My Paytin is 2, my beloved daughter, the princess of our hearts and apple of our eye....the little girl that makes life seems to sparkle and shine like never before. Paytin often makes us just stop, in the midst of all the craziness, and smile and laugh like only she can. She dances and sings, she cracks a smirk, a smug little face, or does her famous skip hop and loving life run, and we're putty.
Because I love this little girl so very very much, and because it is such a joy to have one of each, a boy and a girl, to witness going through these different stages in their lives, I'm actually very thankful her birthday week was a whirlwind of activity with only a few moments for me to reflect emotionally on how fast the time has gone.
On her actual birthday eve, we took a spontaneous trip to Reno to stay overnight and enjoy the waterpark the next day. I was in Mommy heaven watching the kids and Mike soak up the trapeze and circus show, and my heart melted when Brayden gave the first stuffed animal he won of the night to Paytin as his own personal birthday gift to her. I scored some one on one late time out with my guy thanks to Auntie Katie accompanying us on the trip, and before we knew it it was morning time and time for the waterpark. Still unsure how the kids would do, if it would be warm enough, if we all got enough sleep, I was thrilled that we spent even more time than I originally thought we would at the park. Paytin splished and splashed to her hearts content in the kiddie pool area, and just loved going down the kiddie slides with Daddy and I, She sat on our laps down the slide, slid side by side, and each time it was like the first time for her. She was all smiles and ate it up. Our sensitive and tenderhearted Brayden is quickly blossoming into a more fierce and brave boy. He went down the slides fearlessly, both on tubes, and just on his butt. Daddy even got him to slide on his belly towards the end and he did it over and over again he was so proud of himself! Throughout the day we got to try some of the "adult" slides and take turns with the kids with Auntie Katie, that was a lot of fun. Also, we learned that Brayden was just barely big enough to hit some of the big slides too. He really enjoyed going down a really large slide that was a two person tube one; Mike and I can be such overprotective parents sometimes and water is one of our sensitive areas with our kids. It was so much fun to see how excited Brayden was though about that big slide, and we both enjoyed taking turns taking him on it. The one we were most nervous about was a really tall slide that is the one you lay on the mat and race down. Neither or us could hold onto him, and just had to hope and trust that he wouldnt get scared about the water flying in his face since there is nothing we could do about it on the way down, what a champ! He loved it. But hands down, all the excitedment of the slides aside, my favorite part of the entire trip was when Paytin fell asleep in my arms laying on the two person floaty in the lazy lagoon. She never falls asleep in the middle of nowhere, much less anywhere besides her crib or carseat. Mike and Katie got to hit the slides with Brayden and Paytin and I floated around the whole lazy lagoon about 6-7 times just snuggling and me watching her blissfully as she slept. It's a moment I'll never forget, getting to reflect on her birth two years before and just how much we adore her!
Her birthday party was simply chaotic fun. She got spoiled rotten and had a really fun and loudly decorated Minnie Mouse party this year. She isn't into "TV" at all, so we just picked a theme and went with it. Since our friends had leftover Minnie Mouse Decorations, that worked out perfect! We had family and friends out, celebrated in the backyard with delicious food cooked by Mike's mom and then followed by cupcakes and ice cream and presents. It was fun watching her enjoy unwrapping the gifts and getting excited about each one. She's such a busy body and loves such a myriad of things, all her presents were perfect for her! The big hit of the party was all the water play like usual. Grandpa got her a new water table, and that combined with the kiddie pool, slide and slide, and hot tub, and it was a soaking wet party. It does seem like somewhat of a blur to me, but all I know is we had so much fun celebrating such a wild, fun and wacky little girl full of spunk! Here's to your second year baby girl!
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