Happy Birthday Anna!

Anna is officially two years old and the day of her birthday, she woke up acting like a two year old! Cranky Princess! But hey, it's her birthday and she can cry if she wants to.

Of course I had to send her too school in her Birthday Girl shirt so everyone would know it's her special day. 

Kevin and I bought Anna a playhouse for her birthday so when we got home from work, we took her outside in the 15 degree weather so she could see her gift. SHE LOVED IT!

 

 

 Look at that face. She was so excited! Seeing that face made it all worth it to Kevin, since he had to put it together in the freezing cold. Good job Daddy!

Ding Dong! Who is it?

See her peeking out her window.

I'm so glad she likes her playhouse. She got so mad when we had to take her inside but it was way to cold to stay out there too long. And because it's been so cold this week, we haven't had a chance to let her play in it. Every night she walks past the window and says "house". Hopefully we will make it above freezing soon and she can play all she wants.

Anna,

I can't believe how one minute I'm holding you for the first time in the hospital and the next I'm celebrating your 2nd birthday. Time has gone by way too fast but your Dad and I have enjoyed every single moment with you. You make us laugh everyday and you are such a sweet and loving little girl. We are truly blessed to have you. Thank you for being such a sweetheart and for making every day a great day. We love you Banannas!

Anna's 2nd Birthday Party

We celebrated Anna's 2nd birthday with a Dora the Explorer party at The Wonder Place on Sunday. Anna LOVES this place. She had so much fun running around and playing in all the different play areas. It was definitely a good place to take a two year old who's attention span is very short. A lot of our family and friends came to help us celebrate the occasion and we all had a good time.

Here's her cake. It was a Dora cake of course. I thought it turned out so incredibly cute. Thank you Mickey's! It was so good!

Anna liked her cake and wanted to play with the Dora figurines.

When we started singing Happy Birthday to her, she flashed this shy little smile to everyone. It was so cute.

She needed a little help blowing out the candles but we got it done.

Here's a few of the kids eating their cake. Yum Yum!


This is Reed (Anna's future boyfriend). He was a big fan of the cake. :)

Avery and Jacie

DORA!

Boots!

Anna with her Papa playing in the sand.

Lindsey put together a big birthday cake for Anna.

Avery playing dress-up.

Jacie played dress-up too.

Of course all the boys at the party played with the car track. It's manly!

Little Miss Caitlyn

This is Mia, she's in Anna's class at school.

And this is Gracie, another little girl in her class.

And then there's Tyler, the stud of the class.

Anna's birthday was a success and she didn't want to leave. In fact, she pitched a royal fit when we tried to drag her out of the place. But we bribed her with the presents. Since all the kids were having so much fun playing, we decided not to open presents at The Wonder Place, and instead opened them when we got home.

As you can see, she got a ton of gifts! Look close, she's behind all those presents somewhere.

She loves her new Dora suitcase.

She loved this stroller/child seat/diaper bag set my sister got her. She insisted on carrying everything and walking around the house. She was being such a good mommy to her babies.

Thank you everyone who came to help us celebrate. Even those who couldn't be there, we know you were there in spirit. Thank you for the presents and of course, thank you for loving Anna. You all made her 2nd birthday very special.

Four Christmases

We were very busy over the Christmas holiday. We got to celebrate Christmas 4 times!

First, we had Christmas with my sisters and their families. Everyone came over to our house for dinner and presents! The kids had a lot of fun with all of their new toys.

 

 


 Stacie's Family - Stacie, Christian, Sean and Avery

The Yarbrough Clan - we can never get her to look at the camera!!!

The Brother-In-Laws (Kevin, Sean and Jason)

The Fabulous Downey Sisters!

Our next Christmas adventure was to Searcy on Christmas Eve, and when I say adventure... I mean it!!! Central Arkansas got about 6 or 7 inches of rain in a matter of a few hours so it caused some major flooding. On our way to Searcy, the highway was covered in water that we had to drive through. We were all VERY nervous. Luckily, we all made it to Searcy safely and were able to enjoy a nice lunch at Kevin's parents and then a dinner at his grandmothers house.

Here's Anna with one of her Uncle Greg's :)

 
Anna got this little car from her MeMe and Granddad and she loves it! She gets in and out, in and out, over and over and over again. And she can only go backwards. She hasn't figured out how to go forward yet.

Our third Christmas was to my Dads house on Christmas Day.

 

And finally, our last Christmas stop was to Fort Smith to see Grammy and Poppy. We had a great time and I really enjoyed it because I was able to see all of my family (aunts, uncles, cousins) that I haven't seen in a very long time. And I was excited that Anna could meet them.

 It had just snowed in Ft. Smith so Anna got to play in the snow a little. Technically, this was her first snow that we actually let her out in. The few times it's snowed in Arkansas, she was so young that I was too afraid to take her out in the cold.

 

Here we are with my father, better known as Poppy, and my sister Rachel.

All in all, Christmas was great. We were surrounded by the people we love and care about the most, Anna got spoiled and we didn't have to do as much driving this year. So, in the end we had a successful Christmas. To all of our families, thank you for such a wonderful Christmas and thank you for all the love and support you give to not only me and Kevin, but to our little Banannas. We love you all so much!