Millie's 2nd Birthday

Yesterday was Millie Marie's birthday.

Her brother and sisters had gone to the neighbor's yard sale last week and bought her some birthday presents.  (I didn't get shots of Abby's and Matt's gifts.)  Emma got Millie a little drum set.  Millie LOVES to play the drums for Rock Band.  Nearly every morning Millie will come into my room and head to my closet where the drum set is stored.  She'll grab the drumsticks and begin singing, "We Will Rock You."  Millie is a Queen fan.



Pay no attention to the fact that the birthday girl is pant less.  She deliberately stripped right before the festivities began!



Aunt Tara came by and had some gourmet hot dogs and mac and cheese for dinner.  She brought Millie this cute elephant with a blanket.  Millie loves the blankie.  It's hers.  Don't forget that.

Poppy (Josh's dad) and his wife Karen sent Millie a doggie that talks.  Not only does it talk, but Josh programmed it and now it calls Millie by name.  The first time it said, "Hi, Millie!" her eyebrows shot up and her mouth gaped.  She likes her new doggie.

Mommy and Daddy cheated and let Millie pick out her own gift.  We were at the store doing Christmas shopping and Millie found Sleeping Beauty in the Barbie aisle.  She looked at it, grabbed it to her chest and yelled, "P'ease!!  P'ease!!  P'ease!!"  How can you say no to that?  So when the confusion of check out hit, we took the doll from her, wrapped it and gave it to her several days later.  I think her sisters like it even more than she does.

Millie was a rock star with her birthday cake.  She didn't really know what to do at first.

Mommy stood by in case she needed to help Millie blow out the candles.

Even Daddy expected her to take a few minutes to finally blow out the candles, but she didn't.  She got them both on the first try.  Rock star.

And what's a birthday bash without a dirty bowl on your head?  Millie promptly ate her cake and ice cream and created her own beret. 

Millie is learning how old she is.  If you hold up your own two fingers and ask her how old she is, Millie will tell you that she's "Twoooooo!"

Millie has had a major year of development and I look forward to what she will do this next year.  I'm thinking we will begin using big kid cups, the potty, longer sentences, less pacifiers, a big kid bed, and lots of other big kid adventures.

Happy birthday, Sweet Girl!!