Birthday Time!

My Big Cheese turned two. What a difference a year makes! In the past year, Grace has gone from a baby to a little kid.

This year, because of the timing of Grace's birthday along with our summer vacation, we decided to have several smaller birthday parties instead of one big party at my house. As it turned out this was probably for the best since I wasn't feeling well leading up to the weekend before Grace's birthday. This is also why there aren't as many pictures as I would like.

We started with a party at Grandma Gail's house with my side of the family. Grandma and Amy did a great job putting the little party together and we thank them very much. The only really damper on the day was the weather which was 100 degrees, overcast and very, very humid. Grace didn't notice as she spent most of the day in the kiddie pool that Amy brought over. Her cousin Gray joined in the fun too.



After swimming Grace got ready for the party.



Aunty Amy made a great cake for Grace!



We finally got to break in Grandma's new picnic table. Do you think Gray was wondering why Grace got cake and he just got fruit?



The next day Grace's friends Ian and Allison came over for a pool party. Still not great weather, but good enough to play in the pool. Ian wasn't so sure about the big pool so we moved onto Grace's kiddie pool which we broke soon after we finished filling it, then finished the day with the sprinkler.



Ian's mommy Jen made yummy cupcakes in honor of the birthday girl!!



Time for our final round. Grace spent her actual birthday, July 26th, packing to go on vacation and swimming at a picnic for our dance studio (Mommy and Daddy ballroom dance). The next day, Neil's family joined us in New Hampshire for what I thought was going to be a great day of sun and swimming in the lake. Once again, the weather was not really in our favor. It was cloudy and rainy. I was very, very bummed that Neil's family drove all the way up to New Hampshire and didn't get to enjoy the lake.

Bubbles with Uncle Matt.



After a good nap it was time for cake. This cake was huge and tasty!!



The day wasn't a total wash. Grace had great fun playing with Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Kevin and her aunt and uncles. She recieved some wonderful presents which she played with all vacation long. And I think we have once and for all cleared up the recent issue of the difference between Grandma Gail and Grandma Nancy.

More pictures:

Grace's 2nd Birthday

Even more in my Album on Kodak Gallery