Happy Birthday to our Baby Girl!!!

Holy cow, I have a two year old!! I love being a Mommy, but boy does time fly! We finally have a place big enough to have people over, so we did Haddyn's birthday party at our house this year. Plus, it made for a good excuse to get people to Heyburn to see us ;) Anyway, thanks to a bunch of sickness going around, which we are very thankful for other's NOT sharing with us, we had a small get-together. It was great though...we all got to visit and have fun and of course, spoil Haddyn Elaine! Here are a few pics of the events:
The extent of our decorating:Of course Haddyn picked pink and purple for the colors and Minnie balloons. They were like the most expensive part of her birthday....why is it possible to sell 6 balloons for 3.50?? Suckers know your kids won't give up until you buy them, even at the age of 2!
On her actual birthday Haddyn got a present from her Aunt Sarah and Uncle Taylor in the mail and she got to open that one before her party. Tinkerbell and farm animals--sure fire HIT!She also decided to stand on top of our gift and fell through, opening it whether we wanted her to or not. ha,ha She got a pencil box for her crayons and a new pillow for her big girl bed. I bought a little "Haddyn sized" pillow at Wal-Mart and made a Minnie pillow case to fit it. Then I had her name embroidered on the side. She has wanted a Minnie pillow since she got a big girl bed and I was not about to pay $30 for an unusable foam bead filled pillow. I think it turned out pretty cute and she loves it, which is really all that matters to me :)Her party was lots of fun and she did open her gifts better this year, but still wanted to stop and use each one instead of move on to the next one. She is totally stubborn as well and wouldn't look at the camera most of the time, let alone smile on que. She had just bonked heads with her little friend Taylor though and looked like she had just gotten out of the ring in Ultimate Fighter. ha,ha Not really, but she had a pretty good lump under her right eye.This is her new cowgirl bed set from her Aunt Dana and family. She had to go get her pillow and lay down right then and there...think she likes it?? This one actually got a smile--her new doll stroller from Grandma and PaPa Kroff. She LOVES it! Her two favorite gifts were this stroller and two princess erasers and a princess necklace that were in the package from Aunt Kelly and fam. The necklace is actually lip gloss, but she will never figure that out if I can help it. She is actually holding one of the erasers in this picture, she would not put them down. So cute.This card was with the doll stroller and when you open it, it sings "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" theme song. Yah, she carries that thing around all day and sings with it. Plus, it produced the first smile picture of the day!Cake and singing Happy Birthday. She wouldn't blow out the candles though...Daddy had to help.She and Taylor were so cute eating cake. This isn't the most clear picture, but Haddyn seriously had like a 3 inch square piece of cake in her mouth here. It was hillarious, she couldn't even chew.Of course there was picking of the nose. With Haddyn, there is always picking of the nose. ESPECIALLY if there is anyone around to laugh--she is very much related to her Daddy in that respect. Thanks to Jake for capturing so many great photos during cake and ice cream!!That's pretty much it for the birthday party, but I wanted to post a few other things really quick. This is Haddyn being Haddyn and why we laugh at her daily. She got the glasses and boots on herself. What a diva!! And that would be a great example how she is like her odd Mother. Oh well, she looks so cute at it! She loves these rain boots, even though they are too small. One night Scott and I hear the music on our blog start to play so we went to inspect. This is what we found: Seriously, SHE'S 2--are they all this quick and smart. Crap, I'm in trouble if so!Our neighbors have a new cat, Daisy. Haddyn loves this cat, but more than that she thinks that it is her cat. She invites Daisy into the house, wants Daisy in the stroller with her while we go on walks, and looks for her every morning and night to say "hi". It's really quite the deal--we don't have to feed or care for her at all and yet Haddyn has a pet. Thanks Blake and Jen! ha,haHere are a couple pics of Haddyn "loving" Stetson. She is getting pretty excited for him to come out and see her and say hi, I'm just not sure she realizes he doesn't go back in! he,heI have to admit this pregnancy has felt like it has taken FOREVER, but it doesn't seem like it should be over either. Weird eh? I did have a dream the other night I was pregnant forever, literally. That sucked, but I woke up and thought, well-that's just about how I'm feeling right now, so it fit. I am way more nervous for this labor than I was with Haddyn, but maybe that's because I KNOW what to expect this time. Hmmm..... Either way, I would labor 30 hours all over again if it means a healthy little boy that adds what Haddyn has added to our lives! Wish me luck---we'll be in touch!!