Happy 2.5 Birthday Peanut!
August 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Just in case anyone reading this isn’t already aware, we celebrate Parker’s half birthdays. He was born at the end of December, and it’s not a great time for anyone to get together to celebrate a birthday when we’re all busy celebrating Christmas and New Year’s. We decided before his first birthday that we would acknowledge the day with a brunch for family, but not celebrate with a party or presents until the summer. It’s worked out well. Parker gets his special day, and he isn’t sad about it being in the summer instead of winter. We kind of like kicking off the summer with Parker’s party and then ending it with Xander’s party. This year Parker’s wasn’t really at the start of the summer, but we’ll get back into the swing of things next year.
So, we celebrated. Lots of people came and it was a great afternoon. Pretty hot, but not bad in the shade. Parker got his cake (which was really his primary focus for the day) and wound up with some really fun toys. He is finally getting to an age where he has friends that he likes to play with, and a few of them came – it was great to see him playing so well with them. Making this little boy happy was totally worth the 7+ hours of cleaning I did along with the 4-ish hours we drove to have a free day to clean, plus all of the hours in the hot sun Zach spent working in the yard. We always say parties are a good excuse to make sure your house is really clean…
He is a stereotypical two year old, fiercely independent one minute, and desperate to cling to my leg the next. His speech is getting better and better by the day, and the things he says are so freaking cute, most people can’t help but mimic everything he says – we’re guilty of it too, but if I were him, I’d be sick of people copying me by now… Just recently he’s been in to ‘singing’ his A,B,C’s but can only do it if he’s watching someone and mimicking them (oh, the irony). He can count to 16, but won’t do it anytime we want to show off his new skill of course. He tries his hardest to keep up with his older brother and manages to succeed most of the time. His imagination is phenomenal and he can play make believe with his brother for lengthy periods of time. I am still the favorite, but sometimes Dad can kiss a boo-boo. And he melts my heart every day when he calls out ‘I love you Mommy’ as I’m walking out the door. He doesn’t always make it easy, but I’m still head over heels in love with this little guy.
Even though it took begging, pleading, lots of snuggles, endless practices and discussions about the big day, you did it (well, some of it). You participated in your preschool graduation to the very best of your ability (which consisted of signing the pledge of allegiance in tears, playing a drum nearly in tears and taking your diploma before retreating back to my lap). Despite your fear that the people you don’t know in the crowd won’t like you, you did the very best that you could and I’m proud of you for that.
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