Levi had a birthday...shout hooray!

The Boy:

The Cake:

The Party:

Those in attendance: Mom, Dad, and Brinley
Grandma and Grandpa Thurgood
Grandma and Grandpa Clements
Aunts: Arina, Lauren, Rhonda, Lacey, Shelly, and Kristin
Uncles: Justin, Jared, Evan, Joe, and Jared
Cousins: Sierra, Savannah, Brooklyn, Kailey, Logan, Parker, Jace, Baylee, Kamora, and Nate
Friends: Dan, Sara, and Kylee Flamm

My baby boy is now two years old! Crazy!

Levi loved his "Joe" cake (a football field), and he even blowout both of his candles by himself. (We hadn't even practiced! I guess he's seen it done enough times.) Well, I guess I should say he loved how the cake looked. He didn't eat any of it until the next day... then he loved it.

Opening presents was kind of chaotic...but isn't it always? Levi did a good job, but was always interested in playing with whatever came out of the bag. All the other kids there were anxious to have him open the next gift while he was still figuring out the previous one. He got many fabulous gifts including a baseball glove and Thomas the Train engines from Mom, Dad, and Brinley. We are so lucky to have so many family members nearby. There were 31 people at Levi's party and the only friends were our guests from out of town.

This year we continued the tradition we started last year with surprising Levi after his nap with one of his favorite things: balloons!!! Sam and I snuck into his room while he was sleeping and dumped a whole bunch of balloons on his floor. He thought that was pretty cool. If you listen really closely you can hear him say "bloons" and "kick".

At the end of the night, Sam was taking down the streamers and thought we should have some fun. Check out the combo of streamers and a ceiling fan:

(Yes... that is Brinley screaming in the background. In fact, I think she is crying in most (if not all) of the videos we took that day. She had a REALLY hard night, possibly because of the huge crowd and tons of noise. After everyone left, she still couldn't wind down and spent the next several hours screaming until she was literally red in the face. Poor baby girl.