LeaAnn Claire's 2nd birthday party

Saturday, 3/2/13

Wow!!! Where does the time go?? Our baby-girl (a.k.a. Big Girl) is TWO!!! Doesn't seem possible... and it's been a bitter-sweet time. We (I) have been waiting to be done with diapers, waiting to be done with the 'baby' stage... but then it became a concrete realization... there will be no more babies arriving in our home. Kinda sad when you think about it from that stand point. However, we are not going backwards, we are completely done, and I am happy to think that our life will move on from here... on to ball-games, running like crazy from all of their events and family vacations (!) you know... Disney World or something like that ;) we can finally say, "yes, we'll be able to go in 3-years" 

Here we are at our last 2-year-birthday-party... a Minnie Mouse theme and room to run around for the girl who likes nothing but to do 'whatever her big-sisters are doing!' :D Literally, she likes books & her sisters peeps :) (occasionally dad too ;)

Had all of her favorite food groups, chips/cheetos, spin-art-dip, fruit & cake ;)

Adore this picture of Miss Lindsay Lou :)

How cute is the cake & cake-pops! Thanks to 6th Street Tasty Treats (in Winthrop! :)

There is that side-pony-tail group of girls again :)

thanks to Grammy for bringing the balloons!

Here's the birthday girl!! :D Love this picture of her & cousin, Emma :)

Like her hair?? I think it's so cute on her! Just wish she'd leave it in ;)

Still a blankie-addict ;)

The t-shirt(s) (all the girls have one) are from Mimi :) and are incredibly perfect!! Pink sparkle skirt and leggings were Lydia birthday presents :) and the pink sparkle shoes are all her own from God-parents, Kris & Craig at Christmas :)

"I do it!!" is her tag line. ALWAYS.

How cool is that!?  Laynee could stay in it and roll herself.. very cool :D

Grammy playing with the birthday girl...

how adorable is Ms. Emma's smile?? :)

Love this giggle...

family pic with our last 2-yr-old ;)

family pic from LAST year... Mom managed to wear a new t-shirt... Dad... not so much ;) we really need to go shopping!!

LeaAnn Claire at two...

at One... same kid, less hair ;)

Love this picture of Carson :)

cake time!  of course we found matches in a drawer after the fact ;)

She was soo funny opening up presents

Here she is opening up her Furby... she saw what it was, picked up the present and RAN. And never looked back... hilarious. Just wished I would have gotten it on video :)

Here she is with her Furby, all the way on the other side of the gym :)

She examined all of her books :)

1 & 4

Slight resembalance would you agree??

two years earlier :) 

She really got in to opening up her presents 'all by herself'...

And she ended up trying on all her skirts too :) Overall, I would say this birthday girl was super happy with her big celebration.