Saturday, October 4, was Lily's 2nd birthday! We had a wonderful couple of days celebrating too. Our big present for Lily was a playground that was delivered on Wednesday. She has been having a great time playing on it and showing it to everyone who comes by the house. On Thursday, Meme brought over several child-size tables and chairs. Lily loved these! She kept saying they were her "prise" from Meme; she can't say "surprise" yet. She really like the little wooden ones, and she would put them in different positions around the living room/play area and then sit and read her books to herself or her baby dolls. It was so cute to see!
Lily was very excited on Friday morning to wake up and find Ryan's family had come over from Birmingham. They had the tough job of keeping Lily occupied while Ryan and I went to work and then set about getting the house ready for the birthday party. They took her to a children's clothing store called Chocolate Soup and found some beautiful dresses for her (and a few things for Amelia too!). They said Lily had a great time modeling the dresses for the ladies working at the store as they ohhed and ahhed over how adorable she is. Lily had a great time playing with them all day, and it was such a huge help for Ryan and me to have them here.
We let Lily open her presents from them on Friday evening. She opened the Mrs. Potato Head first and had such a great time playing with it that it took a little coaxing to get her to open anything else! However, she was very excited to open up a new book (Max Lucado's "John 3:16" for kids) and two sing-along DVD's that I know she will love. Then Lily was thrilled to see a new baby doll stroller. It's adorable! It's part of a set that actually has a baby doll pack and play, play gym, diaper bag and bouncy seat, but we decided to spread those out over a few weeks and just give her the stroller for the moment. She loved putting Baby Kaylee or Mrs. Potato Head in the stroller and walking them around. She has hardly stopped playing with this since getting it!
On Saturday morning, we only had a couple of hours to finish getting ready for the party, but we managed to get it all done in time. Everything was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse themed since Mickey is Lily's favorite character. Lily was excited to see her friends and cousins: William, Anna Claire, Alexis, Peyton, Britton, McKayla, Molly and Zac. Of course, lots adults were there to help out too! Thankfully it was a perfectly beautiful day outside, so the kids were able to enjoy the new playground and the inflatable bouncy for awhile before lunchtime. We had finger sandwiches (cream cheese & jelly, chicken salad, and my mom's hot ham and cheese), fruit (pineapples, strawberries, blueberries and peaches) with dip, bbq potato chips, sausage balls, goldfish and pigs in a blanket. It all turned out really well. After lunch, we had birthday cupcakes which everyone seemed to enjoy. I had made the cupcakes and then died the frosting either red, blue or yellow and put Mickey character picks in; I must say, they were delicious! Lily was a little unsure about everyone singing to her, and she had me blow out the candles, but she dove right into the cupcake!
After finishing up dessert and playing for a little bit longer, we went inside to open presents. Everyone was so generous and gave her great gifts. She was so excited about each one and just wanted to play with them right then. If there was one in a box, she would say "more?" or "out?" which is how she asks me to take it out of the box, but I had to explain we would take it out later to play with. The girl loves to play and wanted to enjoy them all! After all the presents were opened, it was time for our friends and family to head home, so we gave each child a goodie bag with Mickey bubbles, stickers, blower, straw and M&M's (blue and red ones). I hope they had fun with them!
After all the excitement and sugar of that morning, we weren't sure how Lily would nap, but thankfully it was a nice long one which allowed Ryan and me to rest and clean up. Our parents had helped clean up some before they left, so it didn't take too long; this was a tremendous help, so thank you!
After nap time, we headed over to Wayne and Dianne's house to celebrate Zac's first birthday. This was a lot of fun too; he is such a precious little boy! When we got home, Lily was very excited to see a package had been delivered with more "prises" inside. Grandpops and Grandma Jan had sent her a big box that she couldn't wait to get into. She was so excited to open it up and see two wrapped packages inside. They both had toy food sets for her kitchen which is perfect because she loves her little kitchen but it doesn't have any food with it (except a milk carton, a piece of cheese and a muffin which get a little boring after a few minutes!). Lily loves to cook in her kitchen, so she was thrilled to see this. One of the sets has cutable bread, fruits and vegetables along with a "knife" and cutting board. The other one has an adorable cutable birthday cake with candles, decorations and a cake serving piece. She is going to have so much fun with these for a long time! There was also a cute yellow shirt that says "Someone in Chicago loves me" which we certainly know is true!
This has been such a wonderful birthday for Lily! We can't believe our precious little girl is two now. She has already given us so many fantastic memories, and we cannot wait to see what lies ahead for her.
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