TWO!!

Dawson had a WONDERFUL birthday! Or I hope we made it wonderful for him at least! We woke up, opened presents from mommy and daddy and then went straight to IHOP for breakfast where they sang Happy Birthday to him and gave him an ice cream sundae at 9 in the morning! Haha it was cute! After that, we headed straight to The Discovery Gateway in Salt Lake. My wonderful mom (Mimi is what Dawson calls her!) gave him a year membership to this toddler heaven for his birthday! We are going to be going there LOTS! I have so much fun watching him! We spent 2 hours there and then headed to City Creek and went shopping at the Disney store. His Uncle and Aunt and cousin gave him a gift card there so we went and bought him so Toy Story figurines and Cars figurines. After that, we went home and took a nap. When Dawson woke up, we asked him what he wanted for dinner. He said, without thinking twice, "Chicken, fries and sprite!" So off to Wendy's we went for his birthday dinner! We came back home and he played and played and played some more with all of his new toys and ended with Frozen right before bed! It was a FANTASTIC day! We LOVE Dawson more than anything and we can't believe he is TWO!!

We celebrated his birthday with family the night before his actual birthday. He wanted a Woody Party, and that is exactly what he got! :) He was telling everyone that he was having a Woody birthday party! Random people at the store, his nursery leaders at church, everyone! It was so cute and fun watching him be so excited for his birthday! :) He got so many wonderful presents from family! However, he went to bed with a fever after his party that night! :( He was sick last year on his first birthday, and sick again this year for his second birthday! Poor little dude cant catch a break! Luckily his medicine kept his fever down so he was still pretty happy! :) Since this is pretty much my journal of remembering all of the wonderful things, I am going to write down what we ate at the party so I don't forget! We had shredded bbq chicken sandwiches, potato salad, potato chips, fruit, veggies and of course, cupcakes! I am so sad that I forgot to take a picture of the food table! :( But here are some pictures from the party! Enjoy!

Jake is an amazing artist and drew Woody on our chalk board for Dawson! :)

I made this fun balloon arch! 

Singing Happy Birthday to my big 2 year old!

Drink station (obviously before they were filled, lol) There was water and yellow lemonade!

Birthday banner I made for Dawson!

Cupcakes I made for the party! I put little sheriff badges on top to match the theme of Woody! 

Our little family with Grammy and Papa!

Our little family with Gramps and Jeri!

Our little family with my family! Grumpa, Mimi, Uncle Trent, Brittni and Jasper (the cute dog!)

Our little family with Jake's family! Pops, Grams, Uncles Josh and Joey!

Our little family with my Aunt Carolyn, Cousin Noelle and Travis and little baby cousin "Baby Jacket" Dawson wasn't feeling good at this point if you couldn't tell! :(

Our little family with Jake's sister's family. Uncle Ian, Aunt Jeni and cousin Tucker!

Dawson on the morning of his birthday! He just opened his presents and he put his new helmet on right away and hopped right onto his new scooter! He LOVES it! Jake and I also gave him Lets Go Fishing game. He doesn't quite get how to play, he just loves catching all of the fish with the little fishing poles! :) He got a new shirt and a little football!

Dawson waiting to get in at The Discovery Gateway!

Dawson standing in front of our height ruler showing how tall he is at 2 years old! My big boy!!

My AMAZING brother, Trent, is such a talented photographer! He of course took Dawson's 2 year photo shoot! There were over 750 photos to choose from! It was so hard to choose! Here are just a few of our favorites! Enjoy!