Two Years

My son shares my sweet-tooth. Today for the first time in his life JAC turned down a cupcake. Instead he begged for use to light his birthday candles over and over again. He loved blowing them out and just couldn't get enough of it. He chose fire over sugar.

I love having a late December baby because no one expects a huge birthday party and everyone is too busy to attend. Instead we get to celebrate JAC's birthday with just our little family and it feels extra special. Today we did everything JAC wanted to do for his birthday. We played with his trains, ate french fries and cleaned the house (JAC absolutely loves cleaning the house). JAC seemed extra cute and spent all afternoon leaping from our ottoman to our chair to the couch and back again. I love to watch his joyful never-ending energetic games. Lately JAC has been an absolute blast to hang out with. He's been extra daring, really goofy and unusually cuddly. I've loved it.

My mom bought JAC new trains and new books for his birthday. JAC was excited and we let him stay up extra late to play with them. Later in the week we plan on taking a short family road trip to see "Thomas the Train" in honor of JAC's birthday. I know when JAC gets older he will wish he could have bunches of friends for his birthday but I hope we always get to take special birthday trips together and have quiet family parties too.