Charlie Update | 2 Years

Time for a Charlie update! I've made you wait long enough! A whole year is really just too long to wait to hear about this sweet bundle of cuteness.

Who am I kidding? A grand total of about 3 people read this so... I'm just blogging to myself and my mom. 
aaaaaannyway

It is time to put some blog focus on this precious 2 year old boy of ours!

This past weekend we had a fun little gathering to celebrate our sweet Charlie's second birthday. His actual birthday was July 20th, but he didn't seem to mind having 2 separate celebrations! :)

There's very little that Charlie loves more than vehicles of all kinds, with a heavy emphasis on construction vehicles. This little boy can name more construction vehicles than I can....

fwont loada, digga, bulldoza, conkete maker, dump truck, etc. etc.

He loves them! So when it came time to pick a theme - the choice was obvious. However, when it came time to actually bring that theme to life... the motivation, creativity and money were nowhere to be found so... not my best work this time around. :)

We were thankful to have a small get together of family and some friends on the first hot and sunny day in a week! Here in Hershey we have received an insane amount of rain which has lead to flooding and all the joy that that brings. I was pretty sure my big plans of a pool party were gonna be a wash out. Thankfully, the Lord smiled on us and gave us a beautifully sunny, perfectly hot and non-rainy day! It was perfection!

I think if I needed to give myself a theme for the party it would be: forgetfulness. I am not sure what my problem was... but I could not remember anything for the life of me! I packed up everything (or so I thought) that I needed for the party and left for my in-laws that morning. I then realized I had forgotten a hand full of things that I absolutely needed. So... I made the trip back to our house for the forgotten items. It wasn't long after continuing the prep that I realized I had forgotten even more items. Thankfully it was Greg to the rescue and he brought me those final (or so I thought) items. As you can expect I realized I had forgotten yet a few more items... for which my parents came to the rescue and stopped to grab on their way into town! Surely that was it... nope. It wasn't. I forgot a few more items but at that point... we were just surviving without them. No more rescuing could be done. Good heavens, what was wrong with me!? Who forgets that much... not to mention that I also forgot to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my son before he blew out the candles. After we did the whole candle blowing slash spitting all over the cake thing... I was reminded of my memory lapse. And then... wait for it... I COULD NOT REMEMBER HOW TO START HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Done.
Just... I was done.
Who am I!?
I don't even know.... or I don't remember!
GET IT TOGETHER, MELISSA.
ugh
moving on.

Charlie was beyond thrilled with the many thoughtful, generous and wonderful gifts he was given! Lucy is also very thankful for all the gifts she thinks she was given.  If you come to my house this week I will most likely be breaking up a fight about who is playing with what and why Charlie has some specific toy and Lucy does not have that exact specific toy.

I give up.

I am just head over heels for this little boy. Charlie at 2 is chatty and goofy. He walks with a little waddle and breaks into little dances even when there is no music. He loves to give kisses and loves to cuddle. He screams like a pterodactyl no matter what he's feeling - happy, sad, mad, frustrated, bored. Such a screamer. I don't want to let go of this age. I look back at video of Lucy at this age and I can't even remember her talking like a 2 year old talks! I know I will get to that point with Charlie... but I don't want to! Can he talk like this forever? Pretty please! I realize it might not be socially acceptable to say "I yo yike it" as a teenager... but his mommy will swoon even if his peers don't!

2 Year stats:

Height: 2' 10"
Weight: 27 lbs
Cuteness: 1000%
Favorite things: trucks, cars, diggers, fire trucks, etc.
Least favorite things: most food, swings, rides of any kind!

Let me end with just a big thank you to the 4 of you who read my blog and look at all my photos dumps of pictures of my kids! :) I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Enjoy the pictures from his party and few from his second year of life.

Now, A look back over this second year of life for our sweet Char-Char :) 

To my sweet Charlie,
 
    Having a little boy is incomparable. You are larger than life in all you do! I love the way you love on your family. I love the way you play with trucks. I love your imagination and creativity! I love how you can make any object Maui's Hook. I love to hear you talk and express yourself. You pick up new words and phrases so quickly! You make me laugh every day! I love your smile and your sweet laughter! I love to hear you ask me to pray. I love to hear your precious voice repeat every word of the prayer with me. My sweet little boy, I want to keep you little forever. I want to freeze time right where it is! But, I know I cannot. So I pray I will be able to raise you into a strong, courageous and fun-loving man. I pray your fun personality and silly nature continues through your whole life. I know you will always be the one making others laugh! I pray God writes his name upon your heart that you will know him and love him and serve him with all of that big heart of yours! We love you to pieces! Happy 2nd Birthday!

All my love,
Mommy