Kirk and Carrie's Most Excellent Adventure: September 2008

Birthday at Home

We (or maybe I to be more accurate) may have "done the overdo" as my old boss Joe used to say with Julia's 2nd birthday. It wasn't supposed to be a big production but Julia may now think that birthdays last a week because of her mommy (who loves birthdays by the way). I am sure she felt pretty darn special (more so than usual) the week of her birthday. We had a kid party the weekend before her birthday, went out for dinner the night of her actual birthday, and then celebrated again at the cabin with family the weekend after. Whew!

The Birthday Girl

(who woke up from nap with a party in her backyard)

Uncle David enjoying his sundae

Jes sneaking in some bites

Our wonderful neighbors Jo & Darryl and their son-in-law Josh

The big girl group - Katey, Kaelyn, Annika, Belle & Jenna

The water station

Kirk manning the sundae table

Alanna, Jaelyn and Annika

Jo and Elisha

Princess Inara

The Hamblins - Aaron, Kingston, Mary & Dakota

The sand station

The party! We (again I) tried to fit as much colored plastic in our yard as possible!!!

Julia and Abby in the bouncer

The Winters - Melissa & Jeremy and kids Kaelyn, Noah and baby Landon

The Szondy/Sikoras - Mary, Abby & Brent

The pregnant ladies

Opening presents - I did actually take a picture of her opening every single one but for the sake of space, I won't put them all on here - just a few!!! Thanks everyone for the gifts - she loved them all!

DVD from the Schany clan

New purse from the Taylors - with all kinds of goodies inside, including a phone & lipstick!

Radio from Uncle Kevin and Auntie Sara - she got it in the mail and was so excited to open up her special package!

Cool book from the Hawks

The very generous gift from neighbors Jo-Jo and Darryl

Our happy and carefree 2 year old

Having fun with our birthday glasses

At the library's July birthday party - our girl is a joiner! She volunteered to go up in front to be a butterfly for one of the songs. I was very proud (and was a big nerd and was the only parent there with a camera - this kind of stuff is just so cute!!!)