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Mattox's 2nd Birthday Breakfast

On Mattox's birthday he and I made strawberry pancakes for breakfast. (His favorite!) He really is a good helper. Here he is tasting the flour to make sure it is okay. He decides it needs something added to it.

Mommy's little cook hard at work.

Huh? What does that say?

Oh! TWO!!! Wow... I'm 2 today!

Wait... 2 years old... umm...

That means I have to be a big boy and give up my pacifier!!

Visiting Mel in Jackson

We visited Melanie while we were in Jackson for Papa's birthday. Mattox had blast playing with Carson and Conner.
Carson and Conner have Guitar Hero but it has a whole band!
Don't they look like naturals!!!

Carson is awesome on the drums!

Matt showed us how to make a bottle whistle!

They had super cool Hulk fist. Conner said to go for it!

Watch out! I'm ready to ride!

Papa's Birthday

Papa's birthday was June 6th. We went to Jackson and spent the day with him. We took him out to eat and shopping. Here you can see Mattox thinking... Yep! I picked out that puppy birthday card that is making papa smile.

Papa's tickles

Mattox helped blow out the 2 candles representing 72. He was getting some practice for his 2nd birthday.

Yep. The pics are in order backwards again. Sorry!!! Maybe one day I'll get this blogging thing down pat ;-)

WOW Is it really Potty Training time!?

One day in May, I was picking Mattox up from Montessori and the teacher said he had just told her he needed to "potty". WOW!!! He brought the whole issue up!!! So we bought a potty seat and have let him potty when he says he needs to. We haven't pushed the issue and aren't officially starting the real "training" until we get back from Disney World. But the funniest thing is that the first time he sat on the potty seat at home he asked for a book! Yes. HE asked for it! Go figure. It must be a boy/man thing.

Making Pear People

We've been spending time inside due to the 105 to 115 heat index. SOoooo... this gives us alot of time to do arts and crafts. On this day we made "Pear People". Sorry the pics are out of order.

YUMMY!! Starfish cracker eye with peanut butter!

Nancy's Birthday at the Beach

For my birthday Stephen surprised me with a weekend at the beach! He even got a BABYSITTER! Mattox stayed with Jason and Sally. I'm sure he had as much as we did.

We had terrific time. We enjoyed the most perfect weather you could ever ask for at the beach. We never got hot even though there were no clouds in the glorious blue sky. There was a slight breeze, just enough to keep you cool. In my case it was very deceiving because I got a really bad sunburn. It was well worth it though:-)! We also had a great time at the outdoor bar enjoying new drinks, chit chatting and meeting new people. It was a fun whirlwind of night. The next night we ate at the most devine sushi restaurant that was right in the Hilton where we were staying. It was the best sushi I've ever had! It was GREAT birthday surprise!

Cooling down with a cone!

Memorial Day Atlanta Trip

While in Atlanta we took Mattox to the Children's Museum. It was wonderful! Everything was hands-on FUN!!! Mattox got to paint, crawl through tunnels, play the piano and guitar in the music room, build with moonsand, and the list goes on. It really was a great place!

Mattox also got to go fishing, pretend shop in the grocery store (so cool!) and ride a real John Deer tractor!

Splish splashing in the fountains at Olympic Park.