Well it's about time I do a little blogging. I feel like I've been going non-stop since we've moved into our new house. My list of things NEVER ends, but I'm not complaining, I like having projects and improving our house! One reason why I haven't been blogging is because of all the time I've spent working in our yard. Boy yard work is work! We've never had to spend so much of our spare time doing yard work so it's been an adjustment. We don't have a sprinkler system, so every morning I have to get up and water the lawn. I feel like I'm finally adjusting to it and have a system down, but for awhile I felt like that's all I was doing all day long! (We're hoping that by next summer we can install some sprinklers. We'll see though, it really isn't that big of a deal). The biggest reason though that I had been spending time in the yard was because I knew Cannon's birthday was coming up and I wanted to have is party in our backyard. Thankfully my Aunt Kathryn who has a beautiful yard and my mom (who also has a beautiful yard) and their families came over on a Monday night and helped us get our yard under control. We had a lot of trimming to do (and I don't know the first thing about yard work other then pulling weeds and watering) and we had a few giant trash trees that had to be taken out. I wouldn't have known they were trash trees so thank goodness I had some professionals there to help me :). I was so appreciative of all the help my family was willing to give. I have the world's best family and they prove it every time a family member is in need.
We celebrated Cannon's birthday on a Friday (July 26th) because his real birthday was on that Sunday (the 28th) and it was my cousin's mission farewell. I would have just celebrated it on Saturday, but I found an awesome deal from Groupon to rent a bounce house that was only available on Friday. So we celebrated two days early, but of course he didn't know the difference!
When I was thinking about what kind of a party I would have for Cannon's 2nd birthday (and you better believe it was months and months ago) I was talking to Marc and asked him what he thought we should do. And I wish I could say I came up with the idea all on my own, but Marc said to me, "Well Cannon loves to jump. You should have some sort of frog party." His idea was perfect, and so very true. Ever since Cannon was probably less then 6 months old he loved to jump in his jumperoo. He would jump in that thing for hours if I would let him. Then when he was older we borrowed a kid's tramp from a friend and he was in bounce heaven. He would jump on that thing until his legs wouldn't let him jump anymore. He loves jumping in his crib, on the couch, on the benches at church, on my mom's trampoline, and just about anything that he thinks can bounce. So a frog party was very fitting. I also had the idea that if I could find a good deal we would rent a bounce house for him so he and all of his little buddies could jump the night away.
All of my family (except for Syd because she had just had a baby a few days before) and our friends who had children around Cannon's age came to his party. The kids loved the bounce house, we ate some delicious treats, and played a game with some lily pads. I cut out a few lily pads out of felt and laid them on the grass and let the kids hop on them like frogs to the song, "3 Little Speckled Frogs." The younger kids (2 and younger) didn't quite understand the whole concept so they just ended up walking around in a circle. Guess the game was too difficult... After that we sang Happy Birthday to Cannon (he did a great job blowing out his candle before we ended the song :) ) and opened up his presents. He got spoiled again and loved having all of his friends and family over. His cute little friend Kaiya who is a few months older then him was so sweet and kept wanting to give him kisses. Cannon got a wiggle bike from my mom and he was riding it and Kaiya said to him, "Get off that bike and come over here so I can give you a kiss." Cannon must have a crush on Kaiya because he did exactly what she said. He got off his bike, gave her a kiss on the lips, then got right back on his bike and kept riding. It was adorable. I'm determined that Cannon and Kaiya will end up together, they would be so cute! Here are a few pictures from his birthday:
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| We had to buy him his own tramp. How could we not?- It went with his birthday theme! And yes, I purposely put him in his frog jammies the night before because it also went with his theme. :) |
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| Loves his tramp |
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| The treat table (minus the lime bars that came later) |
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| Kind of proud of myself and those that helped me come up with the cupcakes. I think they turned out cute! |
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| "Hoppy" Birthday |
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| The Birds |
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| Cannon and Miles. Couldn't get either one to put down their drinks |
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| Can't blame him for not putting down his drink. The lime slush was delicious! |
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| Uncle Hunter. Cannon just calls him "Hun." |
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| The Cahoon's and the Nelson's |
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| That balloon string took way too long to put together! Pinterest made it look so easy... |
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| The bounce house. Wish I had taken more pictures with the kids in it, but oh well. |
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| I found his shirt at Gymboree. Had to get it... It went with his theme. :) |
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| Cute Ellie |
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| He probably ate like 5 cupcakes that day! |
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| Kaiya's face!! What a cutie |
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| Best Frousins (Friend-Cousins) :) |
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| Jo, rhonda, Mom and Dad |
The party was a success. Cannon had a blast and is so lucky to have such loving friends and family. I can't believe my little dude is two already. I can vividly remember his one year party and it seems like he just turned 1 like 3 months ago. Cannon learns and says new things every day that I love. Lately he's been doing things that he knows makes me happy and afterwards says, "Mommy happy" with a big cheesey smile on his face. He loves to dance, run, jump, and pretend to shoot moose and deer and then hide from them. His facial expressions are hilarious. He does a "spooky" face and a "cheeser" face that make me laugh every time we ask him to do them. He loves "spooky" things like skeletons, ghosts, monsters and anything that has red eyes. He is surprisingly very coordinated and can catch, throw, and hit a baseball. He is also really good at riding a two-wheeled scooter. He is such a little boy in every way and I love him to pieces. From the movie what to expect when expecting, "I love my baby so much, sometimes I think I might eat him." Couldn't have said it better! Love my Cannon!!
