Choo Choo Nathaniel's Two!!

Nathaniel turned 2 on the 27th and we had his party with family on Saturday at our home. Nathaniel has had a fun birthday week celebrating. On Thursday when he woke up we sang Happy Birthday to him and then Lesh made Nathaniel a train pancake that he just loved! He ate two train pancakes with jelly. Then we gave his brithday gift.

Several months ago a neighbor moved and put an old gator outside in the trash. Lesh got it and said he could rebuild it and fix it up for Nathaniel's second birthday, so he did!! It looks brand new and Nathaniel loves it!! The rest of the day was low key and we went to the park to play for a while.

On Saturday we had all our family come over for lunch and cupcakes. Nathaniel wanted to open presents as people came in so we did let him open one and he played with it the whole time. Enough typing you can see for your self!

 

He was so excited about the gator.  Lesh did such a good job rebuilding it!

Blowing out the candle on his muffin during breakfast

Bryce Lesh's brother and his sweet girlfriend Sonia

Lesh made this cake for Nathaniel!  He did such a great job!

 I love Jeriah's smile!

The guys grilling our lunch!

Juliana, Vanessa, and Rudy

My grandma and my mom

This house was from my dad and Nathaniel has been playing in it so much!

 Talking on his phone from his new clubhouse

Uncle Bryce sharing his coke with Nathaniel.  I don't usually let him drink it of course. :)

I love this picture of my dad and Nathaniel and me.

Playing in boxes are so much better than playing with the toys that came in them right?

Messy face!

He love Mr. Potato head!

 A pro at opening gifts!

Nathaniel absolutely loves Mickey and this shirt was just so perfect for him!

He's now got is own laptop!! From his grandma!

This was such a sweet gift.  I tried hard to fight back the tears.  It's a book that has your voice recorded reading the book.  Nana got this book for Nathaniel.  She loves to read him books so this was so special!!

Our attempt to take a picture with the kids in it!  Jeriah took off running and laughing or course!

I love this picture!!  So sweet!  My brother and his family!

Our family of 3!

My mom-in-love and her sister Vanessa

Today I take Nathaniel for his 2 year check up so I'll come back and update his stats!

Here is a pictrue of Nathaniel last year and this year on his birthday! Same park too! I love it!

                              1 year old                                                                                   2 years old

In 5 Days!

I will be running in this

 With the help of these

 I'll be sure to do a little of this

 And 13.1 of this

 I've been told the starting line is like this

 And this

 Can't wait to feel like this

 And ultimately this!!

Ha!

No, for real I'm so excited about running this marathon on Sunday!  For the last several years we have had several friends run in marathons and we always went to cheer them on.  Last year while we were watching we decided that we would run the marathon instead of cheering from the sidelines.  It has been a hard 6 months of early morning runs and not sleeping in on Saturdays to run ridiculous miles in horrible weather.  We have run in disgusting high heat and humidity and run in freezing temperatures with ice crystals on our clothing.  But after every single run I feel FANTASTIC!  It is such a high when you are done running and the sense of accomplishment is so great.  Through it all God has taught me to trust him that I can actually run distances I never thought I could.  A verse in Isaiah comes to mind that encourages me while I'm running.

Isaiah 40:31

31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

We'd love to have you come cheer us on!

Confessions

A few of my blogging friends have this post up so I decided to join in on the fun!

1.  I hate cleaning my house.  I can live in a messy home for several days before getting tired of it.  I clean out of necessity.

2.  I sometimes forget I have a dog.  I used to forget him at my In-Laws when we visited.  I forget to feed him sometimes too.  I'm so bad!

3.  I have 4 clothing sizes in my closet! Yup, up and down on the scale my whole life.  Hate it! Working on it.  Sanctification I believe is what it's called.

4.  I cook dinner pretty much every night and lunch almost every day.  I enjoy it!

5.  Because I cook all the time I don't wash dishes after every meal.  I let them sleep in the sink over night.

I think that is about as much confession as I can handle right now!  What about you?