My 2 Year Old Little Sweetheart!

Here is sweet Julia on the day of her birthday party! We had the PERFECT day for an outdoor weenie roast and jumpie party.

Tara and Emmy getting ready to party down in the jumpie!

Julia and Sol playing in the sandbox.

Sweet baby Rose....poor sweet girl slept right through the birthday cake!

Opening presents. Julia had to take frequent breaks to "read" the books she got for her birthday!

Julia and Chloe sharing some goldfish.

Sweet Maggie Grace loving on ShyAnn!

The jumpie was a hit! Julia loved it so much and would hardly take a nap after her party because it was still in the yard. As soon as she woke up, that was the first thing she said..."Wanna go jump in the jumpie!" Thanks to the jumpie man's generosity, they didn't come after it until way after dark. Julia definitely got her money's worth....I finally had to pull her out in the dark kicking and screaming all the way!

I am not even going to say how I cannot believe that our baby girl is 2. These two years have been, by far, the best two of my life!

When I asked Julia a couple of weeks before what she wanted on her birthday cake, she didn't not hesitate and said, "Lowly Worm!" In case you don't know him, Lowly in the cool worm and friend of Huckle's in Richard Scarry's books and movies. Julia loves some LOWLY!

Daniel Carey loved the cake! At least the frosting matched his outfit...

Ready to party!

Mattie Pace guarding the cake!

Julia having some left over cake. This picture is of her licking her fingers. She was so loud and smacked after she licked each finger. Where in the world did she learn this????

Julia's actual birthday was Sunday the 29th, even though her party was Saturday. On Sunday, John and I took her to see Curious Georgie live at the DeSoto civic center. She loved every minute and did not move!

Julia hanging out with Curious George

Lots of lights, singing and dancing! The whole program was about George flying himself to Italy to enter a meatball cooking contest. That night when we got home, I asked Julia what George was cooking. I really didn't think she would know, but she screamed out her answer of "Neatballs!" LOL!

Watching George in Daddy's lap....

Loving George....

We also took Julia to Build a Bear the Wednesday before her birthday. Here she is making the very hard decision of which animal she wanted to make. So many decisions.........

She finally picked a cute long eared bunny.

And this is her dragging bunny in his house all over the mall. She has slept with bunny every night since. She would have slept with bunny's house too, if we had let her! Her stuffed animal entourage is growing by the day.

Kissing singing Rudolph good night while sucking her fingers. Now that is what you call multitasking!

One of her favorite birthday gifts was this bowling set. What used to be our entrance hallway is now a bowling alley. Do you know how many times I have tripped over a bowling pin this week?

Julia had a wonderful birthday...thanks to our many friends and wonderful family who made it special and lots of fun. Two years with this little sweetheart is certainly something to celebrate!