2 Years Old

Hayden had his second birthday this past week, and I can't believe I'm the mommy of a 2-year-old! He had a great day (in spite of the fact that he isn't smiling in any of the pictures below). He started out the day by going to the Phoenix Children's Museum, where he had fun playing with the Ramirez boys, getting lost in the noodle forest, and sending baby dolls down the slide (we'll have to work on his baby skills before his little brother or sister comes along).

He took a nice long nap in the afternoon, and we met daddy for dinner at Peter Piper Pizza. Hayden was so excited to start playing with the games that he barely ate any pizza.

Hayden won a ton of tickets at this weird alien-tricycle-race-on-the-moon game, and he used them to buy some candy and a jumping plastic frog. After dinner, we went home to open presents (see picture below of Hayden and all his loot). Thank you to everyone for your generous presents and cards!!


After Hayden opened his presents, he got to see his train birthday cake. He wasn't sure about blowing out the candles, so Daddy had to help. After the candles were blown out, he said "Bubbles?", since that is his only experience with blowing something. While he loved his train cake, he was so involved in playing with his new train set that he couldn't be bothered to eat some chocolate cake--with as much as he loves anything chocolate, you know this train set is awesome. However, he did enjoy a piece of cake the next day.

Here is a video of Hayden opening his presents. Caution: it's a long one, and is mainly for grandparents and other hardcore Hayden fans. We love you little guy!!