Birthday Thank You's

My, my how the time flies! I hope that when Emer is old enough to do her own Thank You cards she is more timely than I am! But right now, I'm all there is to take care of the Thank You's for her. So here we go!

On the 4th of July my Tiny Wonder turned TWO!

We had a lot of fun throughout the whole day starting with our presents and ending at an Indians game. Well wait, I guess the festivities started the day before when Emer got a card in the mail from Karesa and family. It included frog stickers, which she Loved!

She had also gotten a package a while back but we saved it for her birthday. She loves her duck pillow from Cousins Sadie and Lucy (and family)!

Cousins have good taste in gifts because Hayden and family got her the Wonder Pets Schoolhouse which she hasn't stopped playing with!

(She's also gone back to asking to watch the Wonder Pets more often than I would like...it's only TV, right? LOL!)

After opening our gifts (see below) she played for a while then took a nap as usual. It was kind of a nice surprise that we were able to keep her on her usual schedule, especially since we had been traveling home from the Outer Banks the entire previous day. She enjoyed the beach, though wouldn't get in the water. It was very cold so Idon't blame her! She did love playing in the sand...

Which was good for me to see, considering the big gift we got her for her birthday! Here she is playing with our neighbor's granddaughter the day after her birthday:

They enjoyed some sprinkler and sandbox action! The girls are too cute together :)

Grandparents can also pick some great gifts. At this point on Emer's birthday I was feeling like a 2 year old's birthday is more fun for the mom than the kid : )

These are from Gigee and Poppy

The Bubbles are from Grandma

Sand box toys from Gigee, Poppy, and Grandma

Concluding Em's birthday we went to the Indians game and enjoyed a Rose Hulman cookout, a losing game, and baseball hats for the kids. Emer and Hayden are definitely the cutest babies at Victory Field! Don't you agree? :)

It was a late night, finishing up with fireworks from Em's bedroom window. She enjoyed the day and the night. The 4th of July is one special day in the O-C household!