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Brushin' my teeth, wearin' my birthday suit cuz it's my 2nd birthday today!

My Choo Choo birthday cake!

Mommy, me and Grandma Pat like my cake!

Grandma Karin got me a basketball hoop...

...and a t-ball set!

Now I'm ready to break some serious windows!

Getting ready for my first basket...

...he shoots and he scores!

Me, Max and Ben play at my birthday party.

Racin' with Max through the kitchen.

Openin' more presents.

Olivia, Cole and Tom observe the festivities.

Grandma Janet got me a Mariners lunch box!

Ben helps me open my presents.

Olivia and Tom.

My first American Express card!

A book that makes noise? What else could a little boy want?

Oh yeah - that's right - a little boy might also want an Elmo shirt!

Giggling at the "monkey in the box".

Getting ready to cut the cake.

Mmm... birthday cake!

This is the first batch from my 2 year photos.

Is this another way of spelling "consequences"?

I'm two!

Checkin' out the gorillas at the Woodland Park Zoo.

I can watch monkeys, I can sit on monkeys, and I can be a monkey.

Me and my friend Tristan pretending to be bears at the zoo.

I like to ride lions, too.

Another masterpiece.

More official "I'm two years old" photos...

Yep. I'm two.

Whaddya mean its just a prop?!?

The bright shining face I get from my mommy.

My mommy loves me, and I love my mommy.

Helpin' mom decorate Valentine's Day cookies.

Here are the cookies momma made.

Here is the cookie John Wesley made.

My Elmo towel.

Hangin' out at Logan Park with mom, Andra, Chris and Ben.

Drivin' the truck at the park.

Ben wanders around the park.

I'm goin' snowshoeing and sledding with mom and dad.

Momma goofs off with the camera in the truck.

Daddy drives us to the mountains.

Momma rides in the truck.

The view along the trail.

Sledding with dad.

Playin' in the snow with mom and dad.

All worn out on the drive home.

It's almost March and it's snowing!!!

Little boy boot prints in the snow.

Who are you going to throw that snowball at?

Oh - at mommy!

The deck the next morning - even more snow!

Layin' low to hide from the shark at the Seattle Aquarium.

Waving 'hi' to the choo choo passing by at the Edmonds Beach Park.

Hangin' out at the beach.

Throwin' rocks into Puget Sound.

"I ride the tree!"

Sabrina and Jack welcome John to the family reunion at Grandma Pat's.

John, Evan and Jack play at Grandma Pat's.

Mommy!

Jack and John.

The whole gang watches a movie.

John & Ellie hang out together.

Uncle Doug goofs off with Jack and John.

Performing the role of "Uncle Doug" at this afternoon's performance of "Family Reunion" is John Wesley.

Bellied up to the table at Grandma Pat's.

The toddler table at Grandma Karin's.

Chowin' down.

Strawberry faced Sabrina.

Petulant Ellie.

A streaker runs past Grandma Janet and mom!

Ellie runs on green grass - kind of hard to do in Anchorage in March!

Super John.

Sabrina has the finest manners.

Throwin' the ball around the backyard.

Impact!

A future sports trading card?

John and Sabrina sitting in a tree - c - o - u - s - i - n - i - n - g.

The cousins explore the Museum of Flight.

Flyin' with Evan at the museum.

Loungin' around the yard.

Playin at home.

John and his friends from the Lynnwood play group investigate the back of the Lynnwood Fire Department medic unit.

John watches the firefighter put on his equipment.

Drivin' the fire truck!

I don't think this is where you're supposed to ride.

The Fire Chief pays a visit to his station.

The pumper truck returns from a call.

Playin' at the Everett Children's Museum.

Makin' the train go "choo choo".

Watchin' choo choos.

Playin' choo choo.

Squirtin' the wind chimes.

Playin' with boats.

Tryin' to squirt daddy!

If only this water cannon would aim just a little bit further to the right...

Mommy and me at the Children's Museum.

Mom and Dad took me to Snoqualmie Falls in the middle of a flood!

The spray made us all wet!

Then Mommy and Daddy took me to the Choo Choo Museum in Snoqualmie.

"I drive the choo choo."