Happy 2nd birthday to my baby boy!!!! I remember thinking when Roman hit about six to nine months that time was going by too fast and that I was going to miss him at that age so much. While time has flown by, the older my boy gets, the more fun we have. I honestly don't miss the earlier months like I thought I would. He just has more and more personality all the time and it gets better and better! To see his mind work and expand and learn is just incredible. His memory amazes me all the time and he already is a jokester (boy does he have Jacob's personality in practically every way!).
Anyway, to celebrate his second birthday, we took him on The Polar Express train ride at Hood River this past weekend. SUCH a fun time (but it won't be an annual event by any means...that would definitely take the excitement and wonder out of it). One of the funniest parts of the evening was when Santa got onto our train car and everyone claps and cheers and is excited and then there is Roman, who starts crying and saying "No thank you. No thank you." to having to visit with Santa (he came around, though, after he saw the other kids surviving the encounter)
His actual birthday was a mellow event - dinner and presents. But dinner was pancakes and bacon, which is probably his favorite food (that and when we were asking him what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday, he said pancakes - great! Dinner and birthday "cake" all in one!)
Some photos of the occasion:
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| The golden ticket! |
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| He loved getting the silver jingle bell from Santa. |
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| I guess you aren't so scary after all, Santa! |
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| Of course, he got a tractor from us. |
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Jacob took the day off from work to hang out with Roman on his birthday :)
The went to Powell's and Voodoo Donuts and rode the MAX and went to the nickel arcade and ate pizza! |
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His pancakes cake! Four pancakes, whip cream, a candle and a tractor for
the topper. We added raspberries and blueberries after he blew out the candle. |
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| Yes, he did bite off part of the candle. "bite the candle" and "yummy candle." |
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| One of the best family photos we've gotten in awhile :) |
awwwe!!! Sooo cute!!! What a fabulously fun birthday! I'm jealous he got to go to the nickel arcade! That place is awesome!
ReplyDeleteJacob actually just mentioned earlier this week how uninterested Roman was in the nickel arcade. I was surprised to hear that! I would have thought he'd love it! :) Does Gunner still fit in his hat from there? Probably not, I suppose.
DeleteReally? Maybe next year he will be more into it! I want to take Gunner there sometime! Can you believe it the hat still fits him...LOL! When he does finally grow out of it I will send it to you for Roman!! ;0)
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