CJ's 2nd Birthday

CJ turned 2 this week! Since it was also Valentine's Day, we made nice Happy Birthday CJ / Happy Valentine's Day party favors and took them to CJ's school. The bags were stuffed with Valentine's Day notebooks, crayons, and stickers. And of course, there were cupcakes, all the way from NYC.

CJ wore his 2-year old shirt to school.

Back at home, and only because it was his birthday, mom let him get away with a handful of 6 lollipops at once!

Actually, here's what happened when mom suggested he have only 1 at a time.

Once daddy got home, it was time to open presents in the living room.

CJ got some new animals for his Little People zoo from mommy.

And some new clothes from the grandmas.

And a new pair of glow in the dark crocs from daddy.

And a national geographic book and memory game from Gamma.

And some cars from Gamma.

Grandpa came over later with a new remote control car.

And here he is modeling his new raincoat from Aunt Maggie and Uncle Matt.

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CJ's First Bday Weekend

We celebrated CJ's first birthday the weekend after his real birthday since it was President's Weekend, a 3-day weekend, and we wanted to spend time with family and friends in Delhi.

CJ's grandma, step-grandfather, and aunts Rachel and Kara came out from California. Here are a couple pictures at the house before we left for the big trip.

And one from Toy's R Us.

We didn't end up getting the car because CJ seemed to much prefer the fire truck. Here we are trying to put it together back at the house.

The finished product!

It was beautiful when we got to Delhi, pretty with snow on the ground but not too cold.

The next day was much snowier, and we got snow overnight that made for good cross country skiing.

Another big activity of the weekend - plate making!

Next it was time to get ready for CJ's baptism.

We had the baptism at the family church just down the road.

After church, it was time for cocktails and presents!

Before dinner, grandpa had an awesome fireworks show prepared at the lake.

Then dinner...

And of course there was cake!

The next day, we played in the snow some more.

Though CJ preferred to ride his toys in the house.

There were more than 250 pictures from the weekend. Click here to see them all!