James is 2?!?

Yes, it is true! We have a two year old! James' birthday was November 15th and we celebrated it in style. Sick style. James got sick right before his birthday and so we all just chilled at home and had a lazy day celebrating James. Here he is unwrapping his pile of toys. I think we went a bit overboard but James has been singing the Happy Birthday song since his cousin Max's birthday in September. He was so excited! He got a kitchen and a ball tent from Daddy (both a big hit). And from mommy he got some play dough, a baby (boy) doll (James named him Johnny), a little frog game, some balls and a remote control car (he actually plays with them all). He also enjoyed "helping" daddy put batteries in the toys and put them together.
He was also very excited about blowing out his candles. He ate the frosting off his cupcake but that was about it. He asks for candles almost every day now and he still sings the birthday song daily.
Just a quick comparison! Can you believe how big he is? I can't believe how much he has changed and grown in the last 2 years. What a great 2 years it has been! We couldn't love him more!
Some of James' favorite things right now are:

Leaf blowers! Loves them! and loves pretending to blow leaves.
Johnny-Lu. Loves to lay and watch the baby (and sometime he likes to taste the baby).
Music! His favorites right now are Beethoven, Bach, Handle and Dvorak. He requests them all day long! He also sleeps with a toy guitar and a toy electric piano.
Running and Jumping. He gets so excited when he does some great physical feat all my himself and always yells triumphantly, "did it!"
Friends. He asks for friends every day! He he loves going to see friends and having friends come over and meeting friends at parks and other places to play.
Daddy! Probably his favorite person in the universe! He gets so excited whenever daddy is around. Most likely cuz Brian plays so good with him.