Thursday, January 3, 2013

the birthday boy

Such a fun day to celebrate this boy.  2 years old on January 1st.


The goal was to eat only meals that John Paul could share - we'd eat what he ate all day long.  A bit tricky, but not too hard since we've moved from total liquid diet to include soft foods.  [Can I just tell you that when these six weeks of post-surgery food restrictions are up I will be celebrating like crazy!]

We started with strawberry-banana shakes and scrambled eggs.  Yum.


And then presents!  Thanks to Christmas John Paul knows exactly what to do with a wrapped gift - he opens one and then signs 'more' and turns to the next one! 


In the afternoon we went to get ice cream at the McDonalds down the street from our house. 



Proud Matt with all five -


Ready and eager to see what this new year holds for John Paul :)  Happy Birthday little buddy!

3 comments:

Jaci said...

Awesome! Happy happy birthday to John Paul!! :-)

Julie Redfern said...

Happy Birthday John Paul!! That last picture is great, they are all looking!

Grandmama said...

Happy late birthday, John Paul. (my computer was on the blink.) We love you and are so glad you are our grandson!! Love, Grandmama