2nd Birthday Party!!!

After we all got home we had important business to take care of....Grace's birthday party!

Naturally we had to have a Sesame Street theme!

Grace even helped me and Grandma Applebee make the cake and cupcakes for her party.

We had a great time with our Lafayette friends and our family. They really made the night special for Grace!

Grace and Porter playing at the beginning of the party (you can tell it's the beginning because they didn't have ALL the toys out...yet!)

Grace always loves to snuggle with Uncle Greg!

Explaining to Anna how fun it is to have a birthday


The video above is the first singing of "Happy Birthday!" You'll note that it took her awhile to warm up but by the end she loved it and was asking us to do it again. Since she was the birthday girl, we all happily obliged!

"Happy Birthday" take 2!

And what's better than being sung to? Eating the cake, of course!

Grace was pretty fun opening her presents this year. For the most part we were able to get her to say "Thank you!" for all of her gifts. Our friends and family were way too generous! Thank you all!!!

The last gift we gave Grace was a tricycle from me and Mark. We knew it would be the perfect gift since she has been looking at toy magazines for the last month, picking out the bikes, and saying "My bike!" Of course when Mark brought it from the garage it was met by squeals of "My bike! My bike!" It's a bit big for her but it should be just the perfect size by the time Spring rolls around.

Goodbye hugs!