He turned two yesterday. He still keeps me up a lot of the night, so after I snapped a few frames of his peaceful face, I lay down next to him and napped. Fitting considering we spent most of his first day two years ago snuggled up together.

He is strong-willed, determined, feisty, affectionate, funny, enthusiastic, busy, loves to cuddle and has the-best belly laugh. Ever.

He is so loved and we're so lucky to spend our days with him.

All week she has been excited for his birthday, excited because she was in on the gift buying, had wrapped her own gift from her to him and she knows what birthdays are all about. But it all came crashing down yesterday when she wasn't the one doing the gift opening and the cake wasn't placed in front of her. It was a rough day for her. One of many hard lessons she'll have to learn, oh her gentle heart.