Happy Birthday Beautiful Baby Girl

Who knew that this premature NICU bound baby girl:

 

would turn 2 sooo fast!!!!!

Sheesh!  

She is the gooiest love in our house. We adore the dickens out of her and couldn't ask for a funnier, cuter, opinionated, baby!

She is kinda in love with kitty cats, so Karri made her a kitty cat cake for her bday celebration.

She was so excited for presents.

 As were Max and Conli to help her.

 WOAH!

 When Mana pulled out her new kitchen, she couldn't contain herself. She wanted it opened soooo bad.

 that!!!

 up on her tippy toesies and everything.

 oh ho ho ho!!!! Here it is!

Think she has had enough of the pictures? I kept trying to get her to smile, but with no luck. This is what I got. She's the best!

 time for cake!!!

and blow!

again!

 and again!

 and again!

 yay!!! We did it!

 mmmmhmmm. good frosting!

 Family pic for the baby's day!

We always get the babes balloons for their birthday morns and this year, daddy did not disappoint!  

She was ELATED when she saw him walk in the door! Bouncing and laughing and screaming and wanting!

 and of course, blueberry muffins were next.  I couldn't handle how adorable she was singing to her candle.

 it's my very favorite.

 look at that girl. all focused and singing her heart out.

she wouldn't take her eye off it.

 happy twoth birthday baby girl!!!! We love you so so so so so so so much!!!!!!! 

More Cheese Please!

Chuck's is always on the top of the kiddos list of fun, so we decided to gather the littles and hit it up in December.

It was great. We practically had the whole place to ourselves!

deer in headlights?

 cute friends Heather, Jess and Janei'a

I don't think they were ready for the choo choos fury!

me and ange

Cutest Kaia, Ella and Isaac eating their eats

Alec had thee most fun on this here clock ride.

Soy & Hayleigh, ballin' in up

Finley hated EVERY RIDE this day. Blake was all, 'Wha?"

love that i got this in action. She'd go to throw the ball and drop it behind her 

on accident about 75% of the time

cute besties

team work

score!!!!!

A baby and her swig....and her swiggin stance

Kiri and Lincoln loving the choo choo together

Mas drinks

This is what it looks like trying to get 63 kids to take one picture

well fine, we'll get one of the adults instead! They cooperate much better

She loved the stationary "pretend" car ride

check out the models

so focused on the busy bee game

why hello beauty queen atop the float!

these guys are adorable. Always ready to pose

Watching Alec 

Then, the worst thing happened. Chuck E. appeared.  These 2 babes were not having it. They kept their eyes on him the ENTIRE time he was walking around. Finley wouldn't leave the bench.

oh lovey friends!

The next day, we got to see the kids at their Christmas sing. There were the cutest songs!!! And lucky for me, I got there an hour early so that I had a good seat. 

Em, Lind and I watching our singing babies.

Conli also had a puppet show production at school.  It was so cute. Her teacher is so creative with their learning. This was for learning about poems. They all memorized a poem, made puppets to illustrate it, and then acted them out. So. cute.

This one is getting soooo big. Drawing and all things.  I love her so much.

So does her brother.