Two Means Twice As Much Fun

July 20, 2013

Callie turns 2.

And Cade sleeps through the whole party.

Callie had a pool party for her second birthday.  A big thanks to the Reed's for letting us have the birthday party at their house!  Callie literally stayed in the water for almost four hours.  She floats around by herself now and is not afraid to be in the pool by herself.

Aunt LaLa and Callie swam together and had a little chat overlooking the May River.  (I'm pretty sure Lauren staged this picture and asked Emily to take it, but they won't admit to it!)

And then Daddy caught her and decided it was time for some real fun.  Good thing she is not afraid of the water!

The only thing that got her out of the pool was cake - cupcakes to be more exact.

And if cupcakes weren't enough, Mama D brought cake pops.

How many cake pops did she eat?  Who knows.  All I know is that I have about 20 pictures of her eating cupcakes and cake pops.  That's the best part of birthdays, right?

We had practiced blowing out the candles for several days, but when the time, Daddy had to help.  She loved the attention and everyone singing to her, but she wasn't too sure about fire being shoved in her face.  Smart girl!

Callie has become an expert present opener.  This is her new method.  Thankfully no one gives a 2 year old anything breakable.

The kitchen set from Aunt Debbie, Claude, and Hannah has provided hours of entertainment!  I have eaten more grilled cheese sandwiches, oatmeal, and drank more tea than I could ever have thought possible.  And it has taught us so many new words - fork, spoon, bowl, plate, pot, oven mitt...

My parents, Bryan's parents, and us all went in together and got Callie a swing set for the backyard.  We are so busy and have so little time at home, that it took Bryan almost 2 weeks to build it.  But now it is up and she loves it!  She asks to "wing" and "yide" all the time.  (S's are a little tough to say!)

After a big birthday nap, Bryan and I took Callie to play putt-putt.  This was on our summer bucket list and I thought it would be fun.  Of course I should have thought about the fact that we were driving to the island at 6 pm on a Saturday with all of the tourists.  After sitting on the bridge for a while, we finally made it to Pirate's Island.  I was really impressed with how well Callie did!  She actually tried to hit the ball, and she made it through hole 16 before she got tired and decided she was all done.

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!