My Baby is TWO!?? What?

(This is one of FIVE posts tonight!! WHEW~   So check below to see what we've been up to this summer.)

Last week, my baby turned TWO!?! I cannot believe it! Time flies way too fast!

This is just the CUTEST!!! He is so beautiful!!  Oh how I love!!

Gage is the BEST thing we ever did! That is for sure!!  He is such a little BOY! And I mean ALL BOY!  Lately, he has started to really get into pretend play, and what does he pretend to do?  He pretends to die!! Hahaha! And he's really good at it too!  Really theatrical!  It is so so so beyond funny! 


He is obsessed with hats! ALL hats!  If there is a hat, it is on his head! So, that cowboy hat is much more than just an adorable photo prop! He kept it on for at least 2 hours when we went to the rodeo/fair/concert.  

He is seriously a little praise-monger! He constantly claps for himself and says; "Good Boy!" and "I did it!"  I love it!

He is such a little lover!!  Lately, he is all about the hugs and kisses! Like a mad man!  And he is ALL about the double-hug, which is where you think he is going to go to the other parent, but instead, he wraps his arms around their neck and the one who's holding him and he brings ya both in for the double hug!  It's pretty dang adorable!

However, we've already got to keep a look-out for him and the ladies at daycare!  He traps them in the corners and smooches them when they're least suspecting it!  


Speaking of daycare...and anywhere else there might be children...my child is officially the ring-leader!! He brings the crazy!  Just the other day, at our friend's little girl's birthday party, we peeked in the room all the kids were playing in (mind you, there was a whole HEAP of noise and crazy going on in there) and who was at the dead center of it all, wrangling all the kiddlets up? GAGE!  Isn't so hard to imagine?  I mean, coming from two incredibly shy and quiet parents and all, who da' thunk? (hehehE)

As for his birthday celebration...it's this Saturday and we cannot wait!  It's cowboy themed and believe me when I say, I'll have LOTS of photos to post!  I might even break out the real camera for it!!....(Not "might"...that's a big "definitely will" for sure!) I intended to throw together a little party...but, it's sorta turned into a BIG party!  Let's just hope it doesn't rain!

OH and This just in: he officially says " I LOVE YOU!!" We've had sneaky suspicions in the past that he was saying it, but now he's genuinely saying it, and it's understandable!! 

...oh...and big surprise, he's still in the 98th and 100th percentiles for head and height respectively, and still over the 100th for weight...hahaha, but not as far over as he used to be, that's for sure!!  

Well, see ya next week!

<3

Photo Spewing! Hehe

I'm on a boat!!

 After the excitement wears off...zzzz

Onto the PUYALLUP FAIR AND RODEO

 How adorable is this little cowboy!!?

Look at those curls!!

Not a great pic, but the Joe Nicholls concert was AWESOME!!

 Check out Ty's face!!

 And this is the ride that caused all sorts of drama!!

 We could not get him off!  And it's so funny, because he takes it SO seriously!!! I think in his cute little head, he thinks he is actually driving the truck! :)

 And the drama!!!  Oh the drama!!  

 But seriously....such the cutest little cowboy ever!!

So, rather than word vomit...I'll photo-vomit!! :) 

I'm playing major catch-up and...despite the fact that camping photos are NEVER the most flattering (no make-up...yikes!)

Here we go!

This kid LOVES hiking!

 This kid will literally throw rocks for HOURS! It's hard to get him to stop! 

 Isn't he a stud in his sweet rays!?

 This tree was so cool!!  We climbed in and out of it for a long time.

 Here's Gage climbing in...or under the tree...

 And here's where you come out...

 How cool is this shot!!  Hahaha...love this mutt! Way to go Ty!!

 True love!! hehe