Happy Birthday Macalan!

Macalan turned 2 today! I can't believe I already have a two year old! It's hard to imagine what life was like before having him. He and Sutton have the been the best gift we could ask for.
Mac's birthday celebration started early when Grandma Mary and cousin Allison came on Saturday afternoon. Macalan enjoyed going out for ice cream at Cold Stone Saturday night. Unfortunately I had to stay home with Sutton who has been feeling very sick the last few days. However, they did bring some home for me. =) This morning Kyle and I took Macalan out for birthday pancakes and then to the party store to buy balloons. The fun officially started when the rest of our guests arrived this afternoon. Grandma Dorothy, Grandpa Gene, Uncle Tony, and cousin Lauryn all came up from Yankton to help celebrate.
Grandma brought Macalan's birthday cake along, which was made by a lady who used to make my birthday cakes. She did such a great job! We had her make a Lightning McQueen cake since that was the theme for his party this year. It was amazing. Macalan loved it.
He not only loved his cake, but he loved all of his great presents too. One thing he did not like was us singing Happy Birthday to him. For some reason as soon as we started singing he started balling. =( I'm sure it had something to do with the fact that he didn't have a nap.
All in all it was a great day. I'm excited to see what the next year of his life has in store for us. He has learned so much already this past year I can't imagine what he'll do next. I'm so glad I have my buddy bear around to make me laugh and smile. I don't know what I'd do without him!

The Zoo!

This past weekend we took the boys up to the zoo. It was Sutton's first time experiencing it. He had no idea where he was and slept through a lot of it, but it was still fun to have another "first" with him. If you're wondering about his boxer look (the rag on his head) I forgot his hat so we had to improvise. =)
Macalan really liked the farm area. He enjoyed watching the horses get groomed and for some reason he LOVED the chickens. He could have probably stood near the chicken coop for hours watching them. He wanted nothing to do with cows. He kept saying "No like cows!"
We are looking forward to more trips to the zoo this summer. I can't wait for life to slow down a little bit so we all have more time together to enjoy fun things like this!

Easter

This post is long over due. We have been pretty preoccupied lately. This was the first real Easter we have celebrated with kids. Macalan had fun "helping" dye the eggs. The Easter Bunny tried to hide them in obvious places, but I pretty much had to point out where all of the eggs were. He and Sutton shared a basket this year because I thought Sutton wasn't really at an age that he would know the difference. Macalan was so excited to look at all the goodies. He was especially happy to get to add a new car to his growing collection of Cars characters.
I can hardly believe that Mac's second birthday is right around the corner. I've been trying to get things done for his party, but I just never have enough time! I'm sure it will all turn out just fine. A former co-worker of my mom's is making a McQueen cake for us. I'm very excited to see how it turns out. I will be sure to post pictures of the big day. I'm sure my next posting won't be until after his birthday anyway.

5 Months

Sutton is now five months old! I cannot believe it's been five months already. In some ways it seems like it has gone fast, but in others it's like he has been here all along. It's difficult to remember life without him. I am so blessed to have two healthy little boys!
On the second of every month I take Sutton's picture to use in his scrapbook, which I am soooo behind in working on. That was going to be one of my "to-dos" this week, but I have yet to get to it. Anyway, I can never get a picture of Sutton without Macalan jumping in, Mr. Photogenic! It's been so hard to capture Sutton's cute personality in pictures, but I swear he really does smile a ton!
Sorry for the weird angle on Sutton's picture! I forgot to rotate it.