celebrating my 2-year birthday

today i celebrated my 2-year birthday with family and friends. ryker came along with his mommy, and eliana joined the fun with her parents. kristi and josh also came to help us celebrate. we all had so much fun. although my official birthday isn't until the 17th, this was the best opportunity for all of us to get together. thanks everyone for making my 2-year birthday a blast. i love you all!

testing out my new strider bike...it's gonna take me a while
to get used to it

umma and uppa really wanted to get me a tee pee...
mommy thought it'd be a great reading place!

zzzzzzz! (not really, just pretending for the camera!)

eliana's mommy made me this cool shirt

go eliana!

on your mark, get set...

go!!!!!!!

taking a beverage break

ryker loved chillin' in the pool

eliana on her tippy toes...no wonder she seemed taller

mommy made me a birthday cookie

lots of cool stuff from family and friends...especially a lot of
new cars and trucks, my favorites!

word from daddy

Okay, so after two whole years, I finally got around to finishing Owen's 1-year video. Kelly has been reminding me of it and well, it's a year late but still in time for his 2-year birthday. I'm hoping Owen will look back at the video one day and be reminded of all he did in his first year. As for me, it's now onto the second year, which at this rate will probably be done by the time he leaves for college :)

protecting my best asset

i got to pick out my very own helmet today at the store. mommy fit a couple to me and then let me pick my favorite. of course, i chose a lightning mcqueen one!! and i was so excited to ride today that i had my shoes and helmet on as soon as daddy got home. he didn't even get to go in the house first!

where's daddy, i'm ready to go biking

lightning mcqueen!

ka-chow!

faster than fast, quicker than quick, i am lightning!

got my puppy, lovie, water, and helmet so i'm ready to roll!

bad habits

mommy never realized i was watching her so closely...and picking up a few of her habits. silly mommy, you thought i was too little to do this myself!

biking

mommy and daddy thought it would be a good idea to take advantage of the weather we've been having so they bought a bike trailer. don't worry grandparents, daddy only took me around the front of the house to test the trailer since i don't have my helmet yet.

4th of july with friends

today we celebrated the 4th of july with our neighborhood parade and a fun day at the pool. i had a blast hanging out and playing with eliana and ryker.

watching the fire truck

riding in style with my buddy ryker

ryker's dad did all the driving

me and eliana

relaxin' poolside

staying cool in the heat

walking through the water

my swim lessons are paying off

saying my abc's

elmo and cars

two of the things i enjoy are elmo and the cars movie, especially the music. i love the scene in cars when the street cars blast their music. don't worry though, mommy and daddy don't let me watch much tv. i'm sure my grandparents would be worried if that were the case. but when i do get to watch tv, elmo and cars are two of my favorites. as you can tell, i watch each differently.

drinkin' it in

today mommy had a doctor appointment so I got to go to eliana's house to play. it was warm outside so mrs. beth set up the sprinkler ball for us to play with. we had more fun drinking the water than playing in it.

chillin' in my new shades

i got a pair of sunglasses at my buddy ryker's birthday party and it's one of the only pairs that i will actually wear. so mommy had to snap a shot with her phone on our way to church.