Happy Birthday, Jadyn!

Our little miracle is now 2! We had a fabulous birthday weekend with the birthday girl. The previous evening, we had been working on some butterfly party favors for her birthday party....

...so her first request of the day was to wear her butterfly shirt. Then we began her birthday in earnest by opening some gifts that had arrived in the mail.

Jadyn liked the Valentines' gorilla

and LOVED the '101 Things to Make and Do with Googly Eyes' craft book.

After a trip to the coffee shop, there was lots of time to play at home while Mom and Dad prepared for Jadyn's birthday party, set for the next morning. One of Jadyn's Christmas gifts, a kitchen set, arrived just days before her birthday, and she spends lots of time in her kitchen, rearranging all of her kitchen gear amongst the icebox, the sink, and the range. She likes to make eggs, waffles, and cookies in her kitchen, and she uses the salt and pepper shakers that came with the range to season all the food she cooks. Here she is with Daddy later that evening. She's gotten so tall, and she is still so cute!

The next morning we were up and at 'em, ready for some friends to come over to party with us. Jadyn wore a pretty new dress, and worked on some puzzles while we waited for guests to arrive. (She's gotten quite good at these 9-piece puzzles in the 2 weeks we've worked on them with her.)

Here's Jadyn reading books with Zoe

And enjoying the birthday song

And blowing out candles

And eating cake with Dominic

Jadyn likes her new farm animals puzzle from Dave -- as a piece fits into place, the animal makes its sound!

In this photo, Jadyn is happily eating a piece of chocolate that Cleo shared with her. If you look closely, you will see that she has the tell-tale smear on her upper lip and the back of her hand.

After walking up the street for dinner at Tutta Bella and then dashing home in the rain, Jadyn ended her birthday weekend with Caspar Babypants videos before snuggling into bed for the night. She has taken to sleeping on a book as a pillow -- we're hoping this foretells a life-long love of reading!

Happy Birthday, Little Miss J! We love you!