Happy Birthday Maddox!

Maddox woke up this morning at 8:30 (miracle! it has happened maybe only 3 times in his whole life) and said "Balls!"

He was a little scared of this whopper at first, but then he warmed up to it.

While TaTa cooked us a delicious breakfast of mushroom omelets and bacon, he played with his two favorite toys: the tractor and the drill. He falls asleep with the tractor like it's a stuffed animal!

Breakfast was a hit. He preferred the cupcake over the omelet. We talked about how he is TWO (not technically yet, but close enough).

And we talked about how we were going to the beach to celebrate.

It was a 60% chance of rain, but thank God it held off til we got home. The cloud coveage was NICE, in my pregnant opinion. Maddox was not so taken with the beach this time around, though. He was a little scared of the waves...and freaked out over the massive amounts of seaweed floating around.

See the seaweed? He called it "poo poo" and was stressed out that it was all over him. I told him it was grass and he said "mawn mow." Too funny. I went along with it and said, "Yep, someone will get it all with a lawn mower. It's just grass." He shook his head. "Poo poo."

We needed a break to get his mind off the "poo poo." A green apple shaved ice did the trick!

He was ready for the beach again in no time!

Then, back at our chairs, he decided to whine again. And the sky decided to rain a little. So...we packed up, washed off the seaweed and sand as best we could, and got some ChickFilA :)

At home, our shower turned green with seaweed. You don't even want to know all the places we found it! Maddox was right. That stuff was pretty gross.

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We had a beautiful naptime, complete with rain and thunder as background noise.

THEN...came party hats (for TaTa and me, since Maddox was not a fan of his at the time...of course tonight he wants to wear it....), cupcakes, the Happy Birthday song and presents!

We took advantage of the plastic tablecloth and used the paint set right away. Now Maddox's bathroom wall is covered in toddler art. Notice his face...this is what happens when Daddy is in charge of painting haha!

Dinner at Moe's topped off the day. We did all of Maddox's favorite things and hopefully he had a super amazing and special time, even though it was just with his TaTa and Mama :)

...I can't believe he is almost 2. Andrew measured his height today and he's grown two inches in just the last month!!

He is growing up up up...and while it happens, we're going to have fun. I hope the next year is filled with twice as many laughs and goofy moments....