Happy Birthday Grant

My baby is now 2!Let me just say this is so incredibly crazy to me! Since having kids, my youngest has never been older than 18 months, let alone 2!, yet he is still my baby.
Grant is such a fun boy... he can be demanding at times, but then he just bats his eyes and you are done.He loves playing ball, no matter what ball. He spends his days just throwing and kicking balls around. And if there aren't any balls around, he will just throw whatever he can get his hands on.
He loves his blankie and thumb. I really do not see any end in sight for the blankie, but with him being my baby, I'm not pushing for it to end.
Grant is very good at communicating what he wants, even though he doesn't speak much nor knows the words. He grabs your finger, then drags you to where he wants you and will let you play 20 questions until you figure out what he wants.For his birthday, we started out with our traditional birthday breakfast with a candle in the food. Even though during his brothers' birthdays, Grant insisted on having a candle lit on his food, he did not respond to his own birthday candle. He just sucked his thumb while watching the flame dance. His brothers finally helped him blow it out.Then I took Grant to spend some time in the place that he was born...how many people can say that they spend time in the place they were born. The funny thing is that Grant LOVES baths. He could stay in it all day. He also loves swimming, so maybe we just started something the day he was born.
We met up with some friends to spend some time at the park. It was a lot of fun, but got cut short because of a fast onset of heavy rain.
We headed home where we had some friends over. We played games, and even though they were more geared towards the older kids, Grant sure had a great time playing them.After dinner we had cake - an angel food cake that I spent way too much time on making it. Again, Grant did not respond to the candles.
I read Grant's birth story to all the kids and we all went around saying things we love about Grant. Todd gave Grant a Father's Blessing.
Then it was time for the fun - PRESENTS.I spent about $20 total on Grants presents. What did we get him? Balls, balls, and more balls of course. And he was ecstatic.After putting everyone to bed, including Grant, I went to work cleaning up the kitchen, especially after destroying it while making the cake. Grant wondered down to me and pointed at the cake. I did what any responsible, loving mother would do, I sat him up for another piece of cake.
Sure do love you Grant. You bring so much joy to our family!