Case is 2!!

Last Saturday, my baby boy turned 2! He's officially a toddler! For his birthday, Matt and I took him to the Mall of America's indoor amusement park. They give kids unlimited rides on their birthday for free - it was great! We had such a blast with Case! Some friends of ours watched Sadie for us, so we were able to give Case an evening with just the three of us. He got Macaroni and Cheese from Noodles and free ice cream from Coldstone. He thinks he's smiling in this picture! We went on tons of rides - the Big Rigs, Balloon Race, a train, bus, carousel, cars, etc...I love this picture of Case looking up at Matt while riding the flying puppies!
At the end of the night, Matt and I both took turns taking him on the log chute. The log chute was actually pretty fast and had two fairly big drop offs. After the two rides Case said, "All done, Boats." But as soon as we got to the car, "I wanna ride boats!".
It was so fun to look back over just the two years Case has been in our life and how he has changed our little family for the better! Case is so busy right now, he has an unbelievable amount of energy! He loves to run, run, run - being chased is his favorite thing. We love to play "Sadie's gonna get you", I chase him around the apartment holding Sadie out. His other favorite thing is, "no monkeys jumping on the bed" where he jumps in his crib while I sit in the glider and sing "5 little monkeys jumping on the bed..." He insists I sit on the glider while he jumps. It's a great energy release for him! He also loves playing on our bed with Matt, they'll just play for hours diving under the covers and laughing.
One of Case's other recent favorite things is to watch himself in video of pictures. He laughs so hard at himself and if you ask him who it is, he says, "Caser-man!"
Case is talking up a storm! Our favorite is when he says, "I love you." Ahhh, just melts your hearts! He also is just super cute if he's playing by himself and passes by me in the apartment and says, "Hey Mom." He seems so mature!
As he's understanding more and more, it's been a blessing to share with him about Jesus. He loves to read his Bible and knows that the Bible is about Jesus. He's just started to pray at night, "Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross to save me from my sins." (We say it a couple words at a time). Case, we love you so much and pray you will grow to know and love your Savior!

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY, CASER-MAN!