7/26/12

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sweet, dramatic, instigating, smart, beautiful mama’s girl, Amelia. I cannot believe she’s 2 today. I remember the day she was born like it was yesterday. Such an amazing, fulfilling day, so much joy and excitement (and, maybe a little pain).  It’s just unbelievable watching these girls fly through life already.

Amelia is such a happy girl. She’s dramatic about everything – fake crying, extreme happiness, torture when we’re not paying attention to her, everything has to be exaggerated to the max. She has more than enough cuddles to go around (and, might I say, give the BEST hugs ever known to man). She is a clutz, she talks non-stop, she wants nothing more than to be her sister’s best friend, but finds just as much joy in instigating as many fights as possible with her. She is stubborn, but wants to make people happy. She likes to clean, she loves to dance and she lives to laugh. It’s hard to believe our colicky, acid reflux filled, non-stop crying, no-sleep-necessary baby has grown into this happy, full of life toddler. It’s amazing, in every sense of the word.

We sent Amelia off to school with some cupcakes for her class (luckily Olivia’s BFF was bringing cupcakes in for her class as well, so Olivia didn’t feel left out). They sang to her, made her a SUPER cute little card and had a little afternoon fiesta to celebrate. After work, I picked up the girls, changed their clothes, and we went out to the Mall of America to meet Christian for dinner at the Rainforest Café. The girls LOVED it there, but were a little scared of all the noises and animals. They had fun though. I’d planned on taking them on a couple of rides while we were there, but they were acting up really bad, and just did not deserve that bonus, so we headed to the cars and made our way out.

Next up, we stopped into Dairy Queen for dessert and presents. Today is “Miracle Treat” day at Dairy Queen…where a portion of their Blizzard sales go to the Gillette Children’s Hospital, so it seemed like the perfect day to stop in! Amelia opened her (new) Precious Moments “2” figurine and her new doll toys, we enjoyed our treats, and finally made our way home. Amelia passed out basically right away, and the rest of us weren’t far behind. It’s exhausting turning 2!

Today was also my Biggest Loser weigh in at work. I lost 4.9 in the last two weeks! Awesome! This weigh in incentive was most pounds lost – the man and woman with the most won $15.00 each. I didn’t win, but almost 5 lbs is pretty dang good! Exciting stuff!!

Here are some pictures from today's celebrating....