Kai turns 2!!

Let me tell you, we have celebrated this little boy's birthday in style this year! 

Last Saturday we had his party, where we had close to 25 of our favorite people come and celebrate with us. Of course the theme was Thomas, and K had the time of his life. That whole day, as we were getting ready for it, he walked around the house saying, "My party, my party, my party!" He handled himself fantastically for only having a one hour nap, and I think everyone had a great time. Luckily, it wasn't raining, so after the main festivities were over we let the 11 kids who were in attendance go outside to play. It was so fun to have all those kids running around our backyard, playing basketball and squealing with delight! 

His actual B-day was Thursday, which he got to spend at daycare. I won't go into the Mommy guilt I had for having to send him there on his birthday, but he had a wonderful time. They were also having their Valentine's party that day, so along with the cupcakes I sent for him to share with his friends, it turned into quite the celebration. Of course, he thought it was all "My party, my party, my party".  His care provider told me that when they were all singing Happy Birthday to him, he was just beaming and clapping his hands!

I was able to get off work early on Thurs., so I picked him up and we went home to relax for a little while. Later, we met Joe at Red Robin for his birthday dinner. It was his first Red Robin experience, and he thought it was just great. He loved looking around at everything, but wasn't sure what to think when the big red bird started walking around the place. After dinner we went home and he opened a few gifts from us. Today the festivities finally concluded when we gave him our "big gift", a tricycle! We didn't want to give it to him right before bedtime expecting him to go to sleep right away, so we waited a few days until he could play with it. He loves it!

The other aspect of his birthday which will always be on our minds, is thoughts of his birthmother on this special day. We hope and pray that above all, she has peace in her heart that she made the right decision and that she could know how much we love him. 

Please enjoy the video montage below, the video footage right at the end shows you a very tired, very wired little birthday boy! 

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