abram turns 2...

I can not believe my baby is already 2! The last 2 years have been the best ever. I love him more and more everyday and I find myself wanting to remember every second of his childhood. I want to put him in a time capsule and take him out and squeeze him. I already wish I could hold him as a little baby again. As I was rocking him the other day and his legs were draping down mine, I realized, he isn't a baby any more...it made me cry. Why does it have to go so fast? He is talking so much more, growing like a weed and his personality shows for sure! I love it, I just want it to go slower...
We were very low key last year for his birthday. Just a few friends over to the house for cake. Here he is at Birthday #1

This year we wanted to have a party! There is a great local place called Jumpville. Abram loves to play there! Slides, ball pits, mazes and plenty of room to run. We checked into the party packages and were FLOORED at the prices. So, we were disappointed, knowing that the price was unreasonable for a 2nd Birthday. But, my parents offered to pay half as their birthday gift to Abram! Deal! We booked the party and we were all in heaven! Abram had a blast and he was so delighted to have his friends there to celebrate! There the birthday boys is, in the bottom left corner!

Wweeee!!!

Check out his birthday throne! He thought he was king ;) I wish I would have got a group picture of all his little friends, but of course I didn't...

It was a fun party, a perfect way to celebrate a special day.

the loss of a pet...

When Ben and I got married we knew that we didn't want children any time soon, but we wanted a puppy. We were given a dachshund from Ben's uncle and she instantly stole both of our hearts.
Maggie was spoiled. We took her everywhere and she ran the house. When Abram was born things changed, she wasn't the baby anymore. She became the family pet. It was a huge adjustment for her. We still loved her but had to really watch her around Abram as he started to crawl and tottle. But they slowly became buddies.
Maggie has always had problems with her back and she was showing the signs of pain New Year's weekend. I took her to the Vet and they gave medicine. She always improved after medicine and time. About 3 days later, Ben woke up early for work and she was dragging the back half of her body, she was paralyzed. We were a mess. We called the Vet and he said that it could be temporary to keep her strictly confined and double up on her meds. Well, she quickly became worse and he decided to put her down. What a hard thing that was for both of us...I never realized how hard that could be. We miss her so much and Abram asks about her often.