happy 2nd birthday william!

like all parents, i also wonder, "WHERE DID THE PAST 2 YEARS GO???" my cute little peanut, has now turned into a toddling nightmare!!!!!!

don't get me wrong, he is a sweetie pie and all, but boy oh boy does this kid drive me up the wall some days!!! i think i say AT LEAST 10x's a day, "STOP HITTING, STOP BITING, STOP THROWING THAT, COME BACK HERE, YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE A NAP EVEN IF I HAVE TO STRAP YOU TO YOUR BED(eek, that is what my parents LITERALLY did), DON'T GET INTO THAT, DON'T RUN IN THE STREET, STOP!!! and NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!! talk about some major parenting blunders!! william makes me feel like i am failing as a parent!
having said that, who couldn't love this adorable, crazy chubby little guy???
isn't he cute?(don't let that fool you...)

we celebrated william's 2nd birthday at a local park with some new friends.
since we were going there for fhe anyhow, we decided to invite others to join in the festivities. it was a great time!

since william is into trucks right now, we had a construction zone cake. I COMPLETELY STINK at making cakes. just don't have the talent. so i always joke that when i make a cake it looks like a 4yr. old did it. this time, i enlisted some help from my kids so it REALLY was made by kids.


william got some fun gifts too this year. he is ALL boy! he already tries to ride the older kids bikes, wear their rollerblades and ride the skate board. so, i thought we could get him a scooter for his birthday. he loves it. he also got a ball, golf clubs, puzzles and a cute mower from some friends.


happy birthday william!!
we love you, even if you exhaust your mama to death!!!

PS...
here is a reminder of our little guy when he was about 5 months old.

PPS... on the flip side, william gives wonderful hugs and always gives me kisses before he ventures outside. it is funny. he also is very polite and says, "please" and "thank you!" and recently he started to say, love you! he also likes to cuddle, unless he doesn't want too! lol!