Happy Day!

So Atticus turned 2 this weekend.  What a fun month it has been!

Earlier in November (the 14th, to be exact), our little man got his first professional haircut.  Wow, did he look older.   Bye bye, curls!  Hello Handsome!

And yes, for the record, he was completely quiet and straight-faced the entire time.  It was awesome (and very surprising!)

We also celebrated Thanksgiving.  It was pretty different for us this year as we were away from family.  Thank heavens for good friends!  We had a great time with the Whitaker clan.  Atticus especially loved the time with his bestie, Bow.

Another huge milestone for us is counting!  Atticus surprised me one morning, without any coaching or practice:

But we need to get to the biggest milestone of the past month- the birthday!

No kidding, right before his friends were supposed to arrive, Atticus went through a coming of age ritual that I was not in the least expecting.  But what a manly unibrow, right?

 While we were a little frustrated (we couldn't get it all off as you'll see in the birthday photos) it was pretty darn funny.

We still managed to have a great time!  Here are some highlights from his birthday party:

I wasn't quite sure how much Atticus enjoyed his birthday, but he made it clear that he had loved it the next morning.  He kept saying, "Happy Day, song, a-peees" (translation, "Sing the birthday song, please!" and then blowing.  So we sang it a few more times and practiced blowing out candles.  He should do much better next year.  :)

I just love how he says, "Happy Day."  Here he is saying it back when we were trying to send a birthday message to Bobba in October:

Here are a few final memories for Atticus while still a 1-year-old:

 Dane's dad came down at the beginning of the month.  Hooray!  Unfortunately, due to a computer malfunction, we've lost a few of the photos, but we had a wonderful time.  We even got to celebrate his birthday with pie.  We just love Bobba!!!

Birds at a nearby park are a little more comfortable with humans than I would like.  I really did have to pick up Atticus and run shortly after taking these!

Eating cheerios out of his tractor at church

We finally caught his awesome sound for chickens (and all birds, for that matter).

Only 20 more days until Christmas!