Millner Menagerie: Happy 2nd Birthday, Lily!

My sweet baby girl turned two on Friday! I just love watching how much she grows and changes every day. She has such a BIG personality for such a little munchkin and she certainly knows how to light up a room. Our weekend didn't go quite as planned but we got everything in eventually. We didn't end up doing very much on Friday (her actual birthday). Eric had his firm party that night, so the kiddos spent the evening with Grandma and Grandpa Millner. She got cupcakes at school and I think there was cake at Grandma's house too. The original plan was for the party to be at our house Saturday evening, but Lily started throwing up Saturday afternoon. Poor thing was miserable and we didn't want to expose anyone else. Luckily it seemed to pass quickly and so far the rest of us are clear. We did manage a smaller gathering on Sunday when Lily had been vomit free for 24 hours and no one else had come down with it.

It's hard having Lily's birthday right on top of Christmas. Last year we felt like so many things got lost in the jumble of her birthday on top of the holiday. There were toys that never got played with just simply due to the mass influx of everything all at once. This year we decided to get Lily clothes (she is already a clothes horse) and a toddler bedding set. Our crib converts to a toddler bed and eventually out to a full size bed. Lily is just slightly obsessed with Minnie Mouse and I found a cute bedding set that will blend with the decor already in her room. Since we switched to a big girl bed, we also had to get rid of the pacifier. Both of my kids have taken one only for naps and bedtime and oral development dictates that they disappear at 2. So far she has done well with the transition. We've made such a big deal out of the BIG girl bed and how big girls don't sleep with pacifiers that she seems to be transitioning just fine. We'll see if that holds true as the week progresses!

By far the biggest hit of the birthday weekend was a princess play tent from Grandma and Grandpa Millner. She LOVES it and spends so much time crawling in and out. The cat has also taken quite a shine to the tent. It's his new hidey hole for pouncing anyone that dares walk past!