how to turn 2

start the morning off by coming downstairs to open presents...

have some fun trying out the new sleeping bag...

hit up shipley's for a birthday doughnut...

pick some blueberries with your brothers...

enjoy some chick-fil-a for lunch...

get all snug in your bed ready for the first good night of sleep as a 2 year old...

of course, that's not before you serenade yourself at supper!


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happy 2nd birthday, reed!!

josie

I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  Psalm 139:14

 this past january, a friend of mine had twins.  carmen and josh keith welcomed elijah and josie on january 20th.  it seems as if everyone who has twins has to stay for an extended period of time in the NICU due to complications that often arrive involving the birth of twins.  but these two kiddos defied the odds and came straight home!

about a month ago, little josie was diagnosed with Saggital Craniosynostosis.  this means that the bones on the top of her skull have fused too early.  after researching procedures and surgeons, they came to the decision that a doctor in san antonio was the best option for her.  and they leave tomorrow morning for a little over two week stay in texas!  the surgery will be performed on july 14th, and they will hopefully get to come home on the 23rd.  josie will have to wear a helmet for a year afterwards.

so, i'm asking all you blog stalkers for prayer for this precious family.  they not only have to endure surgery for one kid, but they are leaving behind elijah and older brother, noah, for the duration of their stay.  those two will be in the capable hands of grandparents, but still....

carmen started a blog for others to keep up with josie's progress.

www.josie-journey.blogspot.com

she explains in much more detail what exactly is going on.  i didn't want to type it all here since you can go read her version of it for yourself.  also, she's new to the blogosphere, so she doesn't have many followers.  so, hop on over there and leave a word of encourgement and let them know you'll be praying for them.  or don't...just pray for them.  i know they'd be extremely grateful.

the next phil

reed took advantage of being the only kid home this week, and he played golf alongside his daddy a few afternoons ago.

the boy loves a ball of any kind, but i think the fact that the tv is on the golf channel at all hours of the day has influenced his love of this sport.  unfortunately, reed believes he is left handed.  the wicked serve of a lefty has it's advantages on the tennis court, but not so much on the golf course.  especially since they don't make plastic clubs for left handed almost 2 year olds.  oh well...i guess if he learns to hit the ball with the backside of the club, whenever he does actually get some clubs where the face of the club is the part that comes in contact with the ball, he'll be that much better!!

tee-ing it up while daddy tries his best to convince the boy that he is right handed...

no such luck, daddy!

working over #11.

he was actually very patient and tried so hard to do exactly what daddy did.  he would wait quietly out of the way while daddy hit his shot, and then he would run up and put his ball in the exact spot that chase's ball had just been and hit it.

i've got a racquet or two that doesn't care if you're right or left handed.  i think we'll go work on his serve tomorrow.

root, root, root for the home team!

we finished up our baseball season just in time...it's hot out there!  we had our end of the season party at mcalister's a few weeks ago.  the parents were happy to take advantage of the kids eat free night while the kids were happy to receive trophies!!  win-win situation!

happy william...

happy buddies...

happy team!

we even had fireworks!

reed doesn't turn two until next saturday, but we had his party this weekend.  the country club was kind enough to host his party for him...complete with inflatables, games, face painting, balloon animal making clowns, bbq, snowcones, and even a gigantic fireworks show!!  true...some people were there for a 4th of july celebration, but the rest of us were there to celebrate 2 years of reed!  :)

reed and his best buddy, griffin, ran all over the place like they owned it.  look at these faces!!!  it's like they are saying, "you wanna mess with us?!?  bring it!"  i'm a little scared of the high school years!

everybody else got in on the fun, too.

snow cones were a hit!

after griffin posed for his GQ magazine spread,

we sang to the birthday boy!

and he and everyone else thoroughly enjoyed his cookies!

before we knew it, the glow necklaces had been handed out, it was almost dark, and almost time for the fireworks!

and the show mesmerized everybody!

happy 2nd birthday, roo!