Turning 2

Big Mitch writes:

WOW! Do people really dig me!! I've been celebrating this birthday thing for over a week now! Last week mommy & daddy kept telling me that I had a birthday coming up, and at first I just thought, oh, whatever, and sang "happy birthday" every time they mentioned it, just to keep THEM entertained. But then I realized it was getting serious when mommy asked me what I wanted on my birthday cake! She never did fall for the idea of having Kylie or Madden on the cake like I told her!

Then the presents started arriving...why didn't someone teach me about this gift thing last year?!? I didn't know how much fun it was! And somehow people really know what I like!! Aunt Bicki came out from Pittsburgh and brought the hugest bag of goodies...it took me 2 days to open everything!

Mom mom and Pop pop Larry got me my first piece of heavy equipment...my very own bulldozer! It even has a helmet and trailer!

All year long mommy & daddy have been teaching me the Penn State chant..."WE ARE PENN STATE!" And if I do say so myself, I've pretty much mastered it. Now I know why they were teaching it to me...daddy was gearing me up for my very own Penn State jersey! Now he and I can wear them together on game day! I can't wait until this Saturday for the first game!




The next day we all went to the zoo. You'll never believe it but there were some more of those crazy big animals! I'm still not convinced they aren't people-I mean, they stand on their feet like people. And what kind of manatee can be out of water for such a long time AND stand on it's back flipper like this one? I'm going to solve this mystery eventually!

When Nena and I were at the zoo in July we saw the baby elephant, but Nena wasn't able to get any good photos of it. This time, I yelled to mommy to get this shot below just for Nena, since elephants are her favorite. Hope you like it, Nena.


Wow, what a great birthday. Thank you everyone, for all the great presents and for showing me how much you love me. I love you all right back.