Birthday Party

My little man turned TWO on January 5th. I can't believe it! He had such a good birthday, filled with lots of cousins to play with. He absolutely loves playing and running along his cousins, even the bigger ones. Since being back here in la grande and looking at his birthday pictures, we ask "where's hunter? where's kyla? where's natalie"...and all the cousins. I was actually really surprised he was able to point to each one of them! We took him to a dr appt and he is weighing in at 30LBS and is 37.5INCHES tall. He has been 30 lbs for so long now...the height just keeps getting higher.

Thanks to all who made his birthday special, and have made this past year with him so much fun! We really appreciate family and loved ones all around helping us with this opportunity of raising a child! (because we all know some days just aren't easy!)

This cake was so much easier to make than last years! It was easy, but I like how it turned out. Poor guy almost didn't even get a birthday party...just like I knew would happen, since it's so close to Christmas everyone was partied out. But I refused to give in...he needs a special day to himself too :)

Eating the yummy cake, he ate all of it too!

I'm pretty sure brayden was smiling this big because he had tricked grandma into not making him eat dinner, but letting him eat lots of ice cream and cake...lol yes, this is what happens when your kids go to grandma's house jande! :)

the whole group

Jilayne took a few pictures with her nice camera...they turned out so clear!

McGary Tradition: the Spatin Machine. The birthday boy/girl has to crawl threw the legs of everyone at the party and get spanked. Wyatt was a little skeptical and had to be pushed along. As you can see, it turns into all the kids get a turn, they love it. I remember doing this when I was a kid and being so nervous all my uncles were going to spank me so hard. haha. Fun traditions.