Caitlyn's Birthday

I've never been a big-birthday-party-thrower, and I can't convince myself that a toddler cares one bit. So, we did a small family party today with a couple of our adult friends that Caitlyn just loves. Not terribly exciting, but fun just the same. These pictures and videos are really for the grandparent's benefit since they couldn't be here. I'm sure those outside of the family realm won't find them terribly entertaining. But here goes...


The birthday girl and her cake...I'm sure I shouldn't have allowed the party to continue once I realized that she had pulled her pigtails out. She looks like a mad scientist, but cute nonetheless.

Way too many presents for a 2-year old, but fun just the same!!

Caitlyn's birthday cake. Obviously I'm no professional, and luckily she doesn't mind. She realized it was flowers and that was good enough for me. The centers of the 2 big flowers were little mini cupcakes. There would have been more, but when I went to the kitchen to start decorating the cake that I had made the night before, I saw Dan eating the little cupcakes. He thought I had been really thoughtful and made some for him...

Singing Happy Birthday to Caitlyn and blowing out the candles.

Opening up the baby pack-and-play from Grandma Milton.



Opening up the stamps from Grandma Leckie.

Our very kind friends, Jared and Victoria, brought a present for Jeffrey also - it was extremely thoughtful!!

Caitlyn with her birthday haul - lots of super cute clothes and really fun toys & activities. Thanks so much Grandma Milton and Grandma Leckie!!

The newest biker

So Jeffrey got his bike on his LAST birthday, this past May. I was so excited for him to get his bike and get to pedaling so that I would have a place in my double stroller for the new baby. Well, months passed and he just couldn't figure out how to pedal. I would run along beside him, pushing his feet to help him and he still didn't get it. I was pretty sure it was never going to happen when all of a sudden the stars alligned and he took off. It was a beautiful day. We went out and purchased a helmet and he hasn't stopped yet. He LOVES his bike and wants to go out all the time. I still can't jog beside him with the double stroller yet because he's a little too slow, but he's getting better everyday!

Dancing Caitlyn

Even though there's no possible way I could truly capture how entertaining Caitlyn's dancing can be, I thought I'd give it a try.



This is her all time favorite song to dance to, and she routinely asks me to turn it on for her. It becomes even more humorous because she is so clumsy. She falls down all the time, laughs and gets back up. She's a kick in the pants to have around!