Saturday, September 28, 2013

2nd Birthday Celebration...

We try to make Birthdays a big deal at our house.  Josh and I always take off work the day of the kids birthday, to spend the day celebrating one on one with them...however, there were a lot of events around Miss Ava Kate's Birthday this year.  

One...Aunt Amanda was getting married on her birthday (yay, a day they will always celebrate together)...so we had planned to spend the morning with Ava Kate and let her take a good nap before her flower girl debut at the wedding that night.  BUT....both Owen and Ava Kate ended up with the stomach bug on Thursday...the night of rehearsal dinner and the day before Miss Ava Kate's 2nd birthday!  Ugh!  Needless to say, the kids and I skipped rehearsal dinner and Ava Kate's Birthday morning consisted of everyone sleeping in and some yummy toast for breakfast!!  Thankfully, by mid morning, both kids seemed to be on the mend...so the birthday and wedding celebrations were back on!!


the presents complete with her new "Owen and Ava Kate" dolls...

checking out her new princess panties!!

and sister loves all things shoes...

a little help from big brother....

By lunch, Ava Kate was feeling much better so we decided to go forth with our one on one birthday celebration with little miss....

being silly at lunch with daddy....

After lunch at Five Guys, we headed to Build-a-Bear....


This was Ava Kate's first time to Build-a-Bear and she had a hard time deciding which "bear" to build.  In the end, she ended up picking the same monkey that Owen had!



helping with the stuffings.....


picking a heart for her monkey...

giving the heart a kiss before butting it in her monkey...

so sweet....

after she was finished making her monkey, it was bath time....


this was probably Ava Kate's favorite part...

on to the hard part....picking out an outfit!!

It was a short celebration, but we packed as much fun into the little time we had....before heading home for a nap and to get ready for the wedding!!

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