Probably his best day ever.

We took Curtis to the Wings over Wine Country air show along with Hannah and Leo. It may have been the most excited I've ever seen him. There were tons of planes and we got to go inside a bunch of them. It was like his own personal Disneyland. Although I know NOTHING about airplanes it was pretty great to see his reactions. We had a great time and as you can see by the last picture, nap time that day was awesome.

More catch up - our week in Laguna

We spent a week at the beach with the Tester family. How did we manage to only take pictures of Curtis? Well Uncle Dan and Aunt Julie are in the background at least!

Solvang

Our trip to Solvang. We got to throw money into the little mermaid fountain. We'll wait til Curtis is a little older before we start showing him how to get the money out of the fountain. And of course we got to see some of our favorite people!!

birthday party pictures

Better late than never.

riding the trike

Here's some video from Andy's phone. Blurry, but you get the idea.

Mmmm... cupcakes

Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate Curtis' b-day. We had such a great b-day weekend. And thanks to auntie for these pictures - I'm still working on getting some off my camera. I will try to post more soon - but these were too cute to pass up.

happy birthday

To my Son on his 2nd Birthday:

Curtis James you are so beautiful. Thank you for choosing me to be your mama. I can't believe how lucky your daddy and I have been to have you in our lives - we love you so much.

Every day when I wake up I can't wait to see your sweet face - whether it's climbing all over me in bed rooting around for "mommy milken" or if I'm lucky enough to wake up before you and get a shower and a cup of hot tea before I come into your room to see you peeping over the crib as you reach your little arms in the air to be picked up. We nurse and cuddle and wake up and try to get the sleep out of our eyes. I know our nursing days are probably numbered, but I cherish this time with you in the morning and when I get home from work - we get to reconnect and be close and take a few minuets to slow down. Pretty soon when you don't need mama's milk anymore, we will find new ways to be close and you will find new ways to be close to daddy too - it's really exciting.

Curtis, you are such an amazing little boy. I can hardly believe you are already a little boy, but that's what has happened - you have turned from our little tiny bean of a baby to a running, jumping, dancing, singing, piano playing, drumming, laughing little boy. You have such confidence in yourself and your ability to do everything by yourself. "Cursey dood it" is a phrase we hear a lot. It's really awesome to see and completely inspiring. I want to do everything I can to protect you from harm, but I also know that you can do so much more than I give you credit for. You have no fear and I love that about you. Even if it scares the bejesus out of me.

This year you are going to discover so much and learn so many new things. I can't wait to see what this year brings for us. When you were a tiny, tiny baby I used to rock you for hours just hoping that I could hold on to those moments forever and that it would never end. I was so afraid of losing those days. Little did I know that with each passing day and week and month and year I would love you more and love each new phase more than the last. Is it possible that it could keep getting better? That is my hope for you this year - that it keeps getting better.

Happy Birthday my sweetheart. You are my sunshine.

~mama