Our little princess turned 2 on Sunday - it's hard to believe! As challenging as we are discovering toddlers to be, it is fun to watch her little personality bloom. She goes from being super girly and wanting to be a ballerina with her tutu, to being a tomboy and playing with a Handy Manny tool set. And, of course, she still has her love of animals!
She slept in late on her birthday and it got too late to put her down for a nap, so we risked having her go through her party napless (she did great during the party). She had fun running around with her cousins and two girlfriends. When it came time for presents, I couldn't get her to come and sit with me. The first gift I opened was the Handy Manny tool box, and she was so excited. She brought it to Daddy to open and I couldn't get her to look at any other presents. Luckily, I had Tyler to help me open the rest.
The one gift that did get her attention away from the tool box was a stuffed sea horse. Andy and I have been telling the Grandma's not to buy her any more stuffed animals, but Grandma Carol hears Audrey talk about sea horses all the time and couldn't resist picking one up. Audrey carried it around all night and slept with him too! He also got to ride on her new tricycle, which she calls her motorcycle.
The Stevens boys aren't used to so much girly stuff and were a bit fascinated by it. Jack, aka Superman, put on Audrey's beaded necklace and bracelet shortly after he got here.
I bought Audrey a Disney jewelry box with play jewelry and makeup in it. While Audrey was playing with her toolbox, Tyler and Ryan were playing with the jewelry box. Tyler was pretending to put makeup on Ryan, asking him if he wanted to be pretty. Ryan really enjoyed the dress up princess jewelry - this picture will be saved until he is a teenager!
The evening ended on a sour note when we noticed (after everyone left, luckily) that something happened in the saltwater tank and all of the fish were dead. Audrey keeps looking for the fishies and we tell her that they are sleeping in the rocks. Andy is thinking about getting a real sea horse for the tank now that he has to start anew.
Audrey was also tough to get to bed since she was so overtired. She woke up twice in the night just screaming for no reason. We brought her in our bed the first time and she woke up again an hour later. It took us a while to get her back down (with the help of some Tylenol). We still don't know what was wrong - I guess she was just way too tired and overstimulted or else she was having baby nightmares. It's tough to be two!
On Monday when we got home from daycare, we walked into the living room and she said "Oooh... toys!" It was like her birthday all over again! Now Mommy gets to figure out where to put all of these toys to make room for Santa!
Here are the rest of her pictures. Thanks to Papa for being the party photographer!
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