2nd Birthday Party!

Oh boy did we ever have fun celebrating Luke's second birthday!  We had a farm themed party and it couldn't have gone any better (well, we could have had more people come celebrate with us but the dang flu bug was making the rounds so it was a fairly small party, we hope everyone gets feeling well soon!).

I had seen a pig cake that I wanted to make for Luke's birthday so bad.  It was the cutest thing ever and the entire party theme started to revolve around it but then things changed quite drastically.  Work for me got super busy and I was putting in lots of hours and stressing about how I was going to get everything done that needed to be done.  Daddy offered to just buy a cake to relieve some stress but I would have felt bad about that.  I love being able to say that I have made all of my boys birthday cakes so far.  I have fun with it and enjoy it even though I do stress a little (OK, a lot) about it.  So the pig cake idea went out the window about two days before the party and a tractor cake came to mind.  I really slacked off on getting the cake baked and decorated (I usually like to do this a day or so before the party) but I pulled it off thanks to the help of all of my boys!  Frosting the cake was quite the feat with two little helpers and Daddy trying to sneak tastes of frosting.  

We partied yesterday on Luke's birthday.  I don't think he really knew what was going on but he loved running around and playing with his cousins and Tyke.  We had hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner along with some yummy smoked baked beans (Daddy's is an awesome cook!), and potato salad.  It was just a typical barbecue.  Luke devoured THREE hot dogs!  Mostly just the meat but still that just blew me away how much food he put away.  The kid can eat, that's for sure!  After dinner we sang happy birthday to Luke and he blew his candles out all by himself!  Gosh I love this kid!

After cake and ice cream (ice cream for Luke, I'm noticing he's not much of a cake fan right now) we opened gifts.  Luke got spoiled in the truck department and ended up with a ton of new trucks!  He especially liked the trucks that Nana and Great Grandma Jean gave him because, of course, they had lights and drove by themselves.  

Luke's loot:

Mom & Dad: new bike and a set of emergency crew vehicles

Tyke: Thomas the Train set and a giant bag of sixlets

Grandma Cheryl & Grandpa Terry: $30

Nana: truck that makes noise and lights up

Grandma Jean: Chevy truck and $10

Uncle Alex, Aunt Jo, Uncle David & Aunt Tiffy: two bags of M&M's and $15

Uncle Seth & Aunt Steph: remote control bulldozer

Uncle Corey & Aunt Stephanie: construction truck set

Robert Bruce (Bampa Terry's friend): $5

Uncle Chris & Aunt Danielle: two "Blaze & the Monster Machines" trucks

A great big thank you to everyone that helped make our little Lu's big day so special.  We love Luke so much and are so thankful for him!  Happy Birthday Bubba!