Happy Birthday Collin!

Collin turned 2 on July 3rd, but we decided to wait an extra day and celebrate on July 4th since we would be getting together with family for fireworks anyways.

Grandma Boyd made Collin this awesome Cars cake. As soon as Collin saw Lightning and Mater he went crazy. He wanted the cake so bad!

Mater's sign says, " Me n' Collin 'r goin' tractor tippin'. (More fun n' eatin' cake)"  

I loved Collin's reaction this year. Last year he cried and wouldn't touch his cake. This year he thought it was hilarious that everyone was singing Happy Birthday to him.

 Both my parents and Michael's parents went in together and got Collin a water table. He LOVES it! I was emptying the water every time we finished playing with it but after filling it up 3 times one day I learned to just leave the water in until the end of the day. It has a cool cover so the water stays fresh and bug free.

 After we let him play in his water table for a little while we headed to down town Winter Garden to watch the fireworks.

 

 

 Collin did a little better with the fireworks this year. He clung to me really tight the entire time and was shaking a little but at least he watched them. And I wasn't complaining about the cuddle time :)

Sad that he will only let me cuddle him when he's scared or sick.

These sweet boys shared their poppers. Collin got super excited when he saw the spark from the pop.

 After our 4th of July festivities it was time to party again because our family from Philly came down for a visit!

 Collin was spoiled rotten once again by Aunt Amy and Uncle Ken. They got him a T ball, a John Deer tractor, and a Thomas bath toy. He was in Heaven.

 Uncle Ed was quite the entertainer.

 All the Cousins

Collin, Shannon, Tiffany, Jason and Mikey.

 Guess who won't come out of the bathtub now?

 On Monday we met back up with the cousins at the beach.

Collin did so good. He really enjoyed it this time.

 These pictures make me laugh. He was standing there all by himself for a while. I told Michael, "it's like he's deep in thought contemplating life." Just about then the tide came in and he took off running. He's getting use to it but the sound of a wave crashing at you is apparently still too much for him ;)

 Jason begged and begged for the boys to bury him in the sand, but I think he thought twice after several mis-thrown shovel fulls ended up in his mouth and the sand started to make him itch.

 As soon as I finished taking the picture he was out of there!

 Our family shadows :)

 See what I mean? Collin became much more adventurous with all the cousins around to follow.

 Ahhh, hard work pays off huh Collin?

 Poor Shannon. Collin would throw a shell into the water and then expect her to retrieve it. She was a good sport though.

Thanks for the fun times guys!