Happy Birthday Max!

Max's 2nd birthday is on Thursday, but because they will be in Delta for swimming lessons and I will be out of town, we decided to celebrate in Delta last weekend. Marshall and I drove down Friday night and as soon as we got there Myles ran out the door and said "you are only here for Max's birthday and then you have to go home!" Way to make his parents feel good. They just love being at grandma's and I think that having their parents there cramps their style!

Max was so excited when we carried his presents in that we decided to have his party that night instead of the next day. He loved his cake, and especially singing Happy Birthday TO YOU (he has been practicing for months). We had to light the candles a few times for him to blow out.

He loved the "Mo-mass" cake in theory, but in practice when he had a piece of it he was not that impressed with the messiness of the frosting. I don't think he ate a bite, but he enjoyed using the napkins to wipe it off his hands.

He loved his presents. I found him an Elmo (probably our 10th Elmo doll) that sings ABCs which is what he sings 24/7. He also got some Mickey Mouse books, a Thomas train set, and a back-pack filled with church books to keep him entertained on Sundays from his grandma and grandpa Delta.


We wore him out that night but he woke up at about 5 in the morning with a terrible nightmare. Marshall got up with him and couldn't get Max back to sleep so finally Marshall fell asleep on the couch while Max played in the living room. When we got up about 7 this is how we found them. Max had crawled onto the couch with Marshall and fallen asleep. They slept for about another hour and we kept saying how much they look alike!

I think Max really enjoyed his birthday party. Here is a video:



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