I'm 2 years old now!!!

Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday extra special, handsome, intelligent, witty, gorgeous, perfect Evan. Happy birthday to me.

As this is being written I am 2 years, 1 hour, and 8 minutes old. It rocks being 2!!! From what I can tell, being 2 comes with many responsibilities including opening tons of presents! I think that I can handle it.

I had my birthday party yesterday. It was a wiggly Wiggle themed party. Since we haven't moved to the new house yet, it was held at the smaller duplex. And because there isn't much room, we only invited family and my babysitter/2nd mommy Lisa. I opened presents, played with balloons, listened to the soundtrack of the Wiggles "Big Red Car", and ate some Wiggly and sugary cake.

Mommy decorated the house the night before the party and when I woke up on Sunday I found balloons and streamers and other goodies in the dining room. When I saw all of that, I knew something big was up and refused to take a nap before the party, fearing I would miss it. That probably wasn't the best idea, because I spent much of my time at the party in a daze. It took me a while to get the hang of opening the presents, but once I woke up, I got it done. After everyone left, I crashed. Mommy and Daddy took that opportunity to open all of my toys and play with them before I could. Cheaters...

Today (my actual birthday), we ate lunch with Daddy's side of the family and went to Grammy's house, where I opened another present. Because I knew that today had to be as big as yesterday, I again refused to nap. As a result, on the way to the windmill museum (winnies!!), I fell asleep in the car. Luckily, the museum isn't open on Mondays, so I didn't miss anything. Life is good.

Since I know you are dying to see pictures, I will share. I would like to mention that in the future, Daddy will not be allowed to photograph family functions. 95% of all the photos taken yesterday came out blurry and not usable. That is unacceptable to me!


Birthday couch flying with Grandaddy.


Balloons.


And more balloons.


My wiggly cake.


Looking at my wiggly cake and big #2 candle.


Helping Nana open one of my gifts.


Playing with my new cars this morning.


Kicking back at Grammy's this afternoon.

Swim Day

Last Friday, my babysitter, Lisa, had a swim day. Mommy and Daddy were both able to get off of work just in time to see me reject the idea completely. I didn't enjoy the cold pool water that much. What can I say? I'm a jacuzzi kind of man. Anyway, I managed to get myself just wet enough to stand around in the grass, shivering. Mommy finally went home and fetched Daddy's swimsuit, but it didn't help much. Daddy got into the pool and pulled me in with him. I went along with it for a few minutes, then made him take me out. All in all, it was a wet and busy afternoon.


Me and my friend Gavin. As you can see, he is playing with the sprinkler and I am standing a respectable distance away.


Daddy and me in the pool. As I was dragged into the pool, I grabbed another sprinkler and pulled it in with me.


In another futile effort to save myself, I threw someone's crocs into the pool.


Daddy finally gave up on me and played in the sprinkler alone. He's gonna kill me when he sees this picture of himself on the internet!!!

My Winnie Farm

I have decided to use my skills for good, instead of evil. Actually, for VERY, VERY good. I am going to make my front yard into a windmill ("winnie") farm. Thanks to my special friend Vicki who is quickly contributing to my collection of fancy pinwheels. What do think? It's truly maginificent, isn't it?

A trip to Austin

I just got back from a whirlwind trip to Austin. I got to fly on an airplane for the first time too. I hated it.

Whoever invented air travel was sick and demented. The take off was horrible and I started to scream at the beginning of both trips. Finally, Mommy pulled the window shade down and it was a tad better. I made the most of my time on that miserable airplane by taking multiple alternating sips of Mommy and Daddy's beverages and by feeding Daddy peanuts. Towards the end of the trip back to Lubbock, I allowed Mommy to slowly open the window shade so I could try find some winnies from the sky.

While I was in Austin I got to go to the Capitol, to the Lady Bird Johnson wildflower center, to the Rock Rock outlet mall, to see the apartment that I lived in for the first 3 months of life, and to Zilker park. It was a lot of fun and I lived it up to the extreme. However, when I travel, I get disoriented and can get wild and/or cranky easily. Mommy was exhausted by the end of the trip. However, I think that had more to do with the test she had to take for work and her wild curly hair that the humidity caused. Jus between you and me, I hardly recognized Mommy with what I thought was a bad 80's perm. You will notice that there are no pictures of her in this post... Anyway, if you judge a good time by mosquito bites and skinned knees, I had a great time!


At the Capitol


A cannon. More importantly, look closely and see if you can read my shirt!


On the Capitol steps


In a senate room


At the Wildflower Center


Looking out the hotel window


Wow! What a great view!


Whew, I'm exhausted!! Can you see the mosquito bites and skinned knees?

A bicycle built for two

I got Daddy a toddler bike seat for Christmas, with the hope that he would take me away to far lands, but he has hardly used it. As you can tell by looking at him in his funky red sweatpants, he needs a good workout. So, I made him take me riding last week. Here are some pictures from our adventures:



On another subject, I have learned from experience that it is so much fun to wear my bicycle helmet and nothing else. I have done this and then stood in front of the open front door. Fun!



Bye Bye!!