One year older and wiser too...

June 18th- Madison turns 2!!

Here are some pictures from her birthday party...

Here she is trying to sneek a treat bag before it even started...typical :)

I never thought I'd have a kid who liked Barney...or loved Barney I should say... but yes, that would be my child! :) It all started from me showing her a few YouTube clips of different songs, from Barney, Sesame Street, nursery rhymes or just whatever. Barney was the favorite and ever since then she's been hooked! She's never seen it on TV (i don't even know if it's still on anymore..?) but we got a few sing-a-long Barney videos from the library that she's obsessed with. It actually is really good and teaches a lot of good things, so if there's something she's going to want to watch over and over, I'm definitely ok with it being Barney! :) We ended up buying 2 Barney DVDs for her birthday so we wouldn't have to go to the library every other week! :) So thus the Barney cake!! She was very excited!
My 2nd time actually making and decorating a cake. Nick and I both did it together and we're pretty proud of our creation! :)

I guess I wasn't really paying attention but I'm not sure if someone promped her to eat it like this or if she just did it herself...? :) Cute picture though!

Cousins!

The highlight of her birthday party= jumping on the trampoline.

Maddie had gone to her friend Ezra's b-day party a week or so before and there was a trampoline at his party. She hadn't been on one since last summer, so it took her a few minutes to remember what to do and warm up, but then she loved it! So after that I guess that's what she thought was at every birthday party because she kept asking me about it. All she wanted was cupcakes and a trampoline and she'd be happy. Luckily Grandma and Papa were already right about to buy one for their backyard (which is where we had the party), so they got it set up just in time! She's quite the little jumper, she could probably go for hours if we didn't stop her! :) That's now the first thing she wants to do every time she goes over to Grandma and Papa's house. Dad taught her how to do "bum drops" so that's her new thing to do over and over on the tramp :)

Splashin in the water with her buddy Ez

The adults gotta play some games too :)

Some of the guests...

Uncle Paddy

She tried to open all the presents at once but was too distracted by all the people and fun things to do (aka trampoline) :) sooo she ended up opening the rest later that night in her PJs after almost everyone else left :)

We got her a little bike...now she can join in with all the other neighborhood kids and not have to borrow theirs :)

Opening up some of Grandma's presents...Maddie is still a huge book lover.

Fun day. This year was a lot more fun because she actually gets the concept of it being her birthday. We had gone to a few different family and friend's b-day parties over the last few months and would tell her that hers was coming up soon. On our way home from her friend Ezra's party, a week or so before hers, we got into the car and she said with a little sigh "now it be my birthday party!" haha Maddie knows she's two now and will tell anyone who asks. Ever since then she's also been on this kick of asking everyone else how old they are. "Dad, how old is you?" Then she'll repeat the number, "twenty and nine." She's remembered a few people's ages and even told us how old her teddy bear Sam was, "twenty and five"... kinda funny.