Brode's 'Over the Top' B-Day

This little man anticipated his birthday for months prior. He could not wait for his birthday to arrive and spoke of it often. Everyone time he saw balloons he'd ask "for my birthday" and every toy we saw, he wanted for his birthday. Micah and I knew that we had to go big for his birthday. We had to make it a special day for the child who wanted this day to come for months. And we did. It was such an awesome day....

Morning Presents.

A Pan-Cake.

Micah stacked up some pancakes, covered them in whipped cream

and topped it with syrup and three birthday candles. 

And yes we sang "Happy Birthday".

Brode the Zoo lover, had to spend his day at the Dallas Zoo.

Graham wanted to kiss the Gorilla so bad. He loves

furry fuzzy things. 

Brode's checking out the Flamingos.

We ended the long afternoon at the Zoo with rides on the Carousel.

Brode loved it as you can see. He giggled uncontrollably. 

Graham freaked at first and then loved it.

We had lunch at the Zoo. So when we got home, it was time for

his 2nd Birthday Cake and ....

... more presents!!!

Later that evening, we invited some of Brode's friends from 

church (and playdates) over for pizza, cake and ice cream. 

This is Abby. She got Brode a flashlight and some skittles. 

She wrapped the presents herself and could not wait for

Brode to open them.

Singing "Happy Birthday" for the 3rd time that day!

Don't ya love my attempt at a "fun" cake. My Mom and I had a blast

decorating this cake. It is not super fancy or professional looking,

but it served it's purpose!

We ended the night with more presents!

Can you say, Spoiled?!

But Brode deserved every bit of it. We might have enjoyed 

the day a little more than he did. It made me so happy to 

finally celebrate this kid. We love him so much and although he 

is super high energy and tests us constantly, he provides us with so

much entertainment, joy and love. We are so blessed to have 

such a sweet little guy!