Wee-OOO, Wee-ooo Landon James is TWO!

How is it possible that our sweet boy is TWO and about to be a BIG bro?! Time flies! Landon James had the most fun birthday celebration ever with all of his friends at our house including a huge real live firetruck, firefighter and ambulance demos, a bounce house, lots of his fav pizza, games that were Dalmatian and firetruck themed, and his favorite carrot cake with cream cheese icing cake from Naegelins made by our sweet friend Alexis who makes all of our fam cakes in the shape of a firehat that matched his and a huge cupcake cake for all of his friends in the shape of a Dalmatian in full fire gear. It was awesome!!!!!!! Landon was SO happy...all laughs and smiles as he got to ride in the big truck, jump with his friends, and eat his favorite foods which Mommy only lets him have on special occasions. :o) We had all of the family in town and he loves showing off all of his new sentences and developmental milestones to them. They were amazed by the way he's grown and developed by leaps and bounds. He is the most amazing little two year old ever. Here are some of my favorite things LJ is doing at age two:

~Running up to us and throwing his arms around our necks for a hug and saying 'De De Do (I Love You)'

~Loving to read books and he even can 'read' his favorites (memorized from so many times of us reading to him) including The Going to Bed Book, Go Dog Go, My Mommy and My Daddy and I, most Dr. Seuss, and Sandra Boynton many many more

~Throwing the ball for Samson and helping Daddy in the backyard with the seeding and mowing...and helping Daddy with all household fix-it projects...he LOVES it

~Helping Mommy cook by going to his play kitchen and 'getting water', 'putting on tea', and 'cooking in his skillet' while I cook

~Loves watching the 'Mews' with Mommy every morning (Today Show only for a few min:)

~LOVES going to our church and seeing his friends, watching Veggie Tales, and eating 'feeesh' (goldfish) and 'ceeeeereeealll' and when we go inside church for Sunday service, bible study, MOPS, or small group, he points to the mural of Jesus and says excitedly "YAY JESUS!!!"...makes my day every time :o)

~Loves to as he says 'be nice' and 'share' with his friends...such a sweet natured guy...never hits or takes toys away from a friend...always trying to help his friends and be sweet...such an awesome character trait and we are so thankful for this :)

~Enjoys long walks in his stroller and hardly ever complains, loves 'walking Samson' and pointing out everything he sees on walks...so far these usually include birds, dogs, squirrels, trees, the wind, clouds, the sun, and his favorite stars and moon at night

~Every evening he and Daddy have milk together before bed on Daddy's car and watch the moon and stars...this may be one of his and Daddy's fav memories :)

~Loves cuddling in 'Mommys' (our bed) and reading as many books as I will read to him every morning and sometimes if he's not feeling well and just needs to relax...so sweet

~Obsessed with trains still and beginning to really love fire trucks...could read his train books and play trains all day...and loves to ride the zoo and LP trains

~Overall just the sweetest, happiest, more delightful two year old in the whole world...the perfect son...we are so blessed!

We are praying that with Nolan's soon upcoming arrival that LJ will enjoy having a little brother and that he will love having a playmate and a lifelong friend. We know it will be incredibly tough at first since until now our lives have sort of revolved around Landon...but know this will be SO good for him and for our family. Above I am going to post tons of photos from the past month ending with his special birthday festivities. I hope this blog book that I am printing today will be read by Landon (and his future wife:) when he is big with children of his own so he can look back and see what he was like at age two. Landon's first two years have been the best of our lives and we just love the little man more than words could ever express. God has been so faithful in providing for our family and for our baby. We hope Landon's third year is filled with even more wonderful memories and fun times!