Donovan's celebration

I wanted to post some pictures I took earlier this week and forgot about! Donovan found his bibs one day and had to wear them both. It was pretty hilarious watching him put them on and try to get them off. He would peek at me and when we made eye contact he would laugh.
He has done pretty well with Addi around. We had her twice this week while Lenna and Scott were both working. He has had a hard time with the fact that I can't jump up and do what he wants me to do if I'm in the middle of making a bottle, feeding, or trying to change her. He does like to be next to her sometimes and liked the idea of lying down by her. I just had to move him because he was about to squish her arm.
He's just cute and I love his blue eyes!
For Donovan's party, we were going to go to a park and grill hot dogs, but yesterday ended up being a pretty yucky day. It was storming in the morning and by the afternoon it was still cloudy and the ground was wet. I asked Lenna if we could have the party at their place since it's bigger than ours, and thankfully, she let us! We invited Brad's uncle Larry and his wife Patsy who also brought their grandson, Josh. David and Joyce came too as well as Hannah and of course, Mason, Lenna, and Addi. Scott had to work so we saved him some food for when he got home.

Donovan was spoiled completely and poor Mason had a rough time with the fact that it was Donovan's birthday and not his (you'll hear him crying in the background of the video of Donovan opening a present). It has to be hard when it was his birthday just a couple weeks ago and the presents were all his! He calmed down enough to enjoy playing with Donovan's new toys and realized that he will be able to play with them when he comes over to our place.

I think he may have been a little overwhelmed with all of the presents. There were so many to open! He would open one halfway and move onto another. He did stop for one present though. David and Joyce were the big winners. They gave him his favorite gift. They got him an awesome toy guitar. He loves it! So far it has provided hours of entertainment, for him and us!
Mason loved the guitar too!He ended up with a pile of shirts, a jacket and 2 pairs of pajamas, a new show, and more toys than he will be able to play with! Thank you everyone! He loves all of his presents. He loved the dinosaur jammies from his Granny and Papa Silvey, he even said they were "cute" (funny story, he loves to grab clothes, hold them up to himself and say "cute"). He also loved the awesome toy Black & Decker tool set from his Grandma and Papa Goodman! He loves tools and was pounding away with his hammer this morning until he saw the guitar out of the corner of his eye...the loudest toy always wins...

Here are the frog cupcakes I made. They are nowhere close to looking professional, but I think they turned out cute. Mason and Donovan both knew what they were, so I considered them a success!The batteries were having issues in the camera, so this was the second take of the birthday song and blowing out the candles. He was just too good at it, we couldn't finish! We decided to let Mason blow out some candles too because he had such a hard time with the presents. We didn't want a repeat.


Mmmmm...chocolate... He ate 2 cupcakes, so I guess he liked them!It was so fun to get all of the cards and birthday calls. I will speak for Donovan when I say, he had an awesome birthday! It is nice to see how many people were thinking of him and how many people love and support him. I love family and the role it plays in our lives! We always have a support system for us and our child. I couldn't ask for better families whether it be blood, in laws, or even adopted aunts and uncles (we love all the Hanks's!). We are so grateful to have all of these amazing people in our child's life. I still can't believe he is 2, the time flies by so fast. Joyce made the comment last night about how she remembered me sitting on the couch with my belly reading Twilight (I stayed with them the week before Donovan was born because Bradley was out of town). I started to remember my pregnancy and remembered how much he moved! Not much has changed! I am a firm believer that a lot of a child's personality is inherited, so I should have known he was just getting me ready for all of the leg bouncing (he has been jumping since the day he was born, some of you should remember), the squirming, and all of the energy he was going to have! He is such a special boy. He drives me crazy some days, but I wouldn't trade him for anyone or anything. We love you Donovan!!!

Here is the video of Donovan enjoying his awesome guitar. He made the best face when he was trying to get into it.