Sunday, August 1, 2010

The princess is 2!

It is hard to believe that two years have past since Maya Elisabeth joined our family. She is a sweet (and spicy :) part of our family and I am grateful she is my daughter. Lately she has been repeating more words and trying to talk more. It will be interesting to hear what this little girl has to say!

We celebrated Maya's birthday on Friday night (the day before her actual birthday) with Grandma Julie, Aunt Megan, Aunt Sarah, and our friends Derek, Alicia, & Brig. We had a Hawaiian luau theme for her party. We had a BBQ, opened presents, had a pinata, had cake & ice cream, and then went swimming. It was a fun party!

Maya got pull-ups and big girl panties from us. She also got googles, clothes, books, and a toy from others. She was really getting into opening the presents and got excited each time.

Happy Birthday Princess. We love you so much!

The girls decorating with Aunt Megan for the party:



The excited birthday girl:


Jadyn showing Maya the card she made for her:


Opening presents:


Jadyn taking a swing at the pinata:


Grandma helping Maya hit the pinata:


The awesome birthday cake Alicia made (I am glad I had her decorate the cake because it turned out much better than my efforts would have!):


Maya ready to have some cake:


The birthday girl at Red Robin on her actual birthday:

4 comments:

Kasey said...

Happy Birthday!! Looks like a lot of fun. Alicia did a fantastic job on the cake!

Sara said...

Cute Luau theme and darling cake! It really is crazy that she's 2. It seems other people's kids grow much faster than your own. Has she worn the panties yet?

Lindsey said...

No, Maya has not tried the big girl panties yet. I need to set aside some time to potty train her. Having two in diapers is no fun :(

Sissy Jackson said...

Her looking at that cake was AWESOME! Love your girls...