Maddux is 2!

ok Really when did my baby grow up and become a full on toddler 

of two years old?!

I seriously can't believe it!

Lets take a look at how much my sweet little boy has grown these

last couple of years....

 Snatch and Snap Photography 

All Things Thrifty

Brooke Ulrich (my talented SIL)

 Chelsey Art Photography

Chelsey Ott 

 Ciara Richardson Photography 

This is the amazing session I won because of all you guys last summer!

Isn't he such a stud 

Saturday April 28th was his birthday and it was such a fun day

(stay tuned for a Birthday party post coming soon)

He was so spoiled from all of our amazing friends and family

He has so many people that love and adore him

And my only concern that day was to make him feel so special

I do this everyday but I wanted him to know it was his birthday

and that everyone was there to show their love for him

I wanted him to know how amazing and sweet he really is

After a fun filled day and everyone was gone

It was back to just me, hubby and sweet Maddux 

PERFECT moment

M was in his toy story PJs, holding his new toy story toys,

watching toy story and snuggling with all of us

I wasn't really watching the movie I was just staring at my little man

I watched every facial expression, I enjoyed every hand squeezing, And gave him so 

many kisses he was probably getting aggravated with me haha

and thinking to myself how blessed I felt 

I am so grateful to be a mom his mom 

I had a bit of a crying session to hubby just about how 

grateful I was for Maddux and how fast he is growing up

I am so emotional and sentimental lately 

especially being pregnant haha don't judge

Dear 2 year old Maddux,

I LOVE you so much

I would do ANYTHING for you

I love being your mom and being able to stay home with you

I love teaching you and watching you learn new things

I love telling everyone how smart you are

I love when you want to hold my hand

I love when you look up at me and give me a huge Maddux grin

I love love love your tender heart and that you give me 

kisses and loves when I am sad or hurt

I love your snuggles

I love when you want to help me around the house

I love when you follow me around like a little puppy

I love when I am gone and come home and you greet me with loves, kisses and a smile

I love going on walks and play dates with you

I love watch Toy story, Punzle, Cars and Monsters with you

I love when you call out mommy in the morning or after your naps to tell me you 

are awake

I love that you are my little back seat and shopping buddy

I love your adventurous personality 

and I just want to squeeze you all day long

Thank you for making me a mommy

Thank you for loving me back 

and thank you for being the sweetest little boy 

You are going to be the BEST bog brother :)

I love you buddy boo

Happy 2nd birthday!

Love, Mommy

now I need to get him some 2 years pics :)

Maybe I should wait until baby brother is born 

We shall see  

Who wants to take them? :)

Maddux's Disney Birthday Party

I cannot believe my little man is two years old!
Last Saturday was his birthday and also when he had his
Little Friend/family Birthday Party
It was Disney theme

I really wanted his invites to be fun and cute
But I do not have photoshop to make my own
So my cute friend Jamie told me about her
Friend Devyn that does invites and announcements at an amazing price
 and is super talented!
I was way excited and contacted her right away
She got back to me that day I gave her my ideas
a picture the party info and look at the amazingly cute invite she created!

Isn't is adorable?!

She was so fun to work with and did it so fast 

I took out the address and put Maddux's house so the address was in that 

place instead on the ones we printed and out and sent out 

If you want to contact Devyn Spencer to make a custom invite or announcement for you

her email is devyn_marie@hotmail.com

Ok, back to Saturday I was a little sad because I didn't get to see my little man 

right when he woke up 

because I had a test at 7:30am and didn't get home until 10:30

But I did call him on my way home to tell him Happy Birthday

and once I got home I gave him huge hugs and kisses and told him 

Happy Birthday about a million times 

Once I got home it was a mad dash to get everything ready for the party

Luckily my cute hubby made cupcakes while I was in my test 

and My mother in Law, Julie made this amazing Mickey Cake 

so all I had to do was do some quick decor and clean up a bit 

Isn't this cake so cute

Thank you so much Julie for making this for Maddux

He was in love

Maddux loves Cars, Toy Story, Monsters inc and Mickey Mouse Club house

So I had a hard time just picking one that is why we did a whole Disney themed party

He had a mickey cake, mickey cups, toy story plates and Cars napkins :)

His loot

Isn't he spoiled?! :)

The birthday banner 

I actually made this for his birthday party last year

Check out the tutorial HERE!

Maddux was so excited once everyone got there

We had our family there 

and he was even able to invite a few of his little friends 

It was so cute to see all the little ones running around together

Once everyone was there we started with present time

Maddux had so much fun opening his presents this year

He would get all excited and once it was open he would gasp 

it was so cute

He did want everything open out of their packages right away though

so we had to move onto the next present quick

He was confused why he couldn't play with the present right then

Silly boy

I opened them all for him after he got through them all 

He got a Cars Beach towel from his little friend McCade

A wagon full of sand toys from his Great Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs

Some little MatchBox cars from his cute friend Anna 

(Isn't she cute? She is one of his girlfriends  Maddux thinks Boo on Monsters Inc is Anna)

Some clothes, and cute flip flops from his Great Grandma Ulrich

A big Construction Truck from his friend/cousin Carson

Some clothes, a motorcycle and sandals from his Great Grandma and Grandpa Kjar

Goofy and helicopter from His great Aunt DeAnne and Uncle Scott 

Puzzles from his Great Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Charlie 

Cowboy boots, cowboy hat, cowboy shirt and a woody from

Grandma and Grandpa Ulrich

A shake and Go Buzz rocket from Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs,

Aunt Emilee, Uncle Zach and Uncle Ammon

And he got a cute basketball jersey outfit, a baseball and mitt

and a Lightning McQueen Cars 4wheeler from Mommy and Daddy 
He wasn't so sure about it at first but after all the other little kids
started riding on it and showed him how he decided he liked it 
Then he decided he loved it and didn't want to share anymore :)

After all his amazing presents it was cake and ice cream time

M waiting patiently while we sang to him 

He loved us all singing just for him

Isn't that the most adorable little face you have ever seen?!

He did such a good job blowing out the candles 

with a little spit all over the cake 

but what is a party without a little spit on the cake anyway haha

Enjoying his cake and ice cream 

He even asked for more cake 

so since he was the birthday boy he got more cake :)

My dad trying on M's new woody hat 

hahaha he is always making us laugh

At about 3 the party had finally wind down and M went down for a little

Birthday nap

My parents and siblings decided to stay longer 

and hang out for the rest of the night with us

While M was sleeping my mom, sis Em and I went and ran a few

errands and the boys played while Ty and my dad napped apparently they were 

worn out. I am not going to lie I was worn out too 

but would rather go shopping then nap :)

Once we got home Maddux had woken up so we packed up to go out to dinner

for M's birthday and my family came along

We took him to chick Fil A because he loves

chicken nuggets and fries and we wanted to take him somewhere

that had a fun play area

Want to make chick fil A chicken nuggets at home?

Check out my tutorial and recipe HERE

M enjoying some birthday nuggets 

He was so funny about the play area

He didn't want to climb up it and didn't like the tunnels 

so he played in the toddler activity area instead

But he had a blast with us all there

We got home and it was time for my parents to go home

So it was just us three

We decided to stay outside a while since it felt so nice and 

it was still light outside

M was loving his new McQueen 4wheeler especially outside on the driveway

and sidewalk

He was getting so good at it 

with just a little more practice with the steering he will be a pro

Gettin the hang of it

His awesome cowboy boots

Aren't those so studly 

His new toy story toys

Speaking of toy story toys after everyone had left

and we came back inside for the night

to wind down before bed 

We all watched Toy story together to end his birthday all snuggled up in our comfys

Maddux was so cute watching it with his toy story jammies, and his new toys story toys

in hand while holding mommys hand with the other 

It was a perfect ending to his perfect birthday

We love you little man!