my baby....

(the day he was born)

My baby is 2 today and officially a toddler. I can not believe that two years have gone by already. I now know what people mean when they say enjoy this time while you have it because it goes by too fast.

(his first smile at two weeks. My BIL was tickling his nose and got him to smile.)

I have to admit that I was a little sad that my baby was turning two today. He is officially no longer my baby. He is definitely turning into such a little guy all of the sudden and his little personality is just exploding. He has just started talking all of the sudden. I have felt that he has been a little slow at this and everyone has assured me that it will happen and when it does it will happen all at once. Man alive were they right. Mathias will try to mimic almost everything that you say. I just love it. I love the little kid accent that comes with it. Just yesterday he said "I love you" for the first time, man talk about melting your heart. The other thing that I love that he says is "cute mom," courtesy of Dev.

(first birthday party)

It feels like just yesterday we had his "Baby Einstein" first birthday party. I can't believe the difference in just a year!

I love this picture. It totally looks posed and it just screams "I am a big boy now!" He loves balloons and loves to try and pop them. This drives me crazy because it is like nails on a chalk board .

Here he is wearing daddy's shoes and the hat that he would not let us take off. In fact, he HAD to wear it to bed tonight. He's also trying to hold up his fingers to show us that he was two.

On a side note, "2" is Mathias' favorite number. He will come up to us holding two cars and say two or point at the two candles on our table and say two. Also if he sees any letters or numbers they are automatically a 2.