Party Time!

Saturday was so much fun! We had Amelia's 2nd Birthday party at our house (even though her official birthday isn't until the 20th)! We had fabulous weather this weekend - it was perfect!!!! I am so glad we decided to do it a week early because last year it was cold and kind of rainy. I think we'll probably stick with this trend for any future b-day parties :)

Amelia loved having a few friends over and playing in the bounce house! She was THRILLED when everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to her and she was excited about the PINK cupcakes. Present opening was interesting. She was so intrigued with her first gift that she didn't really start paying attention to the other presents (although she LOVES them all) until the end. Then she figured out that more and more presents were coming out of the bags and she really got the hang of it. I think she'll be ready to go at Christmas.

She as been playing with ALL of her new things today and has had a blast! We have especially had fun having tea parties with Daddy and cooking in her new kitchen :) Hey - who says the parents can't enjoy the gifts too????? haha!!!!


The Bounce House (thanks, Jamie!!!)


The Princess waiting for her lunch!


Playing with Honey and the new kitchen!

Parrot

Amelia is a parrot. She repeats everything we say now. And now that she is talking in complete sentences it might end up getting us in trouble! Time to start REALLY watching what we say!!!! haha.

It's also so fun to hear Amelia call for our dog, Ruby, in the mornings. While she's getting dressed she'll gently call for her until Ruby comes running into her room and it just CRACKS Amelia up! It's so funny! She has also taken to giving Ruby "treats" throughout the day. Needless to say, we might end up with one fat dog! I'll have to put her on a diet after the New Year :)

In other news - I cannot believe that Amelia is going to be 2 this month! Time sure is flying by!!!!!!!!!!

I'll take some more pictures soon :)

The Ambassador of Halloween

So, I bought Amelia 2 different costumes for Halloween this year, and she REFUSED to put on either one. Luckily, I found this out in time to return each one - I wasn't going to force her to wear something she didn't like. I finally decided to just get her a Halloween shirt and go with it. Then, Andy had the bright idea to make her a "Halloween Pennant" and deemed her the Ambassador of Halloween! It was really funny! Here are some pictures from our day!

We decorated cookies, went up to Granners and Grandpa's for a little bit, and then went trick or treating! It was a long but very fun day!

She really LOVED trick or treating. Once she got the hang of it she was very brave and even waited a bit longer at each door until they have her one more piece of candy. We'll have to break this habit next year - but it was cute this year while she could get away with it! haha!