things you just don't want to forget - 2

She will not say the word "cat!"

things you just don't want to forget

She always recognizes at a certain point in the neighborhood that we're almost to Nana and Papa's house!

leah's birthday party

The Cake
This year's cake theme was as girly as I was capable of doing on my own. We made a dark chocolate cake and covered it in fluffy white icing and pink marshmallows. Finally, we topped it off with 2 pink candles and a Tinker Bell!!


The Table
We decorated the table with some of Leah's favorite things. On the other side was Good Night Moon and a tea set. Because we decorated the table early, the next few nights were filled with questions about where her stuff was.

The Guests
Chip and his family, Tami, Hannah and Beau and of course Nana and Papa were all present to help us celebrate. Thanks to Tami for helping take pictures for me, but unfortunately, she wasn't in any of them.


The Presents
Of course, we must open our presents while in our princess chair!

The Fun

leah's birthday cake

Apparently, the cake was a little intimidating at first!

But, then it was okay and even a little bit cool!

Again, we need Reh to help us blow out the candles.

Funny story about the cake: The morning that I went to Wal-mart to finish her birthday shopping, I got the cake. Now, I say that I got the cake, because after I had all the groceries+ in the car and kids fastened in their seats (we'd been there 3 hours) I looked at the receipt to find that the cashier hadn't charged us for the cake (my fault, not hers). I was absolutely NOT going to go back in, so I decided to pay for the cake the next time we were at Wal-mart. So today, Nathan went to the bakery, told them what happened and got a price tag (remember those) to pay for a cake. At the register he gave the cashier the tag, paid for the order and came to the car. When we looked at the receipt, and they had only charged us $.02 for the cake. (her fault, not his) SERIOUSLY!!! Could we just pay for the cake that we have already eaten!!!

leah's birthday dinner

For a special birthday dinner, we went to Stevie B's to eat pizza and play some games.

Ski Ball was our favorite.

We tried this:

It didn't work well.
So we tried this:

Finally, we had that game figured out!

leah's birthday candle

So Excited!

Listening to Reh (Seth) Sing "Happy Birthday!"

Blowing Out the Candle

Needs Help from Big Brother

leah's birthday breakfast

We ate some yummy turkey-cheese eggs with biscuits and yogurt. And Leah got to drink her milk from a fancy birthday cup (THANKS AUNT MIMI!!)

leah's birthday hug

First thing in the morning:

now that she's 2

Yes! My baby girl is now 2. I can't believe it, but it does seem like she is aware and has decided to do a little growing up. She has taken 2 naps in her big girl bed already and keeps taking off her clothes to go to the potty.

This was too much. The morning of her birthday, I came in to get her but had to do my usual back and forth between Leah and Seth. Typically she will just sit in bed and talk to us until she's ready to get up. So, when I went to the bathroom to help Seth, this is what I came back to. She had never done it before, but now that she's 2....

zoo lights

secret santa

Early one morning, a "Secret Santa" stopped by our porch and dropped off some Dunkin' Donuts. I'm sure that most people reading this blog have a good idea who that was!!

When I told Seth that Papa had brought us some donuts, he immediately said, "We need to tell Papa thank you." So, of course, we called Papa to say thanks!!