On Sunday we had a small party for Belle with her favorite people...Nana/Papa and Grammy/Pepe. She couldn't have had a better 2nd birthday! We started out by taking her to the Denver Aquarium. She loves fish and anything in an aquarium, so we figured this would be a fun place for her to start her party. We were right, she was fascinated by everything she saw and was completely entertained by all the aquatic animals. We spent over 2 hours there!
She is surrounded by the aquarium tanks and didn't know which direction to look.
I'm not sure where Belle got her brave soul, but she is beyond brave. You can see here she is determined to touch a string ray. One finally came up and she didn't flinch for one second as it slid across her hand!
We then headed home for some dinner, presents, and cake. She had her favorite meal, homemade chicken noodle soup and bbq sandwiches on the Dora plates she picked out. She then opened her great gifts (and was in pure heaven). I have to admit I was a little embarrassed as she said, "more Mommy, more!" But, her grandparents are the best and spoil her rotten!
I wish I would have taken video of the moment we brought the cake out. As soon as Jamie walked out of the kitchen with the candles lit she shouted, "Party Time!!" It about brought me to tears because she was so excited. I love seeing her face light up with happiness (which is quite often!) She picked out her own cake the day before. She had a few choices and she kept coming back to the peanut butter ice cream cake. Who wouldn't want that kind of cake? It was delicious! Good choice, Belle!
She was so delighted that she got all the candles blown out!
And quite happy that it tasted as good as it sounded!
She ended the evening with a little dance performance for the family. She went upstairs to get the tutu Grammy made awhile back and put on a very stunning performance for us all :)
Next year we'll probably have a bunch of kids running around for her 3rd birthday, but this year it couldn't have possibly been more special with just us and her grandparents!! Happy 2nd Birthday!!
I know these pictures are rather disgusting, but at the same time we laughed like crazy when this happened. We looked down the hill to find Sierra running with complete excitement to us with god knows what in her mouth! She was so proud to dig it up and bring it up to us. Luckily, she gave it up with ease and it went straight to the trash. I'm pretty sure she found all the parts of this disgusting animal over the course of the weekend. We had a bag of bones to dump!
When we got home Belle got her very first professional haircut from barber Jamie. It was just a little trim to get rid of the scraggly ends, but a big event for us all...
Final result.....
She also got to start sleeping in her "big girl" bed. We've had it for a bit and just let her get used to the changes in the room and to let her play on it. We then decided it was time for her to give it a test run. All has gone smoothly. We are so happy she loves it! We have to search to find her tiny, little head peeking out of the covers when we check to see if she is okay.
And last, here is a not so flattering picture of me at 36 weeks. I figured I'd post this because you may not see me like this for much longer. We just had a dr. appointment and we may be meeting this little one earlier than expected. He/she has dropped completely and appears to be ready for the world. We are just hoping it is very comfortable and content for at least 3 more weeks down low. Although, it is NOT making life comfortable for me by any means, but I'll pull through if it can stay put for a bit longer!! I'm taking life as easy as possible (with a 2 year old running around) as directed by the dr!
