2nd for the 2ndBorn

Finn celebrated his 2nd birthday on the 12th, and we couldn't leave Finn out of the blog birthday tributes, could we?  Here we go!!!

Happy Birthday to the toeheaded 2 year old who...

-proved us wrong and showed us that, indeed, our capacity to love could double in size just like that!
-isn't afraid of anything except a dark bathroom.
-freaks his parents out with the combination of his small stature and insanely large vocabulary

-told me last night that he wanted to go to the Island Playground in the morning for his birthday.
-fits perfectly in our arms.
-can cause you to quickly forget the economic crisis, an illness or the war in Iraq by putting his head on your shoulder.
-can dance to the beat of the rhythm
-is a fan of "koby keif"

-rivals his brother's potty talk passion and throws his own made up terms into the mix like "stinky doo dots" ????
-likes to sing Jesus Loves Me before bedtime and makes you sit down when you're singing it.
-will enter a room by asking "What's going on here?"
-doesn't let his small size stop him from doing ANYTHING
-enjoys feeding imaginary Rita's ice to anyone, anytime

-can pick up on others feelings.  If I'm having a rough day, he'll crawl up in my lap and say, "Is-kay, Mom."
-will ask us to be nice to him after we have to discipline him :)
-greets us every morning with a kiss and a hug, and follows his brother out the door when we leave to send us off with more of the same.
-has us wrapped around his tiny little finger.
-is pure joy in our lives.
-pronounces "crayons" as "cwowns" (rhyming with crown)

-knows the difference between a burrito and a quesadilla
-rules the roost!
-knows how to work a female audience already.
-couldn't make us more proud, more surprised, more in awe as parents!

We can't imagine life without you, little buddy.  Happy Birthday, Finny Finster!