Happy 2nd Birthday!

Kamden is officially a 2 year old!  Hopefully, we can hold of the terrible part of that a bit longer.  He is still a great kid.  Kamden love to be outside, go on walks, play at the park, and in the car.  He is a very picky eater but I am told this is normal.  He still attends a Montessori school 2 days a week.  The adjustment took a long time but he really loves it now.  He loves Sesame Street (a little talk of Elmo's World goes a long way for negotiating with a toddler).

We have our fair share of tantrums and have a fairly consistent disciplining technique down.  We really wanted to get this in place before his little brother arrives.  We are also starting to potty train next week.  I will give it a shot for a few days and if he flips out, we will hold off a while longer.  I definitely think it is worth a shot to not have 2 in diapers.  

A few days before his 2nd birthday, he started showing signs of hand, foot, and mouth disease.  It seems to be a pretty mild case.  He isn't eating much but nothing is new about that.  The pediatrician said he doesn't have to be isolated from kids if he doesn't have a fever but to be safe, we postponed the birthday party by a week.  To make up for the botched birthday plans, we improvised with a small party for the 3 of us.

The day started with a VooDoo Donut that Joe brought home from Portland the night before.  My very odd child doesn't like many new things.  This included the donut (I am considering genetic testing soon).  He licked off the chocolate of one bite, fed the rest to Duke and then didn't touch the other bites.  In order to claim him as my own, I will blame it on the sickness. 

 In the evening, we opened a few gifts.  His favorite was his own electric tooth brush.  He has been stealing mine for a while now.  It is way too expensive for him to play with so he needed his own.

He also got a remote control monster truck.  He goes back and forth between loving it and being terrified of it.  He will understand how great it is soon.

He did NOT like the candles....

The cake was pretty good though...