Birthday Girl!

The time has come for the classic elephant photos, to see how much Megan has grown in the last few months. The last set of pictures were taken when she 18 months old, and the latest pictures are of Megan at 2 years old.

We went to the doctors today, and he said that Megan was growing perfectly, and that everything about her looks great. Plus the nurse said she did a great job during her shots and lead test (pricking of the toe and squeezing to get blood out) I think the nurse told me about 3 different times "You did a nice job of distracting her, she did great" That always makes you feel good. But then again, I did bring Megan's favorite monkey, night-night (burp cloth) and knowing that she was going to have some shots I brought along "boo-boo bunny" So I'm going to thank boo-boo bunny for Megan's great behavior!

Megan has also bumped up into the 50th percentile for height and weight. 33 1/2 inches tall and a whopping. 26 pounds! (just shy of a 4 pound increase and 2 1/4 inches in 5 months! Impressive eh?)

18 Month Photo

1 Month Photo (aww)

Look at that beautiful 2 year old smile, so sweet! I took these photos right after Megan had breakfast, and she was so excited when I pulled out the tan blanket and brought her elephant downstairs. She knew exactly what was going on. This was by far the quickest "photo shoot" yet...5 pictures total!
All of the cousins/grand kids at Grandma and Papa Schutte's house.

Not wanting to have a big party, I still wanted a little something fun for Megan's birthday. So I thought the kids would like decorating cupcakes. They had a lots of fun, or they were just excited to put on as much frosting and sprinkles as they wanted. Either way, it was fun watching them create.

This is Conary decorating his cupcake. The lesson here is: gel pens...when added in high volume to the top of a cupcake, it will stain your teeth! Moderation is good when it comes to gel frosting.

Crystal and Caila taking a break to look at the camera.

Kelsey Bells was kind enough to decorate Megan's cupcake. Do you think Megan was excited to eat it?

Umm, yeah she was.

(insert thought bubble over her head) "Oh that was the best blue cupcake I've ever had"

What is a birthday without gifts?

On Megan's actual birthday, we went to the Lyons Den with Grandma and Grandpa, Grandma-great, Aunt Lynda and Uncle Jim and Beth. Megan loved seeing everyone, I think that might have had something to do with the gift bags they were holding :)

Megan's mermaid complete with a book of Mermaid stories. To limit the amount of friends in Megan's bed, I had to set a rule that Mermaid gets to sleep in the closet/reading nook. Most nights Megan will tuck her in, if not that is my job. Then the next morning, Megan wakes Mermaid up after breakfast. The whole thing is very cute, and Megan loves to take Mermaid shopping!

So as you can see Megan had a great birthday! But by far, the best gift was that we sold our house! Then after a few days, we bought our dream house. So we are looking forward to a lot more memories in our new house, but will never forget all of the great memories we have had in our "Budlong" house. It's only been 2 years, but I can't remember what our house was like before Megan. To me, that is a great feeling...I love being a mom!