Day of

Here's the only picture we actually have of Vivian on her birthday. She was sick all week and stayed home with Mimi on Thursday. But she was feeling better, clearly as she had time to accessorize. 

Here are some from Friday when we celebrated her birthday with daycare. I let her help me bake the leftover cookies at the end of the day.

She really likes frozen cookie dough

Birthday Present

While I'm thinking about it I'm going to share her birthday nook... mostly because I'm so proud of it!!

I made the mistake of trying to hang the curtains while Vivian was around. She took them and wrapped up in them for about thirty minutes. Makes me think of Match maker match maker make me a match

She picked out the wall vinyls herself. She's got some Liberache in her. Glittery butterflies and...

A mirrored chandelier! WHAT?

I painted the pink and white stripes on the opposing walls myself.

Once I finally hung the curtains.

Completed with bean bag chair, giant teal pillow, and little pink pillow

Ah! I'm slow

I'm getting behind on my posts so I'll try to be faster. We had her last birthday party today so posts you can look forward to: birthday present, photos from the actual day of her birth, and today's party. I'll try to get them all out this week.

Second to last post of first second birthday party

Last Night as a baby

First weekend of second birthday entry 2

Birthday Weekend #1

I have a feeling Vivian is going to have several birthday parties for a few years. This weekend we went to the lake to see family and open some presents. I'll post over the course of the week. The weekend ran the gamut of emotions. It started like this:

And ended like this: