Baby F is Two Today! (Aug.22, 2020)

Our Baby F turns 2 today.

Two years ago today, the most precious little girl entered our lives and we were immediately in love.

How two years have passed already I do not know but I'm so thankful for them and for her and for every minute that I get to spend with her.

She is truly such a joy.

Guess maybe I should give her a new name since she isn't really a baby anymore but nothing else feels right - my sweet baby she will always be!

When I got up this morning, I jumped right in to banner making mode.

 

Meanwhile, My Honey went out and made stands for me for all of the characters I made so they could stand on their own.

My Honey was making pizza for the party and I had to decorate the cakes and gather everything together to take over to my sons.

My son came over and picked some up and by the time I got over there, they'd already gotten the decorating done.

The banner turned out really well.

So did the blocks.

I was really happy with how the 'Welcome to Freya Street' sign turned out.

I would have liked to put it on a post like a real sign but I just ran out of time.

Grover and Zoe welcoming the guests.

I think Big Bird was one of the hardest characters to cut out because there were so many little details.

All those little characters mom cut out ended up on the cups.

I was putting them on upside down at first - I hope nobody notices.

I made fruit trays - can you tell it's Elmo and Cookie?

I made Big Bird too.

I couldn't find a mango for his beak so My Honey picked out this melon, I don't even know what kind it was but it worked perfectly.

I should have had it pointing more to the side than down but I think folks will get the point.

The cake was a bit of a fail.

The icing wasn't as thick as it should have been and one of the cakes started to crack.

Initially I just wanted to put sprinkles all around the cake but I couldn't find any so I decided to use m&m's then because of the crack, I ended up just putting them all over the whole cake to try to cover it.

I wanted to get some little Sesame Street characters to put on the cake but I had no luck finding any.

I added some candles and it does look festive anyway.

I put it in the fridge hoping to stop the cracking.

My Honey meanwhile was at home cooking up a storm.

I stopped by a local place here and bought large pizza boxes from them so we could transport the pizzas over to my son's place.

He made a couple with alfredo sauce which I thought might not be a wise choice for the kiddos.

It ended up being a big hit and was the first pizza to go.

She was digging Elmo.

I was really hoping to get a good picture of her with Elmo but this was the only one I got.

I did get this nice one of her, her Daddy and Elmo though.

Cake time!

Putting it in the fridge didn't really stop the cracking but it still tasted good.

Blowing out the candles.

At least all the colors in the cake looked nice.

Present time.

The other kids wanted in on the action, I don't blame them.

It started out as a rainy day but the sun came out in the afternoon which was great.

The kids got to play out there - they have a huge backyard so there was way more room than in the house.

She unearthed a soother from somewhere and she never liked it as a baby but for some reason decided to walk around with it in her mouth for most of the afternoon.

Ha ha - looks like she's on a mission.

My Honey got some cute pictures of her down by the tree in the bottom of the yard.

I'm amazed he got her to sit still for so long - usually she wants to be on the go.

Aww this is a cute one.

They had the Razor out for a bit - that was kind of chaos.

Kids were climbing in the back of it and falling off.

Not very good drivers either - they were plowing into things left, right and center.

Nobody was injured and they all had fun so all was good.

After most of the party guests left, the family just stayed and hung out on the deck.

It had turned into a gorgeous day.

My boy and My Mama.

My brother A.

Mr H missed out on the Razor ride and the battery was dead so it was charging so he was a bit bummed about that.

Chilling with My Honey.

Note how she still has that binky in her mouth.

Eventually we did go home and although I was honestly exhausted from a few busy days, I still needed some steps to reach my 10,000 step daily goal so we went out walking until I got them.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Shopping and Birthday Preparations (Aug.21, 2020)

Both her Mom and Dad had to work today so we got to have Baby F for the day. 

We had to head to WCT for a few things and we were taking her with us.

Face Masks are mandatory in Walmart now so we made sure to bring Baby F's with us.

Doesn't she look so cute with it on?

I drove and My Honey sat in the back seat with her to entertain her which worked out really well.

We tried to make it quick and only went to a couple stores.

We took her in a couple then My Honey walked outside with her some while I was in one store and I stayed out with her while he went into another.

The least exposure she has the better.

I was working on cutting some of these out before I left and Mom offered to work on them for me when I was gone.

Her fingers are going to be so sore!

She was tuckered out and fell asleep on the drive home.

Aww, she looks so sweet when she is sleeping.

We got home and I worked on decorations.

I had blown up a picture of Elmo and printed it off on 9 sheets of paper.

I had to put it together like a puzzle, albeit an easy one.

Then I glued it to a cardboard back.

After it dried, I cut it out with an exacto knife.

It was a lot of work but well worth it I think.

Because it turned out so well, I decided to do a few others, like Ernie and Bert here.

I worked on them all night and I got everything cut out.

I thought the big ones would be hard but it was actually the smaller ones that were harder.

I'll make sure to take some pictures tomorrow of the finished products.

I did take some time out to sit and cuddle with my girl.

Trying to get Alexa to play Baby Shark.

My goodness - I just love her so much that sometimes I feel like my heart could explode.

I cooked up the cakes for tomorrow too.

Just white cakes but I made four of them, one of each of the primary colors.

I let them sit to cool and I'll ice them tomorrow.

We let her pick out a treat at the dollar store today and she picked this Frozen mat.

She was using it like a blanket.

Note who she has with her - her baby, Kermie.

We had her for most of the day because after they got off work, Mom & Dad went and did a round of golf but we didn't mind that one little bit.

Miss Z recently found out that she needed glasses and they went to pick them up today.

They look so cute on her.

Awww.

Hopefully she'll keep them on.

I decided that I wanted to make a birthday banner for the birthday tomorrow too so I looked up ideas.

I was done with crafts for the night but I'll get up first thing and make something.

My sister took the boys on a vacation to Cavendish.

Looks like they are having a great time.

My how they are growing.

I sure hope they open up the Atlantic Canada bubble to the rest of Canada soon so I can go out for a visit.

I really miss them.

They were playing salon at my Auntie C's place - I do like the braid.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!