A couple of photos from Annie's birthday

We took approximately 200 pictures at Annie's 2 birthday parties (one just for parents/grandparents and one for friends at the park), but I thought I would only subject you to a few.  Because I seem to have no time to do anything lately, I can't seem to go through the 200 to find the best shots, so I decide on a few cake photos.  Here we are patiently waiting for birthday cake...or maybe starting to whimper - hard to say.

Annie requested chocolate, and I love chocolate, so it was a win-win!  I made cupcakes for her actual-day-of-at-home birthday party.  They were yummy!

Oops - this one is not cake-related. But it does show that I dressed her in a super-cute hippy-chick outfit for the park party.  Not long after this picture it got to be 80 degrees, so off came the long sleeve top, the skirt got rolled up and the child became a sticky sweaty mess.  But at least I have this one photo of the cuteness.

And here we are blowing out the candle that the wind had already blown out.  Annie didn't seem to care at all.  Yes, I decorated the cake with M&Ms - her favorite food in the whole world.  Now when I tell her about other kids' birthday parties, she always asks if there will be M&Ms.  :)

We're still here!

I am so sorry that I haven't updated the blog in over a month!  I've been trying to find time to get photos onto the computer, and will do that soon. You may not believe that I haven't had time, but since my last post we:

Hosted birthday parties for Annie at: school with her classmates, home with Grandma and Grandpa, and the park with her friends;

Flew to cousin Amanda's wedding in South Carolina (okay that one was just me);

Attended Annie's first Easter egg hunt (chaos!);

Took an ill-fated family trip the beach;

Stayed with Grandma and Granpda while our floors were refinished;

Completely freaked out over a near-diagnosis of gestational diabetes (again, just me, and don't worry - I'm fine);

Went cold turkey on bottles, thanks to intervention from the Easter bunny (yes, we were an entire year late in doing this);

Enjoyed a night off from kid-duty and celebrated by seeing a movie, eating a meal that took longer than 30 minutes, and staying up until midnight (thank you, Grandma and Grandpa!);

Attended the school spring festival where we rescued a shrieking Annie from the stage;

Had our upstairs painted (thank you again, Grandma and Grandpa for letting us stay with you at the last minute); and

Managed to hold down our jobs. 

Now I know why I'm so tired today.  But seriously, I'm going to try really hard to upload photos, return calls and send emails this weekend.  Really. :)