Happy Birthday Sweet Perri!!

Two years ago today, at exactly 5pm, we welcomed our sweet baby girl into this world. It was a whirlwind day and pretty scary having to do an emergency c-section but oh was it ever worth it!! (And no, that picture was not taken right after I had her. I was way too jacked up on morphine for any pictures until the next day. And wow! Look how much younger I look?!?! Guess she's aged me a bit huh? haha)

One Year Old! Look at what a little baby she was!

 Perri is such a sweet girl and literally cracks me up every day. She has the funniest personality and I think her goal in life is to make others laugh. She loves dancing, reading, all things Barney and purple, playing dress up, playing at her new kitchen and table, terrorizing playing with our dog Emma and cat Amos, jumping on the trampoline, doing ring around the rosy a million times a day, staying BUSY and having fun!! She loves to be outdoors and maybe some day it will cool off more so we can play more outside! I could literally go on and on about her and how bright and smart she is but will refrain :)

We go for her 2 year check up in a few weeks (forgot to call and will be late on her 2 yr check but oh well!) so can't update on the height/weight but I can update and announce one thing that I've been waiting to announce on here but......

SHE IS POTTY TRAINED!!!!!!! (except for a diaper at night) (And yes she brings her "laptop" to go to the bathroom haha) Oh my goodness hallelujah this is a joyful thing! Yes, we now have been to the bathroom in every store we ever go in and have to stop at gas stations some times when we're out but the joys of not having to change a dirty diaper or mess with that anymore are wonderful!! She has done such a great job and is so good about coming and telling me when she needs to go as well as her teachers at school or the ladies at church in her class. I said long ago that my goal for this was 2 and we made it weeks before! woo hooooo!!

Here are a few funny pictures of our little girl. These give you a glimpse of her little personality and what a ham she is.

I promise she isn't always naked!

Perri's 2nd Birthday Party!!

Last weekend we celebrated Perri's 2nd birthday (how is she already 2?!?!) at Inflatable Zone. My parents and sister drove down for the weekend and festivities and were a tremendous help with birthday prep and helping out with Perri.

My dad spent the better part of Friday putting together Perri's new kitchen (pictures to come soon) and table (thanks MeMe) and Craig joined in when he got home from work. Thank you both for the hours spent putting these two together. Perri LOVES them!

The party was Saturday afternoon and we had a blast! Aside from Perri's mini-meltdown halfway through it was a good time! She wanted in the party room while we were setting up and needed to stay in the bounce room and was MAD she couldn't go in there. Did I mention she took a 45 minute nap before the party? Yeah, not good. She'd been down less than an hour and we heard her upstairs bouncing in her crib. Guess she was too excited about the party?

Anyhow, here are loads of pics from the fun. And no judging the pics- I for some reason brought the wrong lens and wasn't thinking and tried to shoot on manual in terrible lighting and fast moving kids. Bad idea :)

Thanks to my mom, dad and sister for making the trip down and all the help and to our sweet friends for coming and helping to make Perri's 2nd birthday a special one!

(She'll be two tomorrow, November 12, so hopefully I can get my act together and get another post for that! haha)