Happy Birthday, Griffin!

On the evening of Griffin's 2nd Birthday we stayed home and had a little celebration with just the four of us. We knew we had a big weekend ahead of us with two Thanksgivings and Griffin's big family party, so it was nice to have a low-key evening with our boys. Griffin was mostly excited about the cupcakes that had been tempting him all day. (:

Happy Birthday, sweet Griffin!

BIG bite!

Big brother, Ronan, only eats the frosting, so Griffin got to finish the rest for him.

We gave Griffin some new clothes and a cool car garage toy.

Josh assembled it so they could play with it right away.

A few days later we had a big celebration at our house with both sides of our families. The theme of the party was Curious George, Griffin's favorite cartoon character. He loved seeing all of the decorations. (:
Here's the cake I made for the party:

It was fun seeing how our house handled such a big group of people!
Our family, my parents, Josh's parents, Josh's grandparents, the Chase fam, the Green fam, the Creager fam, the Henry fam, Erik, and my friends Renee & Jeff! 18 adults and 12 kids in all!

Griffin was a pro at blowing out his candles after practicing a few days before.

He got lots of fun toys, books, and clothes! These books were from the Barrett family, my relatives in CA. (:

He was so sweet cuddling with his new Curious George doll. It lights up and plays music...definitely one of his favorite toys!

The Novemberists~ Finley, Cohen, and Griffin

Cool new loader truck!

I thought this was a cute picture of Griffin hauling off the trash from his presents. Now that he's two he needs to start pulling his weight around the house. (:

My friend, Renee and her new husband, Jeff, were in town for the Thanksgiving weekend. It was so nice of them to come to Griffin's party! We had a fun, quick, visit, and they got to see the house. Last time Renee was here it was still in the framing stage.

Josh holding our sweet niece, Emma Green.

Erik, Kenton, and Aaron hanging out toward the end of the party.