Cade-o is 2!!

This year for Cade's birthday, we decided to just have a fun day with the three of us. I went to the grocery store early that morning, and picked up some doughnuts (Cade's favorite food) and a Lightning McQueen balloon bouquet (Cade's other favorite things). I put the balloons in the living room, and when he woke up and found them, he just started laughing. He wouldn't put the balloons down all day... even during his bath. I don't think that Cade knows what a birthday is yet, but he definitely knew that something was different, and that it was fun and exciting! He was bouncing off of the walls all day long. When it came time for his nap, I put him down, and he just ran around his room squealing and laughing for almost 45 minutes by the time I gave up and just let him come out and play.

Russ was able to take 1/2 of the day off, so when he came home, we all went to the zoo. It was Cade's first time. He was interested in the monkeys, but didn't really care for the rest of the animals. He LOVED the carousel though. He was really mad at us that we didn't let him ride it all day.

I thought that Cade would love his cake, but he really didn't care. He looked at it interested for a second, and then wanted to move on to the next thing. I thought it turned out pretty cute though.

I tried to teach Cade how to blow out his birthday candles, but it didn't really work out... he would take a big breath in, like we told him, but then he didn't know what to do from there and would hold his breath...

Cade had a lot of fun opening his presents. He was upset at first when we would take one toy away from him so that he could open the next... but he got the hang of it pretty quick.

Cade was really excited about this tool set... he stuck his little tongue out of the corner of his mouth and grinned just like this while Russ took it out of the package.

Then he was back to holding the balloons...

After presents, we cut the cake and tried to get Cade to eat some of it. Of course being the picky eater that he is, he gagged and pushed it out of the way. He never did take one bite. He did like poking the candles in the cake though. He also kept taking big breaths in like he was going to blow them out again... even though they weren't lit.

We had such a fun day. Cade is quite the character... we love this little guy so much. He keeps us laughing... running and laughing.