Happy Birthday, Mallory!

Happy Birthday, Mallory Anne! Today is our nieces 2nd birthday! We loved her from the moment she was a tiny newborn and we love her even more now that she is a happy, energetic 2 year old!!! Her birthday party was Saturday and we got to celebrate with her. 

All 4 little girl cousins were there to play together along with other family and tons of Mallory's friends. I got to visit with Kati from The Ivey League and Lindsey from It's A Love Story, Baby Just Say Yes - both of these women are friends with my sister in-law and I've read their blogs for a while so it was fun to see their cute kiddos in person! Mallory is lucky to have so many people that love her tons!

Then it was time for presents! We got Mallory the frilly tshirt Amanda is holding up and the Minnie Mouse camera that Eva stole back decided to play with.  Then it was time for her big presents. Mallory got a Little Tikes coupe car....if you look at the photo on the left you can tell that Eva was eyeing that car from the moment it arrived....the she decided that if she couldn't ride in it she would just push Mallory around in it. I guess we will have to go visit Mallory to play with that sometime :) After cake time they did a balloon drop from the second story inside. What a fun idea! I told Ryan that I'd like to do this in our home every morning.

Mallory's other big gift was a tricycle from her parents. Words cannot describe how excited Mallory was when she saw this come out. It was that joy-filled extreme moment that all parents hope for when delivering the "big gift." Ryan said that my smile watching Mallory's smile was equally joy-filled. I think it's safe to say that Mallory had a fantastic 2nd birthday party!