TWO

sleepy jilly wakes up for the first time as a TWO-year old!

balloons tied to the railing

i think we could have just bought her balloons for her birthday and she would have been very happy :)

she played with them....

and played....

and played some more downstairs :)

helen gets her another balloon

a birthday would not be complete in our house with out the breakfast bar!

yum!

#2 shirt from grandma

birthday cake - jillian picked it out all by herself... well actually she first selected Sponge Bob cake and a Bowling Pin cake and then i steered her in another direction :)

she was so quick to blow out the candles that all i got in the picture was the smoke from the candles :)

yum! cake!

my baby is growing up!

she was very excited to open up her presents

her siblings offered to help MANY times and she "not so gently" reminded them that she could open them on her own!

a movie star with rhinestone studded sunglasses

reading a card that has nana and papa's voice recorded

birthday girl ready for bed... story in hand, blanket and water nearby :)