Maria Turns 2!

Since I missed posting about Maria's first birthday (oops), I wanted to make sure to record the events of her second one. For the birthday weekend, Maria and I flew to Washington State to spend the occasion with family. One big drawback to this plan was that Tim was unable to join us, which was a bummer. With his encouragement, though, we went and had a great time!

The weekend began at my Mom's house where we spent an afternoon at Forest Park petting animals and playing on the playground. Lots of fun was had with Grandma Teri and Uncle Kyle and Auntie Allie. Maria also got to see her cousins, Tyler and Tara and Uncle BJ, Aunt Cheryl, and Gigi and Gpa (Great-Grandparents). Sunday morning (her actual birthday), Uncle Kyle and Auntie Allie came over and made a delicious waffle breakfast and Maria opened presents from Grandma Teri.

Afterwards, we headed south to Graham and Grandma and Grandpa's house for the birthday bash. Lots of family and friends (who are pretty much family!) came over and we celebrated with a barbecue and a  Mickey Mouse cake (made by Marcia) and fishy cupcakes (made by Krista). With all of the fun presents, we had to put them in a big box and ship them to VA since we didn't have enough room in our suitcase. No surprise there :)

We loved spending time with family for such a special day! We also celebrated again in VA with Daddy, which was intimate and sweet. I'm guessing that each birthday will be sweeter yet!

The party group (minus Gleny taking the picture).