Happy 2nd Birthday Rian!!!

Oh Happy Birthday Sweet Rian!

It seems like just yesterday when I would rub her tiny little butt as it protruded out the side of my huge preggers belly. <----true story. 

Rian brings such joy to our lives. She's so spunky and adventurous, and yet so sweet and snuggly. She's this tiny ball of energy that never stops. She's persistent and loves food, has the biggest smile and the best laugh. She makes the cutest monster noises, climbs on everything, loves to run around with Rory and Minnie Mouse & Friends are her favorite.

My friend, Alyson took Rian's birthday photos again this year and man does Rian make her work for a good shot. Here are a few shots from Rian's second birthday photos and you can definitely see what makes Rian really happy...being free! These photos were taken at the same park as last year's photos but have a little bit of a different feel. 

This year for Rian's birthday I wanted to celebrate her big day with her friends, but I didn't want to get completely crazy and go overboard. I decided that we would through a brunch for her with lots of mini foods fit for her and her small friends.

Ok so we attempted a family pic before the brunch started, and well...

The photos don't get much better, between the lighting and trying to take them while swatting away Rian's hands, but you get the idea of how things were.

On the menu we had mini chocolate chip muffins, mini pancakes with cinnamon sugar butter, donut holes, mixed fruit, mini bagels with whipped and strawberry cream cheeses, and mini egg scrambles served with raspberry lemonade, chocolate milk boxes, and iced coffee {for us mamas}.

And for dessert... Butter cupcakes with strawberry whipped frosting and popcorn balls.

Rory with his best friend

The kids played on the trampoline, slip n slide and at one point, they all decided to cram themselves into a small kiddie pool. 

Rian's "CHEEEEEESE" when she now takes a picture!

And then there were cupcakes. Nothing says a great birthday cupcake like eating it like a little doggie.

Once our tiny guests left, Rory Rian opened her presents.

It was a great day celebrating our sweet girl. Thank you to everyone who could join us!

2 year old wellness check stats:

Height 32 in         16%

Weight 23 lbs       27%

Head 46 1/2 cm   57%

She's doing great and the doctor was very happy with her development.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

-aMie

Our New Friend, The Tooth Fairy

Hello All!

It's been a long time since I've posted. For some reason I tend to slack a little this time of year. But anyway I've been meaning to share with you all that Rory has entered into a new (and confusing and scary) phase of his life... loosing his baby teeth. The whole idea of his teeth coming out freaks him out a little. And when we explain the process to him, I can see that he's trying to wrap his mind around the concept. For a while he thought all his teeth were going to fall out at the same time and man did that idea do a doozie on the poor kid. Even though he still gets a little worried when a tooth becomes loose, he's getting better at dealing with it all. I have to say that once Rory's teeth become loose, they fall out pretty quickly. He's lost two so far.

The first tooth fell out while he was eating his dinner. He bit into a strawberry and out it came. Easy-peazy, no pain, no blood, no drama.

Rory has a slight obsession with quarters right now, so it didn't surprise me when he asked if the Tooth Fairy was going to leave him a coin. I told him that he should write the TF and ask her if she could leave one.

The note and tooth were tucked under his pillow and Rory asked if I could leave one of his windows open so that the TF could fly into his room.

The next morning... 

The TF left Rory a quarter and tiny note that was tied with dental floss inside a basket made out of a dollar. By the way, rumor has it that it was the TF's husband that gave her the idea to tie the note with dental floss.

Bed head at it's finest! And the gap-filled smiles begin.

The TF's first visit was at the very beginning of May and by Memorial weekend Rory already had another loose tooth. So we spent about a week on watch to see when this next tooth would come out. This past Monday we were having lunch at a restaurant with some friends visiting from Australia, when Rory starting talking about how loose his tooth was and starting wiggling it around. This got our friends' three year old son's attention and he asked me if he could touch Rory's loose tooth. Knowing how freaked out Rory is about this process, I told him he needed to ask Rory first. And right then and there Rory's tooth just fell out. Now if you've ever seen the movie Steel Magnolia, I immediately turned into Daryl Hannah during the lost contact sceen, "No body move!" Rory's tooth was eventually found stuck to his shirt. Phew! After I dumped a small ziplock bag of pretzels on to the table and safely secured the tiny tooth, all was good. Or maybe not. Rory began to freak out because this time around there was a little blood coming from his mouth. Oh what a little blood, a table full of people starring at you and a day spent at the water park will do to a five year old. Cue our rapid escape! Well I hope we didn't scare our friends' sweet little boy too much for when it's his turn to loose his teeth. 

Later that night a very tired Rory got to writing his letter to the TF, only to have Rian scribble all over it with a pen I left out. Oops, my bad! Rory was so mad when he had to write a whole new letter. Oh younger sisters! Oh to have Rian as your younger sister!

Poor Rory is so tired and a little sunburned. 

This time around, the TF left Rory a quarter wrapped up in a dollar, tied with dental floss and another note.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all are enjoying your weekend. I promise I'll be back soon with all that's been going on with us. I'm going to start a couple of themes to help me with my blogging, "Wordless Wednesday" where the posts will be basically only photos and "Flashback Friday" where I'll post past photos and some stories. So stay tuned!

xoxo

-aMie