Happy Birthday, David!

Happy Second Birthday to David!

David is a much beloved soul in our family, and definitely pampered like the baby of a family! 

David is very communicative with a good vocabulary, stringing words together, and the occasional short sentence. He potty trained well this summer, but regressed during the move (that's real life!), so I plan to start anew within a couple of weeks. Upon moving into this new home, he moved from his own sleeping space in with his bigger brothers like a champ. I couldn't believe there wasn't a difficult transition and that he simply falls asleep in a room with numerous siblings in bunks.

Despite doubts voiced by the older children, I overheard it being declared that a chocolate chip "cake" (just a giant chocolate chip) from the grocery store was the "best cake we've ever had!"

Two years old!

We have been living in this home for eight days and Chris' parents came for the weekend, so we had a pulled pork Southern feast to celebrate on the eve of his birthday--thanks to Grandmom for cooking most of it! I take credit for the boxed mac and cheese and the Steamables (microwave) green beans.

David received this old-school faux telephone that does not even make any noise (I don't "do" noise-making toys because I have six noise-making children) and it was such a favorite that he would not let go of it for the duration of his gift-opening. I love this toy.

Being a sixth child, all he received from Mom and Dad (besides a great new house!) was a pair of shoes because he outgrew his shoes last week.

He finally let go of the telephone when he opened his final gift from Grandpa: a Little Tykes slide! All the photos I took were a blur, so I will simply attest that the youngest three kids slid down this slide approximately a zillion times.

Then we went for a swim (actually, David kept sliding down the slide indoors) . . .

. . . and enjoyed poolside cake and ice cream.