I love how tickled she gets when the attention is on her. It was fun to see her understand the whole birthday thing a little better this year. Second birthdays are tricky because you want your kiddo to feel special but also know that they won't really remember any of it. It's so easy to get carried away with kid's birthday parties, you know, with pinterest and all. I was pretty proud of myself that I didn't get on pinterest until the day of the party to decide how to put raspberries on her cake. I just wanted enough of a party so that she would feel special and loved, but not so much that I stressed myself out. I think we accomplished that.
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| Cousins |
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| Trying to get down 'two' |
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| Baby Ellie just after waking up. She's so contemplative. |
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| and she's a charmer |
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| Her own camera from Grandma M! |
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| Trying to wait patiently for grandpa to put some batteries in the camera. |
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| She also got a red trike! So of course we had to open gifts on the trike for awhile. |
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| And Ellie had to try it out too |
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| AND pretty dress up shoes from Grandma and Grandpa W! |
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| Playing with cousins |
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| A picture with her grandmas for a new "Me and grandma" picture frame |
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| And of course we had to feed the chickens a couple of flowers while we were outside. |
We were so glad that everyone came and helped us celebrate our sweet girl. She's been singing 'happy birthday' to herself since and really just loving each one of her gifts.
