Happy Birthday, Juliet!

Yesterday was Juliet's birthday party. After everyone left I took these pictures of her. She went into the kitchen, took a bowl of chips off the counter, and was really enjoying herself. Jeff and I were laughing so hard at her. Messy hair, party clothes long gone and face deep in Doritos. Oh, she must be my child!

My mother in law made her cake. I LOVE this cake. She did an amazing job!



These are some photos of Juliet from the last couple weeks.

Happy birthday to my precious little girl, Juliet today! I can't believe she is already two. I will be saying that every year because time flies by too quickly. Birthdays for the children are bittersweet. I am so blessed and daily give thanks to God for allowing me the privilege to watch them grow one more day. However, it is sometimes difficult to know they won't always be little. I love this age that Juliet is in right now. She gets so excited and giggles so darling. Even her little temper tantrums are cute. That is probably because she is my youngest.

Yesterday we had her birthday party at our home. That is truly a day I would love to relive. The party was great. I am appreciative to everyone who came early to help. My mom, mother in law and Tiffany all arrived early to help. My sister was so helpful in allowing the kids to stay over the night before. A party is only as good as the guests that arrive. Every time we have a birthday party for the kids I am still overwhelmed with how much people love us and care about us. It still amazes me that a whole house full of people would take time away from their weekend to help celebrate my child's special day. I love all the activities about the day, but I feel so overwhelming blessed and grateful for all our family and friends. Most of them may never realize how I cherish each of them in our life. I was discussing last night with my Aunt why I am so determined to have successful birthday parties. There are many reasons. My parents always threw over the top birthday parties for my sister and me. That is a 'legacy' that I want to continue. Another big reason is because of our family and friends. My kids adore each of them. Yesterday as everyone was leaving the boys would hug and kiss each of them. It was not because I was necessarily encouraging them. They simply love them. It makes my heart swell.