two!

Lately the blog has been focused on the twins a lot, but Saturday was ALL ABOUT WILL!  Our sweet boy turned TWO years old!  It seems so unreal to me that he is not a baby anymore.  The past two years have truly been the best of our lives.  Will is such a blessing to our family, and I can't wait to see him continue to grow and become a big brother!  

Just a few words that describe Will at two years old:  hilarious, curious, determined, smart, loving, talkative {except around new people}, and absolutely so LOVED.  I love that we can have conversations now.  It is so amazing to get to hear what's going on inside his mind...he is constantly surprising us!  A few of my favorite "Will" phrases right now include..."that noise?!" {said when he wants to know what a noise is}, "where'd he go?" {pretty much anytime he wonders where something or someone went...and usually said while shrugging with both hands up in the air}, "love you mama" and "goodnight mama!"  And I should mention that Will's favorite thing to say is "keys please!!"  He will ask anyone for their keys, and good luck trying to get them back if you surrender them!  His other favorite is "hold it!!" - said emphatically anytime he wants something.  He also loves singing the ABCs and counting, and he's pretty darn good at both.  I could go on for days listing things I want to remember about this age.  Seriously.  So fun!

Since I'm in the hospital, instead of throwing a big party, we just had a small family get together in my room. I won't lie....the morning of Will's birthday was the hardest time at the hospital for me so far.  I skyped in with Will and Matt for their birthday pancake breakfast, and I was just so bummed that I wasn't there to celebrate.  {and it really didn't help that the tricycle I ordered in PLENTY of time had been delivered damaged, and the replacement got delayed in shipping out of the warehouse, so although it had been promised that it would arrive in time...it did not.  Toys R Us FAIL.}  BUT....then my mom came up with decorations, Sesame Street plates, and an awesome cake, and we turned my room into a party.  Then after naptime, Will and Matt came up, along with Mimi & Duke, Nana, Aunt Ryan, Uncle Alex, Uncle Jonathan, and Jordan.  Will had a blast, and I honestly think that he had more fun with it just being our small group because all eyes were on him the entire time, and he loved hamming it up for everyone.  Here are some pictures and videos.

We started the party with some squeezable applesauce...perhaps Will's favorite thing in the world right now. 

We read some cards {sitting at Will's fun new picnic table from Mimi and Duke!}

We even wore party hats for about 2 seconds before Will ripped his off.

Awesome Elmo cake!  Thanks Mimi!!!

Lighting the candle!

After blowing out the candle, Will immediately leaned over and took a bite out of the cake!

mmmmmmm....icing!

While he was taking his first bite, I made a comment about letting him do it because it was his cake, so he sat up, looked at me, and said, "let him do it!"  Then he went in for another bite!  Total power move.

After a few bites from the whole cake, we traded for a piece.  He loved spooning the icing into his mouth!

And then he remembered that it's easier to just jam your face into the cake! Ha!

Here's a little cake eating video.  Please excuse all of our background conversations...I really wanted to post this to remember Will eating the cake with no utensils and saying, "delicious cake!"

Then we opened some more presents...Nana got Will a Spiderman themed gift, complete with his very first suitcase!  {Not sure if I've mentioned this on the blog before, but Will and Matt have a hilarious game that they play where Will stands up on the bed and yells "SPIDERMAN" as he collapses into Matt's arms.  Love these guys!}

Kind of a random picture, but I love how the light hits Will's sweet little profile.  Melt my heart.

Will definitely put some balled up wrapping paper inside his shirt and declared, "babies in there!"

I got in as many hugs and snuggles as possible!

Will used the baby belly as a nice little seat, and I loved it.  Unfortunately this was my last day of holding Will for awhile...I ended up having enough contractions that night after the party that I had to have a shot of terbutaline to stop them. {don't worry...they weren't productive, but the doctors still weren't loving them considering our situation}  Soooo....no more lifting this sweet 28 pound boy until after babies {and after c-section recovery!}

After a fun party day on Saturday, it was back to reality for Will today.  He had to visit Dr. Denison for his 2 year checkup.  Considering his disposition at his last few well visits, he actually did great today!  My mom and Matt took him, and I hear that the weight and height checks were a bit rough, but it sounds like he held it together pretty well for the actual visit with the doctor.  He got a great report, and here are his stats:

Weight: 28 lbs, 2 oz {50%}

Height: 34 1/4 inches {45%}

Head: 19 3/4 inches {80%...big brain?}

And I'm ending this post with a video from Saturday of Will singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  He had to be bribed with the promise of getting to play with Uncle Alex's keys in order to get a repeat performance for the camera, but I'm so glad we got this on video.  Priceless!

Happy birthday, sweet Will!  We love you SO much!