The Big Birthday Post

I only just realized I never documented all our birthday celebrations! With Eddie in December and then both Jonathan and I in January with Christmas sandwiched in between, it must have gotten lost in all the celebrating!

First,

Our lil' Eddie turns 2!

He does this adorable thing where he holds up both pointer fingers on each hand to say that he's two.

We had a little celebration with Great Grammy and Uncle Steven the weekend before his birthday. In typical two-year-old fashion, he only made it through one present, Steven's Thomas the Train play tent!

On the actual day, we went to a local mall in the evening. It's outdoors and was all decked out for Christmas. The whole month of December they do an evening "snowfall" where fine little white bubbles spray out from all over while "Let it Snow" plays in the background.

 He was actually kind of freaked out of the "snow".

(I don't blame him.)

And the highlight: riding the trolley car!

He kept calling it a "boose" (caboose). He LOVED it! 

(As we knew he would, anything train related is his favorite right now!)

In Illinois a few weeks later, Gramps made this awesome Thomas cake.

Eddie was impressed, but he was so fascinated by the blue rail train set he could hardly be pulled away from it, even for cake or presents! 

It went like this: 

"Eddie, it's time to open your birthday presents!"

Eddie: "NOOOOOOO!!!" (*sob*)

Then he'd half-heartedly open a present and get somewhat excited, only to return to the train! (This was a theme all through our Christmas, but he got his very own blue rail train from Gramps and Grammy, so we're all set!)

For my birthday, we were in San Diego at a work conference of Jonathan's. 

 Dunkin' Donuts!

Our hotel had this great deal which gave you a $5 coupon to spend at their restaurants for every day you didn't get your room cleaned. That goes a long way toward coffee and donuts! So Eddie and I shared a special birthday treat! He is now quite a fan of "donells"!

 That night we went out to a modern Italian restaurant in downtown San Diego.

So so so so delicious!

(I forgot to take a picture of the food before I ate it!)

Jonathan, unfortunately, had a miserable day at work on his birthday. Ugh! Adulthood is just not so fun sometimes! But we tried to make up for it with a special dinner at home!

 The one snapshot of celebrating Dad!

I made his favorite, bruschetta, and we put candles in yogurt dessert to sing. Eddie, having come to understand a little about what birthday means ("Candles!"), has thoroughly enjoyed all the birthday celebrations! But now we have to wait the whole year for more!