but we painted, added some new handmade artwork, and Jeff put up wainscoting. We also had a casualty in the process- his bookshelf completely broke. So, we need to replace it and I want a new quilt and rug. But, it is exciting to see the transformation- Cal's blue room! Here are a few pics, and hopefully most of you will see it at his birthday party! It was a lot of work, but I am really happy with it.