Inspirations for a 2nd Birthday

Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week and I am sure you all are looking forward to the weekend. We have had a wonderful start to our weekend! I am looking forward to Sunday since I work Saturdays. Ok anyways, on to thoughts about Kinley's second birthday. Tears....

Is it too early to start thinking about Kinley turning 2?!!! I can't believe how fast she's growing up. She is definitely not a baby anymore and well into her toddler escapades. She is sassy as ever and knows what she wants when she wants it. The end! There's no negotiating that with her. I love she is so strong willed and independent, but man is it challenging at times! Especially when she's screaming at the fridge for the 800th time and it's only 8:00am and she just ate.

She's 20 months so we have less than 4 months to get this shindig planned :). With her birthday being the end of November our options are limited. She loves animals, so my thoughts are doing an animal themed party. She really likes the book The Barnyard Dance and loves signing Old MacDonald so I think it would be perfect.

I really am not sure where though. Our house is small so I am contemplating doing it somewhere fun, possibly the rec center so she can swim. Unless we move soon! Do you have any thoughts? It won't be anything big but it would be fun to be somewhere where she could have some room.

I really love all these invitation inspirations from Zazzle. I have never ordered anything from there but have heard wonderful things about their products. You also know Etsy is an amazing inspiration in it's self. I need to remind myself she is only 2...but she is only 2 once so why not go all out! I love planning things like this!

I think after writing this I am pretty set on doing the animal theme! It is so adorable! Does anyone have any suggestions on where to get party favors from your favorite shops?

And lastly I want to share some fun pictures Kinley and her friend Patrick at the World of Wonders, Norfolk Botanical Gardens. They had such a blast! The place is absolutely beautiful. We can't wait to go back!

We really had a great time! Hope everyone has a wonderful Friday!!

Fun in the Sun

I hope you all had a great weekend!! We had a fabulous one! I am linking up with Her Heartland Soul for our Weekend Snapshots. My husbands schedule got changed at work so he worked all weekend but we made the best of it. At least he won't have to work another weekend for 6 weeks...well at least that is what they say. I am not sure I believe it though. They are always finding reasons for him to work.

I had a shorter weekend this weekend due to picking up some hours at work on Thursday. It wasn't too bad but I had a busy day so it was long. Before I came to work I got to meet my friends new baby boy, Finley Grey. Oh man is he cute and giving me baby fever....shhhhh don't tell my husband that. On my way to work I saw a horrible car crash right in front of me! It was so scary and made me remember that you can never trust anyone on the road. It reminded me how thankful I am to have Kinley rear facing; read more here :). Caught these two using the dog as a pillow. Too cute!

After working I had to go to the dentist to get my mouth guard adjusted. Wow that thing is weird. Does anyone have one? Any suggestions on how to get use to it? I forgot to wear it the first two night...oops. Thursday evening I got to enjoys some quality time with my husband which was wonderful. I think Thursday nights are one of my favorites because we actually get to see each other.

Friday we had such a fun day. We went to the zoo and had a blast. The weather was beautiful and we got to see lots of animals. There was a new giraffe that was born the day before, it was really neat to see. After we got home Kinley had a great nap so we decided we would get some frozen yogurt. She is so silly and doesn't really like frozen yogurt which I don't understand why. I think it is more about trying new things she doesn't like. She really doesn't know what she is missing. So she got a bowl full of fruit and was happy as could be.

Saturday I worked all day and the in laws were so awesome to keep Kinley all day since Matt had to go to work also. They also went and got dinner for us. They are wonderful and we are so thankful to have them close. Saturday night was uneventful.

Sunday Matt had to go to work, but we were able to get some family time in before he went. Then Kinley took an awesome nap and her and I had some fun in the sun in the backyard with her water table and sprinkler. And then we made a yummy dinner!! It definitely was a great day!

After this weekend we are really going to try to transition Kinley to one nap. She really hasn't been ready before now but she has really been struggling at bed time. So I am thinking her afternoon nap is interfering with her bedtime. We tried one nap yesterday and it went well! We will see how the rest of the week goes. Wish us luck please! This child of mine has always been an awful sleeper so I am hoping this transition isn't too difficult. It is not helping she is cutting more teeth.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week. We are going to get to see some friends later in the week and then hopefully get down to the Outer Banks this weekend to see my step mom and her family! I am super excited! Happy 20 months to my baby!