Jimmy * Esther * Zeke * Lilly

I wasn’t feeling too well Friday and Saturday. Jimmy wasn’t here to help because he had a work conference this week and weekend, but I sure had lots of things to be thankful for. Some of the things that made my days a lot better were…

* My mom playing with Zeke Friday night so I could rest on her couch.

* Zeke’s nap on Saturday

* A hot, relaxing bath while Zeke took his nap

* Our baby monitor to listen in on Zeke while I took my nice bath

* The funny things I heard Zeke say before he finally decided to take his nap-

“Mommy look! Twenty dollars!”

“Oh no, I broke it!”

“Needs more bacon”

“What was that?”

“Mommy, I love you”

“Look, a square!”

“All done mommy! Come out!”

* Jimmy finishing  his conference Saturday evening! It’s hard to be away. Even though it was just in Salt Lake, we missed seeing him as much as we usually do. I’m thankful that the conference is over and it will be a whole year before it happens again!

Zeke’s birthday was a lot of fun! Jimmy and I decorated the house when Zeke went to sleep the night before, and when he woke up on his birthday morning, he had fun seeing the streamers, balloons and other decorations. We had a fun time with Zeke’s birth mom Sammi doing her registry at Babies R Us, and then the three of us went to meet Jimmy for lunch downtown. We ate at the Lion House Pantry again, and it was delicious!

Zeke liked eating the jam the most, even over the chocolate cake!

Cute boys!

We had a fun sports themed party with all three sides of the family (Jimmy’s, mine, and Sammi’s). It was fun! There are a lot of little boys in our family, 5 boy cousins were able to come to his party, (and 1 niece).

Samantha made this tasty cake for Zeke

After Zeke blew out his candles, he said, “More fire!” He loves to blow out the flames on candles.

I don’t kow if this is a two-year-old thing or what, but for the past few days, Zeke has been rubbing his food in his hair. Silly boy!

Samantha, Me, Zeke, and Jimmy. I loved seeing Sammi’s cute little pregnany tummy. It looked so much like when we met her the first time a month before Zeke was born. Sammi and her husband are expecting their little boy in June, we are so excited for them!

Zeke trying out his present from Grandma S

Zeke with his gifts. Thank you everyone!

One of the first pictures of Zeke the day he was born~March 5, 2007

Zeke having a snack on his 1st birthday~March 5, 2008

Here is Zeke today, March 5, 2009! Happy 2nd birthday to our wonderfuly amazing Zeke! We are so blessed to be your parents, we love you more than we can say with words. You are such a joy, and we’re so proud of all you are!