Holden officially turned two on Monday, but we celebrated over the weekend since my parents were in town. I mentioned before that I decided against throwing him a birthday party this year and although I missed planning all of the little details that come with a party, it was nice to actually enjoy nothing but my birthday boy.
I still keep in touch our wedding cake baker and I decided last minute to see if she could bake a birthday cake. I'm not even a cake person, but her cakes are the best so I will happily pay her to make a cake whenever she is willing! Like Brantley, Holden adores sports, balls, and everything related, but he's also developed a love of Lightning McQueen (mainly from a pair of hand-me-down Lightning pajamas) so I decided on a Cars-themed cake. It turned out adorable and I'm still enjoying the leftovers. ;)
We didn't go overboard with gifts. We got him some of those Melissa & Doug puzzles, a CamelBak, the alarm clock, and the PBK adirondack chair. I'm kicking myself for ordering a yellow chair, as it's a little too John Deere / 7up / Green Bay Packers next to Brantley's green one. And since the box is long gone, there is no exchanging it for another color. :(
After dinner, we lit two candles on Holden's cake, and to my surprise, he knew exactly what to do. He blew them out in one puff and he didn't even stick his hand in the flame like he did last year. #success
We didn't do much celebrating on Holden's actual birthday since it was a weekday and all. However, perhaps the most exciting thing that happened was Holden's attempt to use the potty! It was completely out of the blue, after Craig made some comment about him "learning to use the potty first." Well, he marched right into the bathroom and made reference of wanting to sit on it! I wish I had a picture because he seemed so proud, despite not actually going to the bathroom.
It was a really low key, but lovely birthday weekend for the little dude.
Happy second birthday to my second born - a mostly sweet, sometimes feisty, always opinionated, smart, blue-eyed mana's boy!
It looks like he had a pretty great day! Love his birthday shirt and his cake was adorable. We love those puzzles with the magnet wands. Happy Birthday again sweet Holden.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great weekend! And there's nothing wrong with Green Bay Packers colored chairs coming from this WI girl. ;) ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday!!!! I love his blue eyes!
ReplyDeleteI love the photos. And the cake is great! I'm pretty sure Zachary had a Cars themed party for his 2nd b.day too. He's almost 9 now! :)
ReplyDeleteSo cute!!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Holden! That cake is amazing! Have you thought about punting the chair of the yellow doesn't grow on you?
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Holden is just adorable! And what a cute cake! We go back to our wedding cake baker from time to time too. Happy 2nd birthday, Holden!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad he had a great birthday- and that cake is awesome! He's such a little man! And sooo awesome about the potty!! Good way to start!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Nicks second birthday party was also a Lightning McQueen theme... we didn't do a party for his 3rd birthday and it was so nice. Happy Birthday little man!
ReplyDeleteAdorable cake - happy birthday Holden!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Buddy! That cake is adorable and I love the PBK chair!! We did low key for Jude's birthday and I loved it!!
ReplyDeleteSuch precious pictures of your sweet boy!! It looks like he had the best time. And that cake? Amazing!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like the best birthday! I love low key and able to enjoy the day with your kids. I think that's why I like birthdays so much now as an adult. So low key and enjoyable. Having said that, I think I need to find a "four" shirt for Mason for his birthday! Did you get that at Old Navy?
ReplyDeleteWhat a perfect little birthday for Holden! I love that you kept it low key, and everyone was able to enjoy his special day!
ReplyDeleteOhhhh how cute is he!? These pictures are so good and that cake is adorable! Happy Birthday to your cutie!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like Holden had a wonderful birthday, he is such a doll! That cake looks amazing! Im LOLing over your yellow and green chairs analogy!
ReplyDeleteSuch the perfect little birthday! And I'm super impressed that you were able to get a picture of him with the cake...without him piling in! ;)
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