Auggie 2.0, The Birthday

The day before Auggie's birthday was filled with lots of mental preparation as Dan and I told him excitedly that tomorrow was going to be his birthday. Auggie got all reved up, and on the morning of his birthday, October 16, he knew immediately that today was his "dayday!"

My oh my, the presents had been arriving in the mail for a whole week. It's going to be hard for my kids to keep their heads on as they prepare for future Christmases and birthdays. Yikes! Here's Auggie with his presents:

Rocket ship pajamas from Mama and Dada (The only present we bought him. ;)

VeggieTales movies from Nana and Papa!

A Spiderman lunchbox filled with goodies from Uncle Dave and Aunt Elisabeth!

A new book from Great Aunt Karen and Great Uncle Marv!

Pajamas, Duplos, and an F-16 fighter jet from Gram and Gramps!!

And more presents arrived even after his birthday! Thank you to everyone who send a card and warm birthday wishes for Auggie!

Robot Party!

Originally I was planning a birthday party that somehow involved airplanes and had a plane ticket invitation. But one day, in conversation with a friend, I mentioned that Auggie was turning 2. "Ah, the big two-oh!" my friend exclaimed. "No," I responded, "It's the big two." To which Pat replied with a grin, "Two-point-oh." ... And thus was birthed the theme for Auggie's 2nd birthday party: Auggie 2.0.

The invitation:

The cover

Inside

The decorations:

The welcome robots

The dining room robot

Despite the excitement of having friends over, all Auggie wanted to do during his party was climb up onto a chair and stare at his birthday cake. He would disappear during the party and we always knew we could find him in the dining room. That said, he never touched it until he got his own slice. :)

The Birthday Robot and his Family (Eland was napping, but had a robot onesie on):

"Cake-cake!"

The Costumes:

Because Auggie's birthday is so close to Halloween, I have a feeling we'll be making a tradition of inviting all the kids to wear their Halloween costumes. They had a blast.

Linnea the Hula Girl!

Luke AKA Buzz Lightyear!

Strawberry Nora and her mama Jen!

Raphael the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!

Whoa, was that Adrian under there??

Bob the Builder wasn't interested in having his picture taken, but he did make an appearance. :)

And Hadley left before I got a picture of her - she was wearing pumpkin pants!