Lily's 2nd Birthday Party

Over the weekend, we celebrated Lily's 2nd Birthday with our loved ones!



This year, we kept the party small. The main reason was the fact that I'm about 527 years pregnant, and with everything else that's going on, I didn't want to have to stress over a huge party. We only invited our parents, siblings, and closest friends, and not everybody could make it.  When I say small, though, I mean about 50 people!

I didn't send out invitations, I loosely followed a fairy theme, and we went with picnic foods, but it worked! There was a minimal amount of stress and preparation, and it turned out to be a great party for our sweet baby girl!  The weather was perfect and Lily had a great time!





Lily was adorable while opening presents.   She meticulously unwrapped each gift, placing each tiny piece of wrapping paper or tissue paper on the ground next to her chair.  She carefully examined each gift, smiled, and searched for the gift giver in the crowd so she could say "EEE-You" (her version of thank you!)  before moving on to the next present!  It took forever, but was so sweet!



 


 





This year, on her actual birthday, Lily became obsessed with the Happy Birthday song and blowing out her candles.  She was so excited to get to do it again at her party!





Lily spent the afternoon hanging out with her grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.  She is such a sweet, loving little girl, and adores everybody in her life!


 

 







As evening approached, having no nap and a busy day caught up with her. 



She quickly fell asleep in my arms.  I held her for over a half hour, and then a friend helped transfer her to a makeshift bed of chairs!



She stayed asleep as it grew dark and the rest of the guests began to leave, but woke up while we were in the middle of cleaning up!  Luckily, Dylan and Lexie happily kept her busy!



It may have been a smaller than usual party, but it was perfect!  We all had a great time celebrating our baby girl!!!