Owen's Second Birthday

 I want to keep this blog going, I really do. I quit for several months (not that anyone noticed or anything!! haha), BUT we are back! It may not be a post every day or even every week, but I want to keep up with it. One day I will look back and be glad that I did. It wasn't until my mom pointed out that the blog was gone (true, but I fixed it) that I realized how much I missed it. I panicked when I thought every post from January 2011, the time we found out we were expecting, up until now was just gone. I'm sorry little blog for neglecting you. I won't do it again…(promise?). So with that said, we have some catching up to do. It won't be all in this post, because it will be just a few minutes before Owen will need me to play choo-choo trains or change the Thomas the Train movie, but I will get as far as I can, starting with Owen's 2nd birthday party. Here we go….

This second birthday party was going to be different, I thought. The weather will be beautiful, the park will be all ours, and the sesame street decorations will look perfect. I was wrong. It wasn't all a disaster, but in my mind, it was a fail. After everything was said and done, I was exhausted. I felt like I didn't really get to enjoy the party, and these centerpieces were, well… left in pieces.

Before

After

When I arrived to the pavilion that we had rented for the day, there was a lovely family (did I say lovely…?) having a family reunion. I will spare the details… (lets just say a momma bear that is already stressed and on a time limit didn't take kindly to this) but I nicely told them it was time to leave because I had PAID for the pavilion and, well, they did not. She proceeded to tell me that they were going to finish their food on the grill and then they would move. I called for back-up. I was not going to let this happen. Brandon told me to get back in the car and he would take care of it… 15 minutes they were gone and I was in the car in tears. (Side note- I do overreact at times, but this was a disaster) I had 2 hours to set up until the party started, and 30 minutes were spent having a discussion with Mr. and Mrs. Wrong along with the rest of the family. Anyway… time for tablecloths…. the wind. Oh the wind. Every time I put one on a table, it blew off. I decided duct tape was the answer. Well I didn't have enough tape, Brandon had to run to the store for more which left me to hang the decorations from the rafters… I'm too short. Nothing was going my way and on that day, time was flying. I hadn't so much as taken a breath when our wonderful friends and family started to pour in. I left totes and bags of decorations in the car. I had run out of time and patience. That is when I realized it... no one was there for the decorations. They were there to see Owen, celebrate his second year of life, and eat some cake. So that's what we did.

 Here are the pictures that I hold so dear to my heart. My wonderful family and friends that I love with everything that I have, who took time out of their weekend to come support us and love on Owen.