Abby's 2nd Birthday

I know it is late but as those of you with new baby's know it is hard to get the time. So I will post Abby's birthday as if it had just happened, ignoring the fact that is was a week or so ago.

Our Abby turned two! We can't believe it has been 2 years since we welcomed Abigail Faith into the world. She is the reason we began our blog and the very first post was to share her birth story. It is amazing to see how much she has changed and grown over the last 2 years.

Here she was just a few hours old..

Our beautiful girl on her first birthday last year

Our grown up 2 year old

We didn't really get to celebrate her first birthday so we wanted to do something small but special for her second birthday. We decided to have an early afternoon party and invited Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and a few friends. There were 11 Adults (Grannie, Grandad, Pappy, Uncle JA, Aunt Kristen, Russell, Rachael, Grandpa Michael, Grandma Maureen and of course Mama and Dada) and 6 children (Brennan, Johnathan, Lewis, Libby, Abby and Anna Jane). We had the best weather that we could have hoped for, it was sunny and warm with not much wind. I suppose we should start at the beginning of the day. We went in together to get her up and wish her a happy birthday, she was very excited. We had blown up several balloons for her birthday and when she came down stairs she ran into the livngroom to see her happy birthday balloons. After playing with them for a few minutes she had breakfast and got into her party dress. Since we planned on having the kids play in the garden we had her unveil some of her birthday presents (they were outside toys) before everyone arrived.











Once she had welcomed her guests we got her changed into play clothes filled her brand new sand/water table and let all the kids out into the garden. They all had a blast playing with the water table, see saw, trampoline, and ride on toy. It was such a nice day that they had their birthday lunch as a birthday picnic lunch. Of course there was birthday cake to follow and though the party was supposed to end at 1pm it was between 2 and 3 pm when most people left. After Abby's nap she opened a few more presents to end the day.



Abby and Lewis at the water table


Brennan and Jonathan on the ride on motorbike


Jonathan at the water table


Big boy fun (Brennan, Lewis and Russell)


Cousins enjoying the water

A bracelet from Pappy




Gift from Uncle JA, Kristen, Brennan and Jonathan. She plays with it all the time and loves it.

It was a great day, everyone seemed to enjoy it and it went as well as toddlers parties can go. Anna Jane was very well behaved and just ate and slept allowing her sister to be the center of attention on her big day.

We hope all our future parties go so well.