Lily's 2nd Birthday

These are the portraits we took for Lily's 2nd Birthday

Her Birthday was a Sunday, so it was nice to celebrate on the day with a few family and friends at our house.  Here's the Birthday girl posing with one of her favorite presents, a Dumbo stuffed animal. (she loves that movie!)

Grandpa, Nana, and Lily

Papa, Lily, and Grandma

Lily doing a puzzel with her BF Madison (and Madison's Dad).  Lily is great at puzzels.  For Christmas, she got a 12 piece one that's for ages 3 and up.  She mastered it pretty quickly.  So for her Birthday we got her another 12 piece puzzel and for a challenge, a 24 piece (for ages 4 and up).  She mastered the 12 piece puzzel in a week and does pretty well at the 24 piece.  I guess we'll have to keep getting bigger puzzels to keep her challenged.

Another favorite present: a Baby Snow White doll.  She's never seen the movie, yet loves the doll and calls her by name.  In this picture I think Lily was trying to rip her out of the box.  I guess a 2-yr-old doesn't have the patience to wait for scissors.

Between Christmas and her Birthday, Lily is a present-opening-pro.

New shades for the summer

A very serious present-opener

Look at that mess!

It was an Elmo-themed party because of the cake I made.  PS: "Elmo red" is a hard color frosting to create and it makes your teeth and tongue red too!

Happy Birthday To You!

Playing with her new pizza set.  It's not Chicago-style deep dish, but still a fitting present for our pizza-loving family.

Eating ice cream on Grandma's lap.  I don't even think she cared about the cake.  She was all about the ice cream!

There was lots of Elmo frosting left over, so the next day Lily helped me use it to decorate sugar cookies.  As you can see, she was very happy to help.  (this girl loves sprinkles!)