Two!?!!?!

I cried in Coache's arms last night, pretty much the whole night.  My son; my adorable, defiant, loving, stubborn, and hilarious son is 2 today.
Where did the time go??  I feel like that I missed the baby stage, that I didn't fully appreciate it like I should have and that I didn't enjoy every moment like I wanted to.  Those first years are a blink's moment in time. 
He went from this....

To this......

What an incredible little boy!! 
I do feel guilty bawling and telling Coach how much I feel like I've missed and how worried I was for not spending more time with him and not basking in the moments of his babyhood...
Coach just held me and told me that I was overreacting and really just comforted me, not at all mentioning that for a YEAR he only experienced Big T through photos that I sent him!!

I may never get to experience a baby again, and I realize that I am very lucky to have even gotten to experience it once, but it still brings sadness with the thought that he is no baby, it is over.

On a better note....

(This is our first hike to the "M", where Big T would tell Coach "Daddy Keep Walking", anytime he stopped for a breather!!)

 Saturday we threw him a birthday party!!  and I made him a cake....ALL BY MYSELF (with Coach's help :-) ).

It really doesn't look like much here:

Making Fondant...way expensive to buy!!

It's starting to look like something...

and..TA DA!!!!

 I'd like to point out that at this time it was 1:30 in the AM!!

The Actual Finished Product ... With the tires

Big T opening gifts:

 

A Sweet Monster Truck

Tonka Trucks!!

 You Know That's Right...(# 1 at Everything)

This Was Coach's Favorite gift.  An Amazingly talented friend made it for him (check her out)!!!!!! 

 He Got a "mater" car and "lightening mcqueen"

Dad's gift....a big race track!!!

 A Car's Blanket from Papa and Grandma!!

The Pinata!!!

Isaac Starting us Off

Then Big T

Gabe Showing everyone how it's done!!

Ashton...such a chill kid!!

Holland...every time she would hit it she would close her eyes

The Hankster...got some swings in

Gabe again..he really was good at it!!

Coach finally tore it up and we dumped out candy.the thing was built FORD TOUGH

When the Candy did fall, Big T was the First one with something in his mouth, he had that sucker open lickety split!!

And then The Blowing out of the Candle!!

We had such a great time and had great friends over ..Thanks everyone for making it such a special day!!!

Daddy's Home!!

So Coach came home on September 11th!!!  It is so great to have him home.  I think that Big T is actually enjoying him being home more than I am.  He loves having a Daddy!!!!!!
I do love having a convenient and cheap babysitter while I am refereeing volleyball and out riding horses.
 I didn't just put him to work though, we have been enjoying the outdoors, especially since the weather is still so nice. :-)

 So I'm just going to post a ton of photos, they speak better than I can.
( I really should do collages, but I haven't made templates and this is easier and quicker for me right now...so you'll have to suffer through scrolling down :-) ....sorry )

Palisade Falls:

Campfire: S'mores (& burning paper you would normally shred if you had a paper shredder)

Skipped the roasting mallow part and just hung out with all the supplies

Rat Lake:

 Uhh...we're Montanans why wouldn't we shoot a pistol into the lake??

My wimpy kid who fell off his log into the mud, and hit his face, but all he wanted was the mud off his hands!!

Coach AND I each caught a frog :-)