John Harrison is 2!

Mom and Dad with our birthday boy
playing with his new garbage truck from Uncle Jon
giving Dad a kiss
Reading a new scratch and sniff book from Great Grandmama
birthday smiles with Grammy and Grandpa

John Harrison's second birthday is today, but we had his party yesterday. Our little boy LOVES trucks so I made a truck cake and we bought truck mylar balloons to tie to the dining room chairs. John Harrison picked out Sesame Street plates and we also bought an Elmo mylar balloon at the store, so we kind of had an interesting mix of themes.
Grandmama and Grandad, Great Grandmama, Grammy and Grandpa, Uncle Jon, and Uncle Matthew and Aunt Sarah came to the party. For lunch, we had tacos/taco salads, fresh guacamole, and fruit salad. David and I tried to think of John Harrison's favorite foods and have them for him on his special day....he ate chips and guacamole, fruit, and honey-roasted peanuts (he thinks that peanuts are small almonds (which he calls "almees") and so he calls peanuts "babies"). When it came time for cake and ice cream, we sung to John Harrison, blew out the candle, and put the entire cake in front of him. John Harrison poked around at the frosting and quickly determined that he loved the chocolate frosting (the truck's wheels) on his cake, but really didn't care about eating the cake itself. He ate a decent amount of frosting and had a few bites of ice cream. Next year, I think I will make a cake with mounds of chocolate frosting:). After lunch, he opened gifts. I think he may be more excited about his new birthday toys then he was with his Christmas toys. After he woke up from his nap, we took John Harrison to Chuck E. Cheese. John Harrison liked a few of the games/rides, but the place was really, really crowded---I think we are going to wait a few months till he can enjoy it more and then return in the middle of the day on a weekday. We got John Harrison a kid's meal at Chick-fil-a and brought it home for a late dinner to finish the day. I guess we threw nutrition out the window for one day......birthdays only come once a year, though:). All in all, we had such a wonderful day with John Harrison and look forward to the same today!