My AJ Blog: AJ's 2nd Birthday Party!

Monday, June 28, 2010

AJ's 2nd Birthday Party!

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY AJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday was AJ's 2nd birthday and we had a big party to celebrate. It was a SUPER fun day- a little stressful at times, but all in all, it was great!

We started out the morning with AJ's 2 year pictures-We took them at a nearby park and he did really well- thanks to bribery. I'll post them once I see them all. So far, from what I've seen, they are TOOO cute!

Since AJ didn't sleep too well the night before (probably the stress of getting older, right??) he took an early nap. While he napped, I cleaned, organized, prepared food and started to decorate the house. About 2pm my mom, Dave and Jason all came over to help. We had balloons, a bounce house, pool, tons of food and a Pooh Pinata.

AJ woke up about 3 and I was finally able to tell him that his PARTEEEE was today. We've been talking about his party for a week or more- about who's coming, how old he'll be and what we're going to be doing. I'm pretty sure he had no idea what I was talking about. He was calling his birthday presents "party!"

The guests arrived about 4 and we all just hung out and had a good time. The kids played in the bounce house, in the kiddie pool and on slides. Just as we were all starting to eat... THUNDERSTORMS! LIGHTENING! RAIN! HAIL!!!!!!!! ARGH! Gotta love Colorado weather....

So, we moved the party inside quickly and then the chaos began. Although my house is big, it isn't really big enough to hold 40+ people comfortably. Everything was fine until... the toilet stopped up! This is when I started to panic! It was quickly fixed and I am sure I stressed more about it then I needed to, but that's just what I do...

After all of this, we moved into the garage to do the Pooh pinata. MORE chaos! Picture this... 18+ kids in the garage, a bat, pouring rain and no order...at all. It was crazy! Poor AJ wasn't so sure he wanted to see Pooh get knocked around with a bat, but it all was fine once he got a lollipop :)

Then it was cake time! Jason and Dominic made AJ's cake last year (Monkey) and they did it again this year. It's become a tradition. Not only was it a great looking cake, it also was very yummy!

AJ is one LUCKY (spoiled) kid! He got so many awesome gifts! I can't name them all, but they include an awesome firetruck that makes all kinds of noises and moves forward and backwards, a trash truck, Pooh phone, Pooh ABC toy, many trucks, bubbles and bubble blowers, more trains, a LeapFrog learning computer, motorcycle (see pic below), books, a tool set and so much more. Opening presents was quite a crazy experience, but we are so thankful and appreciate everything!

It really was an awesome day- celebrating our little boy. He's brought so much joy to our lives and we are so very lucky to have him. He's just the best!