Diedre's 2nd Birthday Party

Diedre turns TWO on February 26th. We decided to celebrate early with a small family party because Auntie M was visiting from California for just two days.

tasty kitty cake

the setup

i decided to have diedre open gifts throughout the party so she could play with each one without having to rush on to the next one. it worked really well and she didnt get overwhelmed with gifts. i will definitely try this method again. unfortunately, i didnt get pictures of her opening all the gifts because i was videotaping mostly.

here she is playing with her new larger, magnet doodle toy

she wanted to put baby inside her new jacket (just like mom and grandma do when we sling baby ezekiel).

she's pretty excited about carrying her baby like this.

Auntie M enjoying baby zeke

she loves cheesies and her giggling Elmo chair from Auntie M.

waiting for more cheesies

blowing out her candle (it didnt stick into the cake very well, so i had to help a little).

miles and diedre enjoying cake (well, the candy on top mostly)

here diedre's asking "where's miles? where's grandma?" because they had to leave the party a little early.

opening another present (behind her is some play food, books and a top from Miles and in front of her on the floor is a new train track from Grandma and Grandpa).

art supplies!

baby brother. he's such a happy baby!