Happy 2nd Birthday Berkey!

Berkeley turned two on New Years Eve; such a lucky kid to always have people celebrating his big day. He woke up to find a new train track with "choo choos." He absolutely loves his trains. Christmas was fresh on his mind, so he was thrilled to see more presents. His brain remembered that wrapped presents=cool toys inside. Grandma(s), Grandpa(s), Great Grandma(s) and Great Grandpa as well as Aunt JaNean all sent him lots of fun things to unwrap on his birthday.

We waited to open some gifts until the evening when some of our favorite friends came over. Gloria and Stef, Nikki and RyRy and Dan and Liser all came for a fun night of food and giggles. They also brought Berke more fun toys to open. Berke loved his new Big Bird, Ernie and Abby dolls.

He loved playing on this new toy from G and Stef; never ending amounts of fun. He had a great birthday. We all sang Happy Birthday to him which he LOVED ( I wonder why he enjoys being the center of attention? That doesn't run in our family). I bought him a cute Elmo and Cookie Monster Cupcake to eat but he wanted no part of them; I guess the kid just doesn't want to eat his friends.

We waited a week to have his big birthday bash, as most of his friends needed to get back into town from their holiday adventures. We had an Elmo themed birthday party, as this is his whole world right now! Our friend Christine made this AMAZING Elmo cake. I absolutely love this cake, it is the cutest thing that ever existed.
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Here is a Birthday set up, complete with our new fish friend, Dorothy.

Look at all of Berkeley's adorable friends! This is the best picture of the 10 I took, I am sad you cannot see little Lina behind Berke, but there is no way to get a perfect picture with 7 kids ages 1-3 years. From the left we have Lina, Berkeley, Quentin, Enzo, Charlotte, Soren, and Lily. Each of these cute kids have such fun personalities and wonderful parents. We are lucky to have so many super friends with such fun kids.

Kids love balloons, Berkeley could play with them all day. He and Q really had fun going crazy with these red balloons. Gotta love the static hair.

RyRy and Berke
RyRy is Berke's favorite friend currently; at night sometimes Berke wakes up and just talks for a while and then falls back asleep. Usually he just says all the words he knows a few times randomly, mostly all the Sesame Street characters names. I have noticed lately that he has added RyRy to his list. It goes something like this, "Elmo, Oscar, Cookie, RyRy, Big Bird." He is always asking for RyRy. Whenever his little friend comes over he is so thrilled; he runs up to him and brings him all his toys so they can play together. Luckily RyRy is a good sport and loves to have fun with the little guy.

Berkeley and his Daddy
Berke is very attached to his daddy right now. For some reason for the last 2 months Berke has been calling his Daddy...Mommy, which C is less than thrilled about. So for now, we are both "Mama". Berke spends a lot of time with his dad and therefore they are very close. He has no problem when I leave for work or go somewhere, but when his daddy leaves he gets very sad. These two are such close little buddies and I love it. They are always laughing, being goofy together and just having fun. Berke is lucky to have such an amazing father and role model in his little life. Just this week, we were all getting ready to leave, I was walking out the door with Berke and C went to turn off a light in the house. Berke started crying, saying "Mama? Mama?" He walked through the dark house trying to find his daddy cause he didn't want to go outside without him. So adorable.

My little monkey
I love my little two year old. It is crazy how fast the past two years have gone. I love to brag to everyone about my handsome son. I love this little man so much and am grateful for the way he inspires me to be a better person.

Happy Birthday Buddy! We love our little Elmo fan.

A huge thank you to all our friends who came out to celebrate our little man's Birthday. We feel so blessed to have such a wonderful East Coast "family" and to be able to associate with such unique and amazing individuals.