Early Celebrations & Easter!!!!

This weekend was a busy one in our family! We had Talent's birthday party a few weeks early. Seth & Dad work a crazy shift and it's hard to get them both off at the same time so we usually have to schedule T's party for a week or two early. So, this weekend we had his birthday party! I can't believe our baby is going to be 2!! Time has gone by SO fast!

Talent is really into Thomas the Train, so, we had a Thomas themed birthday party. He LOVED that his cake had trains on it. My awesome friend, Jennifer, made his cake. She did his cake last year too. My in-laws were gracious enough to let us have the party at their house. I was so thankful. I wasn't really sure what I was going to do with our dogs if we had it here. But, my mother in law was so sweet to host for me. I didn't have a very big guest list. We just had our parents, my grandparents, Seth's brother, and my BFF and her family showed up to surprise me. It was a blast. Talent played with my BFF's kids. He got some really great outside toys. He got the coolest bike from my in-laws, a really great shirt from his Uncle Chase, a wagon, picnic table, and clothes from my parents & grandparents. And he got a chalkboard and chalk along with some books from the Astley's. He made out pretty good. Seth and I got him the newest Madagascar movie and some plastic golf clubs that came in a little golf caddy. He loved it all. We've read books, played with all of the outside toys, and played with chalk. It was a great party. We had a good time being with the people that love my baby boy and wanted to be there to celebrate his life with us.

On Sunday we all got dressed up and went to church for Easter Sunday. It was a good service. After church we came home and had pizza. Talent played with his chalkboard a little bit. Then he napped. Just before he got up I went outside and hid Easter eggs for him. When he got up I told him we were going to go hunt eggs and he clapped and said, "Yay!"...I'm certain he didn't know what I was saying. But, I brought him in the living room and put shoes and socks on. When he looked out the front door, he saw the eggs and was SO excited. I opened the door for him and out we went with his basket. I didn't even have to show him what to do! He grabbed the first egg and tossed it in his Elmo Easter basket and ushered me around until we found them all! He LOVED hunting eggs! Seth came out and watched and took pictures! It was a blast! We played outside for a while before we had to eat dinner and get ready for bed. It was a great end to our weekend.

Choo Choo! Look who's 2!!

Make a wish, baby!

Hunting eggs!

Checking out all his loot!!

Tackling his Daddy!