My little man’s 2nd birthday

I can’t believe my baby is now 2 years old.  Its weird in one sense I feel like it was just yesterday that I had him, but then again it feels so long ago too…since so much has happened over the past 2 years.  The day I went into labor was pretty funny. It was Friday April 3rd, 2009, and I went to work, it was the last day before spring break. I felt “different”…and thought I was peeing myself all day…haha You know when your pregnant your body does weird things. But I toughed it out all day at work, didn’t want to waste a day of sick time if I was in fact peeing myself, even stayed after the bell to finish up my sub plans, IN CASE I went into labor over spring break. I got home from work and told Yosh that I thought (well Mom told me I had to) go into the hospital just to get checked. So packed a bag, just in case and away we went. I didn’t even stop for dinner, since I thought we’d get to go out once we left Kaiser (one of the biggest mistakes of my life…always, I repeat always get food BEFORE going into the hospital).  Well I wasn’t peeing myself…it was actually my water, I had a slow rupture and was admitted. After 30 hours in labor and only getting to an 8cm the doctors figured it was time for a c-section.  At 10:25pm out came our little boy, Owen Paul Souza, 7lbs 11oz (which at the time we didn’t know if “it” was a boy or girl…so it was a very pleasant surprise to have the doc announce it). Our little Owen is such a little man now…30 lbs of “man”, very talkative, smart, witty little rascal! heehee. Note how I don’t say brat…I try to pretend that MY child would never be a “brat” lol.

So we had a pirate themed party for the little dude on April 2nd.  I was praying the weather would cooperate. Very annoying that all week the weather was warm and wonderful and of course the day we are set to have the party its cold, windy and rainyish. Darnit.  But the party was a success. He had so much fun with all his little friends! All 34 children (yes I said 34 children…ALMOST all our friends have children…makes for lots of friends for Owen!) had a map to help them locate their goodie treasure chest.  Was pretty fun until the little kids were just picking up the first chest they found, not necessarily the one that was on their map! hahaa Oh well. It was the thought that counted. Owen LOVES bouncy houses, so we had to get a jumper. The little man couldn’t get enough of it.  Piñata time was fun too…but it wasn’t organized very well and I was just waiting for some little kid to get hit! I was nervous. Yosh and Joel was the rope holders, since we don’t have any trees to hang the piñata from…

 

 

   

But a huge thank you to everyone that came out to celebrate Owen’s special day with him!

*FLASHBACK*

  

(I finally have longer hair than my son! haha YAY!)

On Owen’s actual birthday, since it was during spring break we thought it would be a great time to bring him back to Disneyland. (I guess I wasn’t thinking that our spring break would be the same time as the rest of the plants spring break…yes it was a nice and crowded day at Disney…and very warm as well!) He had already been twice before, once when he was 3 months old and again last x-mas eve. We knew he’d love it, and that he surely did! Thanks to the wonderful Arneson famiy, we were able to enjoy our day at both parks!  Gabby, Ronnie, Penny, Diana, Diego and Concha & Nick Jojola were there enjoying the HOT HOT HOT day at  Disneyland too…so we met up with them for a bit to get on some of the kiddie rides (which have the freakin’ longest lines I swear!)

 

Owen met lots of characters on his birthday!! He LOVED Lightening McQueen & Mator the most!!!

We ended our day going on It’s a Small World, Yosh’s favorite ride. haha Poor Owen got nervous on all the rides, and I know that b/c he covered his ears during all of them (he does that when he's scared or nervous), no tears or anything but would be nervous during the ride,  Heck I was kinda nervous on Snow White…have any of you been on that ride in a while…its freakin’ scary!! When the ugly witch turns around I jumped when Owen did! But he didn’t cover anything on It’s A Small World. He loved all the singing…

It was such an awesome day. Seeing your child’s face light up with excitement is one of the best feelings on the planet. 2 years down…a lifetime to go. I can’t wait to see what my little dude turns into when he grows in to a man! …wait I guess I can wait, I don’t want him to grow up yet!