This weekend we were able to celebrate my baby girl’s birthday second birthday. Her birthday isn’t until Thursday, but we thought we would start celebrating her birth early. We actually started last weekend with my family while Kris and Sarah were here. This girl has some amazing, caring people who really love her. Thank you to those who were able to celebrate with us and make this such a special day. I was talking to a friend when everything was done and everyone went home and I was telling her that it is so weird how we stress for so long and have to make sure everything is PERFECT and everything is clean (floors, carpet, bathroom, bedrooms, kitchen counter, laundry put away), and then the big day comes and it is done before it even starts. Does that make sense? All the preparations (baking pies, ruining pies, making more pies, finding a cake that isn’t Halloween because you forgot one of the most important things about a birthday party…the cake, cleaning the kitchen up 5 times in 2 days, and the list goes on) and after 2 hours, everything is done and everyone is gone and everything is a mess again. And it’s over. And then the whole exhaustion from the weekend hits you like a tidal wave. But….it is ALL worth it to see my baby girl smile when she opened her toys, when she loved playing with the other kids, when she saw her cake that she didn’t even know it was the ugliest cake ever, when she wanted to play with ALL her new toys. So yes, it is so worth it. To see my baby girl happy made every worry and doubt disappear. Everything went smoothly and it was a success! Hayden LOVED all her new toys and played with them ALL day yesterday and is already starting her morning playing with them. It was so much fun this year to watch her actually enjoy opening her presents and her facial expressions told it all. She cracks me up!!! Anyways, here are some pictures:
Hayden wanting to help SO bad with the apple pie!
The finished product:
My dad was SUCH a help this day...he took the kids for a couple hours while I got the rest of the house ready...Thank you dad!!
Hayden and Payton:
Hayden and Payton playing dress up with Tara's present:
Such a GREAT group of friends:
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