Happy Birthday to Anna

Yesterday was Anna's second birthday. On Saturday, I kissed her little cheek as she was sleeping and realized I was kisssing my last one-year-old for the last time. And then I tried to snap out of it :)

We decided to keep Anna's birthday low key. She knew something was going on and knew she was the center of attention for the day, but I'm not quite sure how much she comprehended. When we all woke up, she opened two of her presents. She got a Minnie Mouse apron made by Grandma L. and from my parents, a baby doll car seat and counting book. She had already received her toddler bedding set from her Litwiller grandparents a week ago or so when she moved beds. She immediately put on the apron and went to get her dolly so she could try out the car seat.

At church, Anna moved up to the 2's and 3's class. She had received a Bible as a baby gift when she was born, so she took it along with her offering into her new class. She was very excited to move up! After church, we took the family to Perkins for lunch. All three of the kids belong to the kid's club, so both Ben and Anna had free birthday meals to cash in. Matthew was rather upset he didn't have a free meal, but we promised to pay for his :)

We came home and put the birthday girl down for a nap. The boys went to work making her birthday cards for her party, which was after church Sunday night. I picked up sandwiches and chips from the grocery store and we invited her favorite babysitters to come over. I had made her a chocolate cake with pink frosting, per her request. The cake was yummy, but the frosting turned out overly sweet. Thankfully, you don't notice it too much! She was so cute trying to blow out her candles. :)

After cake, she opened two more presents. Her great-grandma sent her some money, so I thought I'd buy her an outfit to open. It has Minnie Mouse all over it (her favorite). We got her a little tea set and she had a blast playing tea party all night. It's funny...she really doesn't have much of a frame of reference for "tea party" but she knew just what to do! Must be a girl thing.

We had to laugh when Jasper got down on the floor to play with Anna. She wouldn't serve him tea, which made him "cry." She then said she was sorry and offered him tea and a cooky. I told his wife it looked a little like that scene in Frankenstein where the little girl gives the monster some flowers. Pictures are on Facebook.

Today I took Ben and Anna for their annual check-ups. Both children are fine and healthy. Ben is 41 lbs. and 42 inches tall (80ish percentile for height, 69 for weight) and Anna is 28 1/2 lbs, 35 inches tall (80ish percentile for both). They are both on track to be rather tall, which would be funny considering that I'm only 5'3" and Rob is 5'6"! Ben did have his shots today and shouldn't need anything more until he's 10 or so. He took it pretty well, but one went into the muscle and those always sting. We went through the drive-thru at McDonald's afterwards and an ice cream cone made it all better :)