Happy Birthday Patrick!

We can hardly believe that our baby is two. I really tried to take in all the little things about Patrick today - from his insistence on wearing his rainboots to the grocery all the way to his endless chatter about Daddy's black truck. He is truly a blessing -- I can't imagine life without him and I can't remember what we did before him. We started the day off right with blueberry muffins and balloons strewn all over the house and ended with homemade pizza, birthday brownies and presents. In between, the typical reading books and playing outside. Observing the ants running in and out of the cracks in the driveway. Life doesn't get much better than that. We gave Patrick a couple of books and his first Hotwheels cars (which Daddy was disappointed to see that they are mostly plastic nowdays) -- the big gift will be given on Saturday at his birthday party with the rest of the family. All the same to Patrick, he was very pleased -- and thankful :) -- for the little things he received today.