Thursday, September 17, 2009

Samantha turns 2!

On September 11th Samantha turned 2 years old!  To celebrate (or perhaps commiserate as she has turned 2 with full force) we had a small birthday party.  We invited a few of her cousins that she plays with most frequently, and a friend from church that we hang out with.  They played outside while we finished making some homemade pizza, then we opened presents and had cake.  I was attempting for it to be rather low-key, and it was ultimately a success despite getting started a bit later than I had hoped so grandma and grandpa Smith had to leave.


Samantha pushing Preston on her scooter015

Playing Peek-A-Boo with one of the adults on the steps

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Wrestling with Preston (Samantha LOVES Preston, and he’s really good with her too)

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Opening presents with just a bit of help from older cousins. (You can also see the start of my belly I’m 15 1/2 weeks here)

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The turtle cake made out of different shaped cupcakes.  (My hand hurt from icing it by the end.  I have a new appreciation for some of my cakes when I was little)

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Samantha blowing out the candle… while we were singing “Happy Birthday”.  As soon as she saw them lit she blew it out, so we relit it a few times.  She got both out in one breath after the song though!

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Chowing down

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mmm… I like icing

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Playing in her princess castle/tent from the Smiths.  She’s trying to get her friend Jade to come in.

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Thank you everyone for coming and making it a fun evening!

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