With a huff and a puff

Birthdays are funny. We spend weeks planning for a party - sometimes when only family is invited - and the day goes by in a blur. That's kind of what happened with Amy's birthday. Invitations were sent out three weeks before her party via email because there was so much going on after Diana's birthday one month earlier. I think I did a pretty good job with her invite though and we got a good response. Both sides of the family were coming to her party which I was really happy about.
We woke up on Saturday morning and serenaded Amy with Happy Birthday. She loved it. She had been practicing holding up two fingers and by the time her birthday rolled around, she nailed it! We had French toast for breakfast and then opened presents, just the four of us. Diana and Amy made a mess of the living room with the wrapping, toys and clothes but they were happy so I wasn't one to complain. Shortly after that, it was time to get into party mode. I vacuumed, Matt took Diana to the store to get some food for the party and I baked cupcakes. Poor Amy was left in the living room to play. She was fine with it, but I felt bad. Poor birthday girl just got ditched on her special day.

That's OK. Later on, we had a lot of fun with family and friends.





Amy got a baby doll from Grandpa D. She loves her! She sleeps with her every night and more often then not, she is still in the crib in the morning and not on the floor because Amy threw her out in the middle of the night.



We trained Amy a long time ago to blow on her food when it's hot. She picked it up pretty fast but we never thought it would work like a charm on candles. Matt told Amy that her cupcake and candles were hot and to blow on them. She took a deep breath and swiftly blew both those little pink candles out. It was the highlight of the party for everyone there. And the birthday girl was very proud of herself too!