Hallie turned 2 on Friday the 13th!!! She had a fabulous birthday and was spoiled way beyond what a two year should be. Seriously she shouldn’t plan on ever seeing a birthday quite like this one again. That sounds sad but boy was she spoiled!
THE PRESENTS:
The festivities started a few days early while Grandma Crane was here. Grandma got some help from uncle Tyler picking out Hallie’s present. It was a Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal. Plus even better Hallie got lots of great books! Thanks Grandma Crane!!! (We love the books and read them all the time.)
For months Hallie has been asking for a bike. We told her that she would get one for her birthday and she never forgot. We got her a Strider bike that doesn’t have peddles. It is awesome!!! (If you have never seen one go watch some videos on YouTube) We had asked her previously what color she wanted and she picked yellow. That morning I was the one who couldn’t wait to see her open it. She knew it was her bike as soon as she saw the box, the little smarty pants. As you can see from the pictures she enjoyed riding it around the house and later outside.
Nanna and Papa (my parents) were here for Hallie’s actual birthday. For months my mom has wanted to get Hallie a kitchen but we kept telling her we didn’t have room in our house. However for Hallie’s birthday my mom said she wasn’t asking permission this time. lol
Hallie loves her little kitchen and spends hours playing with it. Thanks mom and dad it was the perfect gift you were right! 🙂 (P.s. Love the morning hair Hallie is sporting in this photo. I call her my little rooster.)
THE CAKE:
Hallie was obsessed with buses a couple months ago. Our car rides would be spent looking for buses and then as soon as she would see one the search would be on for another. Her obsession has since mellowed out but I had already been planning the cake and told her about it. Ohhh the look on her face when she saw the cake was worth all the time I put into that silly thing. Actually it was worth WAY more. She loved it! (p.s. the cake was huge! I used three cake mixes and ended up throwing half of the cake away after the party-I would have eaten it all otherwise!)
THE PARTY:
Since my parents were in town and Kyle was still a newborn I didn’t want to have a big party. I invited me and Hallie’s three closest friends and boy did we have fun. It was simple: Eat cake and ice cream, open presents and play with balloons. Gotta love being a kid. Thanks, Stella, Lindsey, Nicolette and families for coming. We sure love you guys!
I can’t believe my little lover is 2 years old. She is seriously my best friend and I can’t get over how much I love her. My love grows every day as I watch her grow up. She really is the perfect little girl: smart (she can count to 11 on her own without help), athletic, energetic, polite, super cute, very talkative, friendly and caring. She hates when people get hurt she gets so concerned about them. And plus finally she is a great sleeper!
If I love her this much now I can’t imagine how much I will love her when she’s a teenager. (I’m sure I’m going to need it! lol)
