Birthday celebrations!

This weekend was full of Birthday fun! On Friday Miss Heidi turned 2 years old! I can't believe that much time has already gone by since she was born. She is growing into such a sweet and thoughtful little girl, I just love having her in our little family! This past month she has surprised me with her vocabulary and is now talking in 5-6 word sentences, counting, singing and humming actual songs with the proper tune! and it is amazing to see what she understands. She is really thoughtful too, her favorite game is to take a toy away from Jadyn and run around the kitchen so Jadyn will chase her. She gets such a thrill out of being chased for some reason. Sometimes this works and they end up giggling and having fun with it, but other times Jadyn gets upset and as soon as Heidi sees that she is upset she will give the toy back her her. It is so sweet that she understand and cares when Jadyn is upset enough to solve the problem she has created. ok this doesn't happen EVERY time obviously, but it happens enough to show me what a sweet personality she has shining through. Her and Jadyn are best friends and it is so fun to see the sibling interactions everyday.

Other things to note for Heidi's second year:

favorite word: mine
favorite chore: unloading the dishwasher and putting her own special dishes away
favorite animal: we all know is DOGS
favorite foods: eggs, pasta, any kind of berries
favorite cartoon character: Dora
favorite toy: her stuffed puppy dog and dolls of any kind (polly pocket, barbies, magnet dolls), my makeup bag, her Dora toothbrush
favorite outing: going to the park and riding on the swings

Anyway so on Friday we had a family get together to celebrate Heidi's big two years. it was a blast having everyone around to celebrate. Heidi soaked in every moment of the attention she was getting!

The little birthday princess

Getting ready to blow out the candles, she is afraid of anything hot so this wasn't a huge hit, she just stared at them.

Then on Saturday we did a combined birthday bash with her buddy Savanna, who was born on the same day, we just invited a few mutual friends from the ward and it turned out great! I make them little matching shirts and they wore tut's to distinguish them. they they are both avid puppy dog fans we did a puppy theme for the party and Jessica made all the kids puppy ears and tails, SO CUTE! Most of the pictures are on someone else's camera that I will have to load later, but there are a few that I got here too.

The puppy cupcakes I made! Heidi loved them! (even though all she ate was the candies on the top)


Heidi's "post dinner" activity, she had a lot of energy!

Jadyn modeling her puppy dog ears. Aren't they so cute?

Today was great grandma Taylor's birthday so we went to her new home to celebrate with here. Lots of family again and it was a great time. She is the sweetest person ever and it was fun to be able to be with her and grandpa to celebrate. After dinner and cake, the kids went outside to burn off some energy in the field. I have never seen cousins get along so well as these ones, they are just all such a great friends. :o)

Josh's grandma and grandpa, aren't they so cute?

Blowing out all her candles!


Grandpa Taylor took all the kids out to the field to play after dinner. Here they all are trailing behind him, I thought it was so cute.

An overly exposed but adorable group shot of all the kids there today. Aren't they such a sweet little bunch?

Caleb and Issac

Sarah, Jadyn, Issac

Josh teaching the kids his somersault skills, they are all clearly in awe.

I just liked this.

Grandpa mentioned that he wanted to show Heidi a doggy at the front of the building, and you should have seen her bolt toward him, I couldn't get the camera ready in time to catch her running off. He sure knows the way her her heart!

Having a look at the dog together.