Happy Birthday Mary!

My baby is 2. I don't know if I'm crying because she's growing up so darn fast or if it's my hormones gone wild. Either way, our lives have been wonderfully enriched since Mary came along. We had a very nice birthday party for her during playgroup today with a Luau theme. Doug bought her the cutest grass skirt and coconut shell top hula outfit last time he was in Hawaii and I thought that would be perfect. Kalua pork and cabbage, rice, fruit and a turtle cupcake cake rounded out the theme...not to mention the millions of leis to choose from.

Mary didn't like the hula outfit. Bummer. It was too cute for words.

Trying on as many leis as possible before all the guests arrived.

My crazy attempt at making a turtle cake.

The outfit she ended up wearing. We bought this in Hawaii before we moved...before she was even born. I'm glad we thought ahead. It's so pretty on her.

Kinda blurry, but you can see the excitement on her face after blowing out the candle.

Mary licked off all the green icing from her cupcake before taking one bite of the cake and declaring herself done.

Happy birthday sweetheart! We love you!