Happy 2nd birthday John Brady! This year we decided to do a birthday with just family so it would be more intimate and his out of town family could have more one on one time with him this Easter/Birthday weekend! John Brady's current obsession is "airmanes". Every time we see airplanes when driving down the road or playing outside he says "mommy airMANE!!" He even hears them go over the house and runs to the windows and flings the shutters open to catch a glimpse. So we decided to go with the airplane birthday theme this year. The second choice was Mickey Mouse but we are going to Disney World this summer and thought that could be his "Mickey fix" and this could be airplanes for the simple fact we have family friends with planes and JB could go to the airport for his birthday surprise!
The morning started off with a nice breakfast spread of muffins, fruit, yogurt, granola, juices, coffee cakes, etc for my parents, drew's parents and sisters and our family too! Once we were done we loaded up and headed to Russell Field Airport in Rome, Ga. His poppi's friend Howie Lowden has a plane that he so graciously offered to show us and let JB tour the hanger and get up close and personal with the planes for his birthday! John Brady was in awe the whole morning watching planes take off, land and circle over head. We spent a little over an hour running around at the airport watching and touring.
Once we returned home it was time for his "party". I set up his table with a suitcase lined with cloud paper filled with "jet packs". Which were paper to go lunches with Rome's yummy Sweet Pickles chicken salad sandwiches. Everything was mini and travel sized and went with our travel theme. He loves pretzels so I made large pretzel rods dipped in white chocolate with red sprinkles for an added treat. Drinks were mini waters and "jet fuel" aka lemonade. His adorable cake was made at Honeymoon Bakery of course and was equally as tasty!
After lunch and cake time we opened presents which included balls, books, broom and dustpan set, Elmo and Elmo DVD's, clothes, stickers, games, a pool, a etch-a-sketch, etc. He loved his Elmo so much he took him with him for nap time and put on his new Mickey Mouse T-shirt for nap time too!
Today was a beautiful fun day with family. Great company, food, laughs and memories. Watching John Brady's face at the airport was so priceless.
We finished off the night with cooking out and watching his 2nd year dvd slideshow I made. Once we finished it we watched his first year slide show and couldn't believe how much he had grown up. I can't believe we will have another little boy here with us before we know it!!
Happy Birthday John Brady! Mommy and Daddy love you!!
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