Happy 2nd Birthday, Laney!

I love birthdays. I just do! I want my child to know how much her mommy loves birthdays. I want them to be big. Lots of people. I love birthdays. It's one day that belongs to YOU. No one else, you don't have to share. It's all about YOU!

On her actual birthday, she got to wear her "birthday dress" & loved every minute of it - fever blisters & all! She & her buddy Sam share the same birthday, so we teamed up with his mom to make sure all the kids had cake & ice cream that day! Mic & I took her to get ice cream & feed the ducks that evening after having her most favorite food in the world for dinner - hot dogs!!  She had a great birthday, but I was anxiously awaiting the day of her party! It was going to be so much fun!!

Because birthdays are a big deal to me, I had been planning Laney's 2nd birthday for a while. "Sesame Street" was the theme & we held it at a local park. They have an awesome playground (swings, merry go-round, slides, etc.) & it's all fenced in . . .even better!! We brought the grill, set everything out under the shelter & enjoyed lots of family & friends. We got to see lots of people we hadn't seen in a while & caught up with most & kissed on all of the new babies to join our circle of friends.

Unfortunately, Laney was a little "under the weather". She just hadn't been feeling like herself & it showed on the day of her party - no matter how much I tried to act like it didn't. Poor thing. All she wanted to do was "wing" aka: "swing". Thankfully, we had lots of hands on deck to make sure the birthday girl was in the swing the entire party. She didn't care about her cupcakes, juice or presents. She just wanted to swing. (3 days later she was walking around saying "birthday party" & loving all of her wonderful presents, just not the day of her party!!)

Now, despite all of my planning & organizing, sweet Laney just wanted to swing & go home this day. I dosed her up with medicine, tried to give her the best party I could  - yet all she wanted was a swing. In the end, everything was a success & I think everyone had a great time!
Happy 2nd Birthday Laneybug!

Thank you all for being so special to us!

Where she spent most of her time!

Elmo!!

Finally, enjoying her presents!