Julius' 2nd Birthday

Julius turned 2 on August 26th!

Orange Julius for breakfast

Julius is becoming quite the little athlete. His favorite thing right now is just about any kind of ball. He absolutely loves it when dad takes him out in the front yard to "hit" golf balls...so we thought it would be fun to take him to play miniature golf. And it was. He really liked it.

I put him down for a nap after golf and came back in his room for something and found him in his crib like this...cuddled up with the lion that is bigger than him.

He loves being outside and sports, so I figured a a party at the park was a good idea.

The birthday boy!

He recently discovered frisbee and loves it. Funny. And he turned it into a solo sport. He doesn't like to play with anyone. He just throws the "frisee" and gets it himself.

His "bouncy ball" cake. I totally ripped off the idea from Martha Stewart...not the recipe...just the decorations...simplified a bit, hers was a little more complex of course. But I think it turned out cute. I used the most delicious carrot cake recipe that I got from my sister's mother-in-law.

The presents:

A football from mom and dad.

A new movie from Jeff and Casey Jensen and girls.

A BYU hat from mom and dad.

A soccer bag from Aunt Emily, Uncle James and kids.

A motorcycle from Grandma Kathy.

{He loves motorcycles...such a little boy I have!}

I just think he's the cutest...don't you?

He also got two BYU t-shirts from mom and dad. {I think my excitement for football season came out in our gifts for Julius! But he loved it all.}

And he got a cool stripling warrior Book of Mormon action figure from Aunt Emily and Uncle Justin.

I couldn't help myself...I had to sit him down with all his gifts and snap a picture. I think it's because it was tradition in my family. Every birthday or Christmas we have a picture sitting there with all of our loot!

Bedtime. He traded the lion for the football.

And I love it when he's smiling when I put him in bed...that's a good day.