Happy Birthday Ninong King!

A year older... hopefully a year wiser.

We celebrated by going out to dinner with no adults....just us kids.

First concert - Wiggles Go Bananas

Daddy's father's day gift was an evening alone with Dylan at the Wiggles concert. Based on the pictures and Dylan's reaction, they had a blast. Not only did Dylan say he had fun with Daddy but he demands on wearing his Wiggles shirt (from the concert) days after the concert.

(these pictures aren't great since they were taken with Daddy's phone.)

chugga chugga ... the big red car

checking out his new Wiggles DVD

The Wiggles crewon way home

Days after the show, still wearing his Wiggles shirt that Daddy bought...even if it's 4 sizes too BIG!

Tomahawk Lake

All summer we've been wanting to take Dylan to this local lake. Since yesterday it was in the 90s and very humid, we got ready early in the morning and headed over for fun family day at the lake.

juice before jumping in the water

posing with his water gun

"water Mommy"

his favorite - "jumpy jump"

he cracks up every time he falls

chhhheeeesssee

Mommy, Dylan and Baby

with Daddy

family pic

his cheesy cheese

NJ State Fair in Sussex County

We've never been to any state farm and we were actually surprised at some of the things we saw: tractor pull, milking a cow, sheep show (similar to a dog show) amongst other things. Regardless, Dylan loved it.

feeding the goat

riding the tractor

"look at the cows"

patiently waiting for the 'milking'

Just like Daddy

Dylan loves spending time with Daddy outside. He definitely has Daddy's fix-it, diy personality - whether working in the garage or the yard.

When Mommy looked out the window this morning, she couldn't stop laughing, quickly grabbed the camera and captured the moment.

A major transition

We decided that instead of buying a whole new set of nursery furniture, we would just move all of Dylan's furniture (crib, mattress, changing table, dresser) to the new nursery. This means that Dylan would need new furniture in his room and we would have to move him into a full size bed. We feel guilty that the baby will be getting hand-me-down furniture, BUT what are we going to do with two sets of nursery furniture? We promise to make it up to the baby in some other way. =)

Tonight begins that transition. Mommy found the perfect beddings to match Dylan's room (no need to repaint the room) and Daddy moved the crib to the side to make room for the full mattress. Those that have slept in the same bed as Dylan knows that he often ends up at the foot of the bed. So at this point, we only wanted the mattress on the floor, then we'll slowly add the box spring and the headboard/rails.

We wished we had the video camera to capture Dylan's reaction. He was so happy to have his big boy bed . Like any 2 year old, he wouldn't stop jumping on the bed. He also kept saying, "I like it" and "sleep on Dylan's bed" .

Hopefully this transition to a full size bed will be easy on all of us.

We had to sneak in the room after he fell asleep to take some pictures.

he looks so tiny in that bed big

of course, he has to have his pillow, blanket and elmo.

gifts..... gifts.... and more gifts.

Dylan is so lucky to have very generous and thoughtful family and friends. He got SO MANY toys, clothes, and money for his college fund.

what's in here?

Elmo!!!excited about his elmo stickersmore Elmo
opening his gift with a screw driver

no interest in clothes- typical toddler!

reading his card

Thank you to everyone for spending their day with Dylan and for making his birthday extra special!