Hannah's 2nd b-day!

Believe it or not, our little Miss Hannah turned two on September 1st. What's even harder to believe is that both of her birthdays have been in Ellensburg. This year, though, we actually had enough friends to have a party!

It worked out great because her birthday fell on Labor Day, so I had the day off to just enjoy the day. For the party, we had about 12 kids and several parents. We didn't do a theme, but decided to just do activities that she enjoys. The night before, she and I baked cupcakes, then at the party, all the kids got to decorate their own cakes with various colors of frosting and toppings.





For the party favors, we gave each child a bottle of bubbles and blew hundreds of bubbles in the back yard, followed by a rousing game of ring around the rosy. Hannah and the kids loved it!







Gifts included some adorable clothes, "hair pretties," a princess piano, a Mr. Potato Head, a magnetic fishing set, a play dough set and some books. From earlier parties and family she also got a rocking horse, tons of play food, talking "Little Einsteins" dolls and a bug-themed place setting. She loves it all!



Hannah is becoming quite an amazing little girl. I have to share that during the Sunday school class promotion ceremony, her teacher shared with everyone how much she would miss her and that Hannah was one of the smartest 2 year-olds she'd ever known. It was so sweet. Hannah continues to impress us daily with her speech, sense of humor, athleticism and love for life. We feel so blessed to have her in our family.