Happy 2nd Birthday Adalyn!

We had a fun-filled last few weeks celebrating Addy's 2nd birthday.  Since her birthday fell on a Tuesday Derek and I decided to take her out for a day of fun on the Saturday before.  We began the afternon by taking her to the Children's Museum in town.  She had lots of fun playing with all of the exhibits and took special interest in the water and train tables.  We were there until the museum closed at 5:00 and had a difficult time convincing Adalyn that is was time to leave.  After all of our playing, we went to eat at Desthil so that she could eat her favorite dish, spaghetti.  After grabbing a few party supplies at the party store we made our last stop for the evening at Coldstone.  Addy asked for strawberries and bananas on her ice cream.  She loved every bit of it and tried to lick the bowl several times.

Her birthday was on a Tuesday, so we went about our normal weekday.  Addy went to Kalee's house and got to go to McDonald's for lunch.  That evening we made dinner at home and had a small ice cream cake to celebrate Addy's day.  Derek and I tried to sing Happy Birthday to her, but she broke down in tears.  Everyone I told the story to said that they would cry too if Derek and I were singing to them, but she also cried later that weekend at her birthday party when everyone was singing to her.  I guess she just doesn't like to be sung to, or she doesn't like everyone paying attention to her all at once.  Shying away from attention?? Usually that's not the Adalyn we know!

The following saturday we had a small get together of several family and friends to celebrate Adalyn's big #2.

Adalyn's birthday had a Yo Gabba Gabba theme.  She loves the t.v. show and when other themes were suggested, she always came back to requesting Yo Gabba Gabba.  For those of you who have been fortunate enough to not have seen the show, it features a man in a bright orange jumpsuit who intreacts with odd little characters that live in his radio.  Lately, Addy's favorite characters are Foofa and Toodee, who were featured on her cake.  Several of Adalyn's friends came to her party, which she was very excited about.  At first she wasn't so sure about sharing her toys with them, but warmed up to the idea and had a great time.  We got her a sand and water table for her birthday and Derek set it up for the kids to play with in the garage.  It was a hit and the kids didn't want to come back inside.  Needless to say, I think Adalyn can be officially diagnosed with SPRING FEVER!

We were so happy that everyone took the time out of their busy weekends to celebrate Addy's day with us. We are espiecially thankful that our families made the long trips from Indiana.   Addy loved seeing everyone and still talks about everyone who came to visit.  We are very lucky to have such wonderful family and friends.