On April 20th Easton had his 2nd birthday. We LOVE living close to mom and dad Hawkins so that we can share special occasions with them. (All the rest of Derrick's family live out of state and we don't get to see them nearly enough.) Anyhow, one of their family traditions is to go to lunch to celebrate holidays, birthdays and other special occasions. For Easton's birthday we went to Garcia's, one of our favorite Mexican restaurants. They put a big sombrero on you and sing a birthday song while presenting you with fried ice cream.
Easton DID NOT like the hat! He wouldn't leave it on to even get a good picture.
He was quick to forgive when they set the ice cream down though.
After lunch we went back to mom and dad's so Easton could open his present. {We decided that since we would be in Disneyland for Madi's birthday that we would make their big gift this year and just do something really small the day of. Since then we have decided to be responsible adults [YUCK! :P] and wait to go to Disneyland and put the money toward Easton's medical bills. No worries, he didn't get jipped, just got his big present later.}
He picked out his present a few days before but he was still super excited when he opened it. Madi was too!
He picked a Toy Story book that came with a play mat and 12 figurines. He is starting to get really into Toy Story.
He carried it with him all day! Here he is looking at it just before we had cake and ice cream. Andrew and Holly came up to celebrate with us. Chris and Annie mailed him a card that had a Cars stamp on it. He LOVED it. Derrick tore it off the envelope and saved it for him. He stuck it on the fridge. Easton was playing with it a couple days later and left it on the floor, upside down. Later that day I was sweeping and Easton started freaking out! I had no idea why he was so upset. He ran to my pile and grabbed what I thought was a torn corner of a paper which was actually his Cars stamp. Silly kid will hang onto that forever!
Back to his birthday... We had cake and ice cream and kept things pretty low key this year. It was fun to celebrate Easton. He is such a blessing to us!
Derrick was so amazing and picked up Easton's favorite plates and napkins, Cars.
Easton couldn't decide whether he wanted McQueen, Mater, Finn or Francesco.
He finally picked Francesco.
It was a great day! I can't believe my little baby is two! ***tear***
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