Half Birthday Update

My Baby Boy is 2 1/2 years old today. Where, oh where, has the time gone???

We are thankful to have David's parents here for Thanksgiving, and since they have a tradition of celebrating half birthdays...today was Josiah's special day! As a child, on his 1/2 birthday, David got to pick the place to eat. Now for the grand kids, David's parents go all out! They even brought presents to celebrate; I went and picked out half of a cake for the half birthday celebration. He, he.
I just love the look on Josiah's precious little face in the above picture. Mackenzie, along with the rest of us, was singing "Happy Half Birthday" to Josiah. He obviously knew it was his special day.
This picture just captured his pleased little expression so well.

Now this picture just cracks me up. As soon as we were finished singing, he dug right in to that cake! You can see the missing icing along the edge of the cake closest to him, as well as the clump in route to his mouth. :)

His special day was complete with gifts from Granna and Z-Pa! (Mackenzie received some gifts, too, of course!)

We had a fun day and made some neat memories. I still cannot believe my baby is two and a half! We measured him at home today; he is 36 inches tall and weighs 29.5 pounds already! I was surprised as Mackenzie did not weigh 29 pounds until she turned 3 1/2 years old-Ha. Josiah recognizes letters for over half of his alphabet now. He knows all his colors and shapes. He can almost spell his name by himself...still requires a little prompting, but correctly identifies his name when he sees it in print. Also knows all the letters in his name, just sometimes rearranges them still! He can sing the entire alphabet song. He enjoys singing lots of other songs, too. His favorite is "Jesus Loves Me." When he needs us in the night, he just gets up from his toddler bed and comes to our room to get us. He's up at 7am or slightly thereafter these days, and goes to bed between 7:30pm and 8pm. He loves his chocolate milk in a sippy cup. When Mackenzie wakes up, he loves to greet her with a morning hug and they share their "I love yous." It melts a Mommy's heart. He loves to draw. One of his favorite toys these days is anything on wheels, especially trains. Diego and Lightening McQueen are his favorite two characters, hands down. He is a good little helper, and he loves to entertain! I love his cuddles and his kisses. Today he informed us all that he is not 2 1/2 years old...he said, "I'm still just two!" I don't mind that one bit. You just stay little kiddo!

Happy 1/2 Birthday, Josiah! You are two and one half years old today. I will add to this post later...hopefully with some ball park measurement updates and some fun pictures from an upcoming half Birthday party from Granna & Z-Pa! :)