Lydia's 2 Year Celebrations

We didn't do anything over-the-top for Lydia's birthday, but we couldn't let this special time pass without celebrating our darling little girl. Her birthday fell on a Tuesday this year, so we opted to do something super simple on the actual day and then a family party on Saturday.

The morning of her birthday started with David and I singing her Happy Birthday and throwing balloons into her bed. She loved it, and I'm so glad we decided to blow up the balloons last second (literally as we were on the way into the bedroom to get her up). It was a great start to the day.

David had to head to work, so it was just Lydia and I for the day. We went to her 2 year check-up, where she did really well - besides crying the entire time the nurse and doctor tried to touch her. We told the nurse that it was her birthday and she brought back a bouncy ball and some bubbles, and on our way out Lydia told me "Nurse, nice." It was sweet. She got her Hep A shot, so I took her to the farm and let her run around for an hour or so, in hopes that it would help her leg not be so sore. (I really think it helped - it didn't seem to bother her very much.) When Daddy got home that night, we had some yummy dinner and then cupcakes for each of us. For weeks, when you'd ask Lydia what she was going to do for her Birthday - she would say "Cake!" She was so excited about her cupcake and she savored every bite. I seriously about died with how cute she was as she tried to blow out her candles, she didn't really get much air going - but she tried her hardest! 

We just gave her a few small toys, some letters/numbers for her bathtub and a Little People Farm. She's so easy to please, and was so excited for her little foam letters/numbers. We went through every single one before opening up our farm. 

It was a wonderful little party, just the three of us. We went up to her room and sang her songs and read her as many books as she wanted before putting her to bed. I know she's little, but I hope that she felt really special on her birthday. It's hard to believe that she is two years old, but at the same time - she's learned so much and can do so many things that it's obvious she isn't my baby anymore. 

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Saturday was our family party. David and I decided to make a farm cake for her birthday party. It kind of evolved from a basic in-the-pan-with-frosting-on-top cake to a two layer cake with a barn on top - but it was still super easy and turned out cuter than we could have even hoped!  

Lydia loved it! We know that she won't always want to have a farm cake for her birthday, but this year it was absolutely perfect for her. 

We told people that they could show up around 4, with dinner at 5, and a party at six. Amy showed up a little early and gave Lydia a little pre-party pedicure. Then when everyone arrived, we had dinner. (We just cooked up a massive pot of pasta and dumped alfredo sauce and chicken on top. Some salad,  watermelon, and french bread were the perfect sides. We are grateful for everyone who brought stuff to help out, we are so blessed!) 

Then it was party time. We had Lydia blow out her candles, then open presents, then had cake and ice cream while everyone watched her 2-year video. Lydia was SO sad when we took the cake away and it took her a minute to get into opening presents. She also wanted to stop and play with each one. There were a lot of "We can play with it later, what if you open this new present?"'s from us, and a lot of very sad "Okayyyyyy...."'s from Lydia. But she loved all of her presents and we all felt very loved.  

  

  

 

We were grateful to have so many family and friends there supporting and loving Lydia. I just uploaded the video that we made for her birthday. It is a darling recap of her second year. It's amazing how much she has grown in such a short time period. I know that I often get too sappy, and too mushy, when I write posts like these, but we really do love our Lydia. She is the sweetest, most loving, most forgiving little girl in the world and we adore her. We hope that she had a wonderful 2nd birthday!