Happy 2nd Birthday Finn Morse!!

Finn and Mommy before his party.  The birthday crown came from Aunt Sarah, Uncle Jason, and Cousin Calvin.

Checking out his treats and puppy plates.

Happy 2nd Birthday Finn!

Finn and one of his favorite people, Kevin.

Jumping in the backyard

Finn's Puppy cake

Checking out his cake and getting ready to blow out the candle

Are they singing to me?

This is great!

Mmm cake....

Time to open gifts

Finn and his motorcycle (another one of his favorite things)

Bubbles from Kevin, Melissa, and Jack

Where did they go?

Holding his puppy from the Bakkens

We have grown A LOT in TWO YEARS!!!  July 31, 2013

Vacation Bible School singing for Luke and Liam at church (funny story below regarding Finn).  This is a group of the second graders singing one of their songs.

Finn and his buddy, Sawyer (Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer)

This was post naps one afternoon and Finn really wanted Sawyer to play with him

REALLY wanted him to play

Best buddies!  Finn and Sawyer were born one month apart.

Finn will turn TWO on the 29th of July.  It is hard to believe how quickly he has grown.  He is talking non stop now and is into everything.  He stays busy during the day, takes a long afternoon nap, and then literally runs until his tank is empty at night.  He shows no interest in any type of television or anything that requires him to be still for long periods of time.  He loves being with his brothers and loves legos, motorcycles, cars, trucks, water guns, hockey, basketball, and baseball (just to name a few).  One of his favorite things is dogs of any size or type.  Anytime and absolutely every time he sees a dog, he wants to pet it and "say hi."

Over the past week, Luke and Liam attended Vacation Bible school at our church.  At the end of Bible school, they had a short program and root beer floats afterwards to celebrate the week.  They also did a fundraising project to raise money for people in need and the reward (for the kids bringing in their spare change) was that the youth leader would throw a pie in the face of two college age counselors.  I am not sure Finn will ever forget the "pie in the face."  He talked about it all night and all the next day and kept asking me, "o.k.?  O.k. momma, they o.k.?"  It was hilarious how concerned he was about these people getting a pie in their face.

Aside from his immediate family, some of Finn's favorite people are Kirsten and Kortney (both good friends of mine), Kevin and Melissa (his godparents), and a neighbor friend (Maddie).  One of Finn's favorite activities is to do "Hots" with Kevin.  "Hots" is basically doing a bonfire and roasting marshmallows and making smores.  Finn mostly loves roasted marshmallows, but occasionally he will eat them with chocolate and graham crackers too.

We celebrated Finn's birthday with a few of his favorite people over the weekend and he had such a good time.  He really loved having everyone sing "Happy Birthday" to him (so much so that we sang it twice).  He loved blowing out his candles and was so excited to get presents.  He isn't a big fan of cake, but every time we mentioned having his birthday party he said three things: "cake, hots, and Lilla."  He went with me to order his puppy paw print cake so I think that is why he was so excited.  "Hots" is his term for having a bonfire and roasting marshmallows.  And finally, "Lilla" refers to the Weigel family (his godparents) that he loves to be around.

Happy 2nd Birthday sweet Finnegan!  We all love your smile, your loving personality, your strong opinions, and all the funny things you do.