Abby's 2nd Birthday

Yesterday was Abby's 2nd Birthday. She didn't quite understand what it all meant other than birthdays involve, balloons, candles, presents and she even gave Stu and invitation. She had a rough morning. She was quite grumpy. We had pancakes for breakfast because they are one of her favorites. She loves to dip them ketchup... (syrup). We decide to try taking her to a movie. We have never taken her to one other than when she was a few months old. We went to see Rio at the dollar theater. It didn't go so well. We took her in right as the preview for Harry Potter was starting, then they had a preview for Cowboys vs. Aliens. As soon as that started I took her out. She was so scared she didn't want to go back in. I finally go her to go in and we watched about 20 minutes of Rio and she just kept saying watch Mickey. So we just took her home. Next time we will go in after the previews. We went home and watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Then she took a nice couple hour nap. For dinner we headed off to Arctic Circle. One of Abby's favorite places to eat. Emily, Paul and their kids met us along with Grandma and Grandpa Curtis. Abby loves the play ground there and she gets free kiddy cones. All night long when ever we would bring up her birthday she would tell us about the ice cream cones. After that fun adventure we headed back home and opened some of Abby's presents with Grandma and Grandpa. Abby was so excited the whole way home from dinner. She just kept telling us there was a puppy in her present. There was not a puppy, but she was pretty excited about what she got. Grandma and Grandpa Curtis gave her a wagon full of Mega Blocks. She played with that the whole rest of the evening. She loves building towers and the wagon was a hit too. We had to take it on a walk. We gave her a zoo book and some magnetic numbers for the fridge. She thought those were pretty neat too. We read the Zoo book four times before she went to bed. I think she had a pretty fun birthday. We are having a family party for her on Saturday so she is going to get double the celebration. I can't believe it has been two years since we had her. It has gone by so fast. But I can't imagine life with out her. She is so much fun. We love her so much!