Happy 2nd Birthday, Kaitlyn!

Today was Kaitlyn's 2nd birthday... she is recovering from strep throat so it may not have been her best day, but we tried to make it as special as possible. We started with a special breakfast of cinnamon rolls (which her brother enjoyed more than she did) and then Gram came over to play while Paul and I headed to work.Before dinner she got to open some presents.

Her big gift is her new big girl bed (which is in pieces downstairs!) so she opened up the sheets and comforter ("polky dots!") but she quickly tested them out to see if they will be comfy (and rest for a few seconds):

Gram made us some yummy cupcakes which we enjoyed after dinner- Kaitlyn blew out both of her candles without any problem and seemed to really like having Happy Birthday sung to her.

She seems to be feeling a little better as after bath and bedtime tonight, she was talking to herself for a while in bed... a few times we actually heard her singing "happy birthday" to herself :)
Here's a video of her blowing out her candle and our family rendition of "happy birthday"

A January and early February update...

Sorry for the delay in posts- no good excuse, other than enough to do at work and home, a comfy couch (and warm blanket) making it difficult to get downstairs to the computer and enjoying our family time when we're all together.
In case you didn't know, it snowed... and snowed... and then iced over. We've enjoyed as much of it as we can (and continue to be thankful that we bought a snowblower several years ago!) and I'm trying to pass on my love of sledding. Today the kids were 'racing' down the hill on their sleds, so I'm getting there.



We also had a fun visit with Uncle Ryan and Lauren last weekend. There were lots of laughs and it was great to see them. Kaitlyn made them a lot of tea and coffee, and there was a good deal of tickling.



The other weekend the kids and Paul decided do "work" together- unfortunately Paul was at the kitchen table the longest.
The other day Paul and Kaitlyn were both 'reading' on the couch after dinner- and invited Woody to join.

This week is Kaitlyn's 2nd birthday... how quickly those two years have gone by!