Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday Tripper!

You are 2!

My little boy is 2 already! 

Time really has flown by.

He still seems so little to me!

He is a ball of energy. 

so sweet. 

all boy.

an expert climber. 

he loves his sister incredibly much. 

he still loves to cuddle. 

prefers not to use too many words.

loves to eat.

tenderhearted.

and hilarious.

Tripp was born at 12:26 Christmas Eve morning. 

I tried so hard not to have him born that day. 

But really, I don't know if the 23rd would have been much different!

So we're still figuring out how to have a special birthday for him during all the fun Christmas bustle.

This year we celebrated on the 22nd. 

I'm relieved that he's still too young to really care about birthdays. 

It gives me a few trial runs to think of some fun traditions for my Christmas Eve baby!

We did a bubblegum birthday!

My children have a passion for their gum.

It might possibly be the first thing they ask you when you see them. 

We're working on that. 

When present time came, Tripp had no idea what hit him. 

He hid under the table and wouldn't come open presents. 

He just politely stated, "NO."

So Ellie gave him a few pointers.

You should have seen the look on his face when he saw what was in all that wrapping!

He just kept saying "Wow, Wow, Wow" over and over again.

And wanted each present completely out of the box before he'd go on to the next one. 

Tripper is definitely loved and spoiled! 

He was given so many fun boy toys by his family! 

The poor guy has played with girly toys for long enough!

After presents we did cake. 

This is Tripp's "everyone's looking at me" face. 

Priceless. 

Yum, yum!

He even gave hugs and said thank you. 

I was so proud and shocked. 

He's usually so shy he hides his face and won't look at you. 

He's growing up!

Happy Birthday our boy!

We love you!