Mr. and Mrs. Powell

Given Ryan's slightly extravagant "Hole in One Golf Party" I threw for him last year on his first birthday,

we decided to make this years birthday a little more low key
( like buy the banner at the store instead of make it HA )

and wait a year
(( for my husbands sake ))
before I go crazy with a huge party again.

We spent the day with our little family - the best.

Ryan has a passion for cars so we decided to give him a little "cars heaven" for a day.

We celebrated on Saturday so that Aaron could be there to spend the whole day with him and we could take Ryan to do all his favorite things.

He woke up to birthday pancakes and a few gifts from Aaron and I to open.

I made Aaron blow up like 30 balloons to cover our family room with-

And Ryan was in heaven overload!

Our child is slightly obsessed with golfing.

So we decided to take him and his plastic clubs to the course for his birthday.

Ryan loving golf makes my husband the happiest person ever.

It's the cutest thing to watch him try and "putt" his ball in the hole and watching my husband teach him how to swing.

(( MELTS me ))

Even though it was 100 degrees out, after 9 holes
he totally cried when we left the course- he loves it that much!

We went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner.

Home of Ryan's favorite cheese pizza.

He was in heaven.

(plus Aaron and I are obsessed with that place and find every reason we can to go HA)

I saw a similar cake to this on Pinterest and fell in love with it!

My mother - in- law and I tweeked it a little and had it made for him!

I just made the "start" and "finish" signs with a little construction paper and a couple sticks :)

Before we could light the candles he went straight for the cars.

"vroom vroom"

***Warning for these next pictures:

With Ryan's "only child / only grandchild ((both sides)) STATUS",

his birthday is comparable to Christmas morning.

I have never seen so many gifts for a two year old.

All thanks to his grandparents HA.

** All cars decor, banner, cups, hats and plates found at Party City

It was a perfect day together celebrating our favorite little human.

Ryan was in heaven and still to this day asks me almost every morning "Mamma, Birfday?"
I'm like "no sweetie, still a long time until your next one"
HA

Little boy you are our world! Your daddy and I adore you to pieces. XO

PS. Just a quick reminder, Last couple days to enter the Gap Giveaway !! Happy Tuesday ladies!!

You would think my child has never seen a goldfish in his life the way he tackles Nursery snack time at church.

Ryan's motto is "stuff as many goldfish, fruit snacks and whatever else they give you in your mouth before your mouth explodes"

A mother's dream right there.

His church class gets a little rough when he realizes Aaron and I are leaving him in there for 2 hours.
Lets hope you grow out of this by preschool age:)

What did I ever do before the endless pb&j's,

push-pop date nights,

and rock throwing days?

(But seriously)

Pretty sure life was not near as fun before you Mr. Ry-Man!

Last night we had a push-pop date on the driveway while throwing rocks,
and working on our colors,
by shouting out the color of the car as it slowly drove past.

Ryan's kind of night. :)

Ry and I rock the "duo" lately while Aaron studies his life away.
Literally.

(The Bar is in ONE week from today- and OH MY GOSH am I ready to have my husband back!)

Thanks to this love boat for being my 24/7 sidekick.
Goodness I love him.

Ryan's first professional baseball game.

Houston Astros baby.

Heaven would be an understatement.

I mean, really.

22 months and he's cheerin his heart out.

I wore Aaron's jersey that went down to my knees and pretended like I was a big fan.

Either that or people probably thought I was a "wanna be gangster"

Whatever.

Talking to these two during a sporting event is like talking to a brick wall.
Seriously child, you are your dad's clone.

Ry made it until about the 8th inning and passed out holding his ball.
All that clapping and cheering for BOTH teams was hard work.
I don't blame you kid.

Here's to a million and one tee-ball games in the future.
I cannot wait.

This is my dad.

He's the coolest person ever.

I like to copy everything he does.

Mom says we are way too much alike for our own good.

She says I sneeze like him, (what the)

talk like him,

make the same faces as him,

laugh like him,

fall asleep like he does,

share all the same obsessions he does, (like cars and balls)

and look just like him as a baby.

Sometimes my dad is crazy.

He does crazy things like throw me in the air (higher than I like) and scare me to death.

But no one makes me laugh like daddy does.
Every day I wait by the garage door for him to come home and when he walks in the door I jump on him.
We play with cars and trucks and balls.

Daddy is teaching me how to run fast like he does.

Mom says she hopes I can beat him in a sprint one day.

He says I'm his best bud,

and he's my hero.

Watching airplanes and eating an ice cream cone.
He knows what's up.

This kid is 150 percent boy.
If I let him, he would never wear a shirt. (Or pants for that matter)

Today was a really big day.
My husband had his very last day of Law School!
WHAAATT!?
I'm so proud of him.

I basically tackled him when he walked through the door tonight.
8 years of college later, and we are down to 2 weeks of finals.

Bring it on.

Ryan and I are obviously good at keeping busy with ice cream while he's gone at night. :)
What better way!?

@kmpowell

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