Luke is 2! (Party #1)

On January 27th, Luke turned 2 years old!  In some ways, it seems as if we've had Luke forever, and in other ways, it's hard to believe he's already 2!  You'll note that the title of this post included a reference to "Party #1."  Though the 27th was Luke's birthday, the celebrations really turned into more of a "birthday week."  In addition to what we did on his actual birthday, his Aunt Kari visited the next Friday and Saturday and his Grammy and Pappy and cousins, Dane and Gina, came on Sunday and stayed until Monday night.  So all in all, the lucky kid ended up with 3 parties!  He sure enjoyed himself.  More on those "parties" later. 

Anyway, as for the big day itself... it began with me taking Luke out to breakfast at Waffle House for some quality father-son time.  I'm thinking of turning that into a tradition, i.e., taking the kids out for breakfast on their birthday.  Anyway, the birthday boy had no trouble eating his waffle and a side order of sausage.  He loves his food! 

Later in the morning, we had a bunch of Luke's friends over for cupcakes, snacks, and playtime.  A good time was had by all. 

Here's Luke blowing out the candle on his cupcake...

For some reason, a few of the boys thought it'd be fun to play in Luke's crib...

Then, in the evening before bedtime, Luke talked to his Aunt Kari and to his Grandma and Grandpa on the phone.  He also got to open his Sesame Street card and present (a Duke shirt!) from Grandma and Grandpa while they were on the phone.  He got a fun card from his Great-Grandma, too. 

We decided to wait until Courtney's parents came to town to give him our presents.  Stay tuned to see what he got!  Also, for Christmas, Courtney and I decided to give ourselves a video camera.  We just got it a couple days before Luke's birthday, so we got all of this on video!