Elijah's 2.... and a month

So I understand that I'm posting stuff about my sweet Elijah's 2nd birthday a good month after the fact, but that's what happens when you have a son who's birthday is right before Christmas! It's been quite busy! I cannot believe he is two years old. Before his birthday, he was so excited about his "Mickey Mouse Birthday Party," which he would say all the time. When you asked him who was coming, he would name a list of friends from church and what not, but it basically was family and a couple of our best friends. His party was a blast! It was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse themed, so all the food had to do w/ the show... Toodles' Tea, Donald & Daisy's Cheese & Quackers, "Chip" & Dale's salsa, Goofy's goody bags, "Minnie" fruit cups, Boo Boo Chicken Nuggets, Hot Diggidy Dogs,... and my favorite - Professor Von Drake's Vaffle Chips". (I mean, if you're going cheesy, you might as well go all out) We made a "toodles" for his party and Elijah had to call on him throughout the party for mousekatools. But it was absolutely precious when a baloon floated to ceiling and he grabbled the cardboard toodles to help get it down. Thankfully, his daddy was there to save the day. He had a great time at the party and was sad that it was only a one day thing. That night we went to our fav mexican restaurant, San Antonio, b/c you can't miss having your little boy decked out in a sombrero and sung to on his birthday. He thought it was so fun! He is just the most incredible little two year old! He loves loves loves to sing. I always wondered if our first born would be more musical than the others since he heard me teaching music all day while I was pregnant with him... we'll see... But he can sing SO many songs! Stephen's favorite is the farmer in the dell. I was singing rudolph, which I barely sang during Christmas, and I would stop at the end of each line, and he would sing the correct word every time! And then I sang "Oh you better watch out..." and he sang the rest of that song! I didn't even realize I had sung it that often for him to learn it. A sweet thing he is doing now, is that everytime we go up to bed for his nap, he runs and kneels by the side of his bed to pray. He repeats everything I say when we pray and it is just so sweet - he, the 2 year old, was reminding me, the grown up, to pray. And after he sings the blessing before we eat, he always says, so sweetly, "Thank you God for our family... I love you God" I know I'm going on and on about Elijah, but that's b/c this post is about him. My next one will be all about Luke. I have a lot of catching up to do on this blog! Hope all is well with you and your families!