Our 2 year old!

     A very overdue post about Calvin's birthday! It has been a bit on the crazy side here. We were down at a/c unit at the house. It was a hot 84 degrees on the right side of our house making the other unit work extra hard to try to keep a decent temp in the house. We avoided being at the house as much as possible. Then just when we were figuring things out with the a/c company and waiting on our new unit to arrive, Calvin spiked a 102 fever. He has never had a fever before so I was a bit on the worried side. After day 2 of the fever I took Calvin to the doctor. He tested positive for strep and we put him on meds. Then just to top it off, Calvin broke out in a rash all over his face, neck, and torso. I again put in a call to the nurse and she told us it was scarlet fever. GREAT!!! I thought here we go to urgent care, but the good news he wasn't contagious and his fever was gone so we just had to make sure we finished his meds. Then I picked up a wicked cold just as Calvin gets back to his regular self...

     Happy Birthday to by not-so baby boy!!! Calvin's birthday fell on a Tuesday this year so Bryon was off and we got to spend the day as a family. We took Calvin to Arizona Sea Life were he was impressed with all of the fish. We went at his pace and let him walk around touching whatever he could get his hands on. Sea Life is in Arizona Mills so after we went through Sea Life we wondered around some stores to see if there was anything we couldn't pass up. Bryon took Calvin back through Sea Life one last time while I looked around the stores some more. It was lunch time so we went to Calvin's favorite place- In & Out! As soon as we pulled up he said, "french fries" from the back seat. We got our order to go and took some burgers to Bryon's grandparents' house.
     Calvin had so much fun playing toys with Great Grandma. Great Grandpa finally got a high five out of Calvin and was very happy. After a few hours of playing we headed home hoping Calvin would fall asleep in the car. Wishful thinking I know. He polished off his milk and then asked to watch a movie. Go figure. As Bryon and I were chatting away I noticed it was pretty quiet in the back. I thought Bryon was joking when he said Calvin was asleep, but he did it!!! I think we can count the number of times Calvin has fallen asleep in the car on two hands. We were shocked and thought maybe this is what big 2 year olds do!
      We had spaghetti for dinner and then sang Happy Birthday to Calvin with a cupcake. He was so cute waiting to blow out the candle. He of course was a ham and made us laugh and laugh.

Happy Birthday sweet boy! Mommy and Daddy love you very much!  We hope this next year brings you as much joy as possible.

Here is a quick montage of Calvin's party.

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