Two!

Two years ago today Spencer was born, October 7th at 10:54am. Don't worry, I won't retell everything I remember about his birth...you can read that here if you're interested. :) It's hard to believe he used to look like this.

Spencer on his actual birth day.

He really is such a sweet and fun little boy and his mom and dad love him tons. He is really growing up fast.

We had a great day celebrating. First Spencer woke up to a decorated chair and donut holes (thanks to Grandma for the donuts!). He was so excited about his chair that he didn't want to sit in it, just wanted to be able to see it.

Grandpa sharing his banana with Spencer at breakfast. Spencer wasn't too interested in any of the fruit we tried to give him at breakfast. Grandma also got him some strawberries, which he usually loves, but all he wanted was donuts! I can't really blame him either.

My sister Jessica always does this for her kids on their birthday, and I stole it because I think it's such a cute idea. So last night we taped a few "2's" to Spencer's door. I had to give him the iPod to make him stand still for a few seconds so I could get a picture, but even that didn't work too well. He is definitely two! And we're still working on holding two fingers up. It's either one or all five right now. :)

I decided to make a train cake for Spencer's cake since he's obsessed with trains right now. I thought it turned out pretty well. I used this cake and frosting recipe and it tasted pretty delicious as well. It took a lot of time but was totally worth it.

Spencer really loved it. So much that I couldn't get him away from it. It's a good thing I took pictures right after I finished decorating it, because he decided to make his mark on it (which you can see in a later picture). And when I tried to take him away from it because he was messing it up he got pretty upset with me. He's definitely obsessed with trains. :)

Before we had cake Spencer got to open all his presents. He got some great new clothes from Grandma Stacey and Grandpa Jeff, new tracks and train cars from Grandma and Grandpa Gaisford, a train flashlight and DVD from Aunt Julie (which was definitely his favorite of the night), and a backpack, letters for the bathtub, and a car toy from mom and dad. He also got a few presents that we opened in Utah from Grandma Barbara, Grandpa Glen and Suzette, and Aunt Sharayne, Aunt Trudy, and Uncle Chad. So he definitely had more than enough presents and has plenty of new toys to keep him occupied for a few months. :)


Bryce went to walmart yesterday with the money his Grandma and Grandpa Gaisford gave us for Spencer's birthday. Needless to say I probably won't be sending him to get presents unsupervised again. :) He ended up spending more money because he couldn't decide between two different track sets, so he just decided to get them both. And he confessed later that he was really picking out new toys for himself, not so much Spencer...although he knew Spencer would enjoy them just as much as he would. And when we opened up all the tracks it was Bryce and my cousins Jack and Austin who were setting up the train and playing while Spencer was content to just sit and watch the older boys have fun.

After presents we sang happy birthday, blew out the candles (with a little help from Grandpa)...

*and notice the smushed "enc" in his name, that was his mark.

and ate cake!

Before putting him to bed we took a little video of Spencer and asked him how his day was. He was a little distracted with his new toy, but I'd say he had a pretty good day.

We sure do love our little Spence!