Growing Up.

Yesterday was just insane. From sun up to sun down everything was wild and nuts and soooo very fun. I heard Liz stirring yesterday morning so I grabbed my camera and entered her room singing happy birthday... she totally didn't get what was going on. But she was all smiles all the same. Here's the video: http://www.dropshots.com/jesserin#date/2007-08-29/07:31:00


So Jay and I decided to take Liz out for breakfast... (Partly b/c we were out of milk, and also just to do something fun together.) We went over to Alex's (yuck) and Lizzy had pancakes, scrambled egg, and a piece of sausage. Little piggy ate ALOT of it! I had a bagel and Jay had some mondo everything they serve breakfast. I hate that they allow smokers in that restaurant... completely grosses me out. We were good until the last 5 minutes when someone sat on the very *edge* of the smoking section - one table away from us... and lit up. Ruining any chance I had of finishing my breakfast. But anyway. Fun times all the same. The waitress ooed and ahhed over lizzy.

Back to the house! Lizzy got thrown in the bath and I went over to Walmart to get some more wrapping paper for her big gift. By the time I got back it was time to go over to Nanie and Pawpaw's house for lunch.

Well we certainly got alot more than just lunch! We had ANOTHER birthday party for Lizzy! When we got there, the house was all decorated with balloons and lots of presents. Nanie had a boa, princess crown, and an It's my Birthday ribbon pin for kiddo to wear. Very cute. And lots of fun. I never really did get a great picture of her yesterday - she was so busy looking at all her toys I couldn't get her to look up at the camera... or if she did she wasn't in the mood to smile, she wanted to get right back to all those toys!!!

After a big lunch of subs and Uncle Calebs creation of melted Velveeta (left out so it's hard and chewey)... (ew) lol we had chocolate cake and sang to her. Then on to the presents!

The Willman family got her a really cute capri outfit. Perfect for preschool!
Grandma Harsh got Liz a Look and Find book. (the Nemo/Lion King one) LOVE IT. She is addicted to those Look and Find books!
Aunt Bethy and Uncle Brad got Lizbear a Crayola Magic Coloring book (love that! Keeps her from being able to write on walls, clothes and everthing else) and a Belle Doll. Very cute. Lizzy's been toting her ever since she got her. LOL
And Nanie and Pawpaw got Liz a couple of really cute outfits and a baby doll that has snap on clothes. SO adorable. Lizzy cried this morning when she couldn't skip preschool to go play with all her new stuff! Little nut.

After the party we came home and Liz went down for her nap. (more like passed out cold!) She slept for almost 3 hours meanwhile I wrapped her little kitchen and got everything ready for her little party last night at Chuck E Cheese.

I called ahead to see if Chuck E Cheese was very busy and the girl told me not at all. So off we set in high spirits that we would have a fun, but relatively quiet evening. Ha. Ha. Ha. We get to CEC's and the parking lot is FULL. Turns out a school showed up -but luckily it was mostly older kids. So we settled ourselves at a table, mommy set up all the princess things. We had a princess table cloth, princess plates and napkins, pink silverwear, princess balloons, a pink themed cake, and lots of princess decorations and favors. I figured this will probably be the last year we get away with a princess theme for a long time... so I might as well go for it. :D

Meanwhile daddy took liz over to get her 20 free tokens (a birthday present from the big cheese himself! - No, not mickey. :P) The toddler area has a big play set with a slide that liz had a blast on - and best part? No tokens required! So at the end of the night her uncles ended up using up alot of the tokens on the big kid stuff.

Rae and Casey finally arrived with their kids after getting stuck in a buttload of traffic. Once they got settled Liam and Lizzy were off to conquer the slide and play area - they had a blast. Grey was adorable as usual, taking in all the sights and sounds and being a little sweetheart. He even rode a few things! We sat Grey on Lizzy's lap at one point when she was on one of the rides - and she wrapped her arms around him tight and held on... SO cute! Fun pictures of that on my dropshots!

Linda, Uncle Chris, Uncle Bryan and Ashley weren't too far behind. I went to order the pizza's... (HOLY Cow that place is expensive!!!) $20 for a large pizza? Are you crazy? UGH. So we stuck with two pizza's and alot of cake. LOL After dinner the kids played some more and then it was gift time.

The "wacky" Glowacky's (as the card said) ;) Got Lizzy a really sweet bible story book and an adorable skirt and shirt outfit. Very very cute.
Ashley bought Liz another gift! (Good grief girl!) This time Lizzy got a Cinderella Dress Up outfit! Ooooh how she loved that. She was running around the restuarant holding on tight to her new dress. Crack me up!
Grammy and her Uncles got Lizzy a basket of pretend pantry items and some pots, pans, utensils, etc for her little kitchen. YAY!
Mommy and Daddy got Liz her big girl Kitchen. It has an oven, microwave, sink, cutting board, toaster, etc. Tons of fun things. Plus, silverwear, plates, a house phone and more. CUTE! We also got her two little outfits - one was a courderoy dress, and the other was a jeans set with a long sleeve T to match - really cute. She got a couple new books (Another Look and Find! This one was My Little Pony!) and lastly a new pair of shoes for fall/school. Fun fun fun.

From there it took us forever to pack everything up and get it loaded up into the car. The boys went off to spend the rest of our tokens and Lizzy got to play some more on the slide. We didn't end up leaving until 8:30! AHHH (Liz is usually in bed by 7 on school nights!) But we made it home and she knocked right out. Definately a successful second birthday. Lots of fun, lots of clothes - and far more cake than this kid ever needs to eat!

Today has been exhausting. I had snack duty for preschool and since they were celebrating Lizzy's birthday today in class, I brought in Rice Crispy Treats and Apple Juice - nothing like a sugar high to get the kids movin. :P Whew. I am tired! I didn't sleep well last night... ughhh just the begining of that - I know. And I desperately need to work on my house - but I am SO stinking tired! Ah. Well my goal is to get all her new clothes put up, a load of laundry in and her kitchen put together by the time I pick her up in an hour and 1/2. If I can manage that much then I won't feel so bad taking a nap this afternoon. :)

So that's all for now. Happy Birthday My big girl! You'll never be one again... *sniff* But that's ok. You're an absolute doll at 2 and Mommy loves you so much my sweet angel!