My Baby Turned Two Today!!!

Oh my gosh! I can't believe that Dillon turned TWO YEARS OLD today!!! I am so depressed! How can he be growing up so fast! Before you know it, he's going to be a snotty little know it all teenager! Boo! Slow down, baby!

Well, in honor of my little man's birthday, I thought I would give you guys some "fun" facts about his birthday, August 30th! Hope you enjoy! Pictures from today's festivities will be posted tomorrow or Monday!

Famous People who share a birthday with Dillon . . .

1. Andy Roddick - American Tennis Player (Number 1 Junior in 2000)
2. Cameron Diaz - Actress in films such as The Mask and Charlie's Angels
3. Robert Parrish - NBA Center for the Celtics
4. Frank "Tug" McGraw - 19 years with the Mets and Phillies; Father of Tim McGraw
5. Warren Buffet - Stock market genius nicknamed the "Oracle of Everything"
6. Ted Williams - Outfielder for the Red Sox
7. Fred MacMurray - the father on "My Three Sons"
8. Shirley Booth - TV's "Hazel"
9. Mary Shelley - Author of Frankenstein
10. Lisa Ling - TV Personality on "The View"
11. Mohammed (founder of Islam)


Historical events that happened on August 30th:

1146 - European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time
1632 - John Locke, philosopher, is born in Wrington, Somerset
1850 - Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city
1860 - 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead)
1885 - 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda
1918 - Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot and wounded after speech
1922 - Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922
1933 - Air France forms
1954 - Hurricane Carol, kills 68
1957 - US senator Strom Thurmond speaks 24hrs 27m against civil rights
1968 - 1st record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude)
1979 - The first recorded occurrence of a comet hitting the Sun
1984 - Auction of Beatles memorabilia raises $ 270,000
1987 - Yves Pol of France runs a complete marathon backwards


Holidays Which Occur August 30:

Afghanistan Children's Day
Gibraltar Bank Holiday
Peru Patrones of America & India, official feast day
Turkey Victory Day (1922)
Turks & Caicos Islands Constitution Day (1976)

"Weird" Events celebrated during the week of his birthday:
Mae West Week
National Truck Driver Week
Be Kind to Humankind Week

"Weird" Events celebrated on his birthday:
National Toasted Marshmellow Day