no longer 1...

... nope, he's 2.  Beck that is.  And it went fast, super fast.. of course.  Everyone says that time flies for a reason.  I would be surprised if a birthday ever goes by where we don't look back and say, "wow, that year went fast."  Sometimes I'm not sure how to feel about that.  Sad that time is going to fly by faster than we want and everything we do is quickly a distant memory?  Or thankful that our time on this earth doesn't drag on forever?  If anything it should give me the desire to make sure I'm intentional with my time, the time our family has together and the time we have watching our kiddos grow up...

Beck's second b-day was quite different than the first, when it comes to the presents.  At 1 year he still wasn't so excited about gifts and wasn't sure how to open a present.  At year 2, he was squealing with delight and waving his arms around in excitement after he opened a gift and saw a tractor or train.  He could hardly contain himself while he waited for someone to open the packaging so he could get his hands on his new present.  Very fun to watch. :)  And he has continued to love all his presents after he got home and they keep him entertained for a long time... quite nice.

So a few pics of Beck's birthday celebration.  A couple things you might notice:

1.  He rarely, very rarely looks up for a picture when he's engrossed in a new toy or something he likes, no matter how many times you say his name and how excited your voice sounds.

2.  He likes trucks, trains, tractors... all things that go vroooom.  Pretty much all his toys were very boy, which is great as that is what he likes... just funny to see what a little boy gets for his birthday.

I like this pic b/c it's all fuzzy due to Beck bouncing up and down with excitement while his present was taken out of the package.

playing with a new toy from aunt Sheli

watching in amazement as the loader bucket on his new remote CAT tractor goes up and down

a little unsure about his candles.  yes, he got excited and went a little overboard on putting candles in his cupcakes :)

yum.. frosting.  he pretty much just licked off the frosting and left the cupcake (the best part!)