OUR BABY ODEE J.: Oden's 2nd Birthday

Oden's birthday festivities started on his actual birthday, which was this past Wednesday. He has pretty much been spoiled rotten since the weekend before Christmas! On his birthday we went to Chuck E. Cheese, compliments of Gramma and Grampa Dee Dee. It was really fun! He was running around the entire time. I barely got him to stop long enough to eat a few bites of pizza. That's the story of his life though, always running!! Then, midway through the Chuck E. Cheese excursion he received a present of 3 bath tub Thomas toys, which he carried around with him the rest of our time there. Keep in mind that he is not a mutant baby and he only has two hands. So you can just imagine him, and us, juggling Thomas toys all night! It was his day so we let him do whatever he wanted to do!! Yesterday we had his big party at Bouncin Bonkers. This place is really neat. It's brand new and it's basically a brightly colored, slightly upgraded, sectioned warehouse with a cushioned floor and those outdoor blow up apparatus' inside! There were 8 kids total there, but a lot of big kids too! Everyone was able to take advantage of the fun, if they chose to do so. It is the perfect place for Oden, because he can just run! That's exactly what he did too! He was running back and forth between the playroom and the room with his huge Thomas cake in it. It was a perfect birthday celebration! Something tells me that this year is going to be a very busy one. I almost wish that someone bought us a heavy dumbbell so that we could tie it around him to keep him still for a moment! I am not currently a fan of his constant movement but overall I would have to say we have an awesome, happy boy. We look forward to many, many, many more birthdays!!

Birthday party and cake #1! He blows out his own candle!