Happy Birthday to The Other Man in My Life!!!

Well, this precious little guy turns 2 tomorrow so we had his picture taken.  He is not so much allowing me to take many pics of him lately, so I turned to good ole Portrait Innovations for the big two year picture.  :-)  Can I just say, he was a total goof ball for the photographer.  It was hard to select pictures at the end! 

Blake's year has been one of the best in my life!  His personality is simply precious.  He is really funny, very sweet, and he is so good-natured.  We have loved watching this phase of his life.  He is my shopping buddy, and the girls' playmate, he is Alan's right-hand man.  We all get such a kick out of him. 
Our favorite things he does right now are:

*he doesn't talk a lot, but he says cookie perfectly every time, that's his favorite food group!
*he loves all trucks, but especially construction vehicles, and as we drive down the road he very excitedly yells at me as he sees them and asks what they are
*he only ever runs, never walks anywhere
*he's almost always in a very good mood
*he still uses a pacifier to sleep (and i have no plans to take it away anytime soon) and has started calling it his peepee (can we say embarrassing!!)
*he spends a lot of time pretend playing with Payton and is a very good little brother, obeying each thing she asks him to do
*he is starting to sit while being read entire books now (that is kinda huge!!)
*he insists on having me sing one round of "rock a bye baby" every night before putting him in his bed
*he adores playing outside, and insists on wearing his Spiderman helmet while he's out
*he is very polite, usually saying please and thank you without even being prompted
*he also now responds to "I love you" with "I love you too"---melt my heart!!!

Blake is most definitely the icing on the cake in our family.  He is an amazing little man and we are all 4 head over heels for him!!!  Happy Birthday, Blake!!!  We are so proud to be called your family!