Her birthday. With all the changes that are about to be taking place at our house, we decided to make June's 2nd birthday a weekend for just us three. We wanted to make June the complete focus of the weekend and to celebrate her turning two.
We didn't do a birthday party this year, simply because we couldn't really plan one. I am due any day now, and we didn't want to plan a birthday party and have to cancel. Trust me I felt awful about it all week! How could I not throw my little 2 year old a birthday party, but it just couldn't be done, being so close to having June's little brother.
It ended up being such a fun weekend. It was just us three and exactly what we needed to make June feel extra special on the last weekend of being a family of three. All I want to do is make this little girl feel special about herself, and know how much she is loved. I pray everyday that she will never feel neglected or forgotten about, because of her younger siblings. It kills me to ever think that June would ever feel that way... That is my biggest scare. So June's 2nd birthday was a much needed weekend of no distractions, but of just our family.
June's birthday landed on a Sunday this year. Sunday birthday's are always a little tougher, because you really are limited with how much celebrating you can do. But it all worked out fantastically, because we got the whole weekend to celebrate. We started on Saturday morning first thing.
The night before, Dan and I (Mostly Dan) built June a little desk and chair. We snuck it in her room and filled it with coloring books and crayons for her to wake up to in the morning. We were so giddy for her to wake up and see it. June love's to draw and color, so we thought that this would be a fun little thing to have in her room. We were going to wait until her actual birthday, but the excitement got to us and we had to let her have it on Saturday.
She love's it and we now are drawing all the time! Not that, that has changed all that much, since we draw all the time anyway, but now she has a designated place to keep all her coloring supplies and pictures. 
June loves, absolutely LOVES, when daddy lays next to her and reads her stories in bed. She would stay in there all day with him, just reading stories and watching movies. Whenever he comes into her room, she gets all giddy, runs to her bed and says "Sit daddy, we read books" It never gets old to hear that!
We got ready for the day and headed out! We did have to make our weekly stop to Costco to pick up a few things, but June loves riding in the cart and eating all the free samples, so her special day wasn't to ruined from going grocery shopping!
We had to grab some cupcakes from our favorite place up at the mall, so June played in the play place and then we went and had lunch in the food court.
After getting home, and getting calmed down, June took a good nap, while Dan and I did a few odds and ends around the house. Being our last Saturday before baby comes, we figured we better take advantage of every minute we have to get things checked off the list. June's nap time was that opportune moment!
As soon as June was awake, we headed over to grapevine and went to Build-A-Bear. It was so much fun to watch her pick out what animal she wanted, and watch her excitement with each step, putting that bear together.
Giving it a heart and sealing it with a kiss
Grooming station
She ended up picking out a white polar bear and she named her 'Apples'. She named it all by herself. It was pretty funny, and she was dead set on naming it that! We bought it a little pink dress and got it a birth certificate. It was totally legit and super funny to watch June get so excited. Now Apples does not leave her side!
We then took her to "Rain Forest Cafe" for her birthday dinner. We took her here for her first birthday and she didn't quite get it, but this year was a whole different story.
She was yelling like all the animals, banging her chest like the gorillas and screeching like the Monkeys. She had a hard time eating dinner because she was so distracted with what was going on all around her. She loved it and I loved watching her.
She crashed pretty hard that night.
Sunday her actual birthday:
Dan usually has meetings every Sunday for church, but he managed to get out of them so we could have the morning as a family. His meetings usually take up most of the time we have before church, so it was nice to have him home.
Since it was her birthday, we let her eat her breakfast in the living room, while watching Mickey Mouse! THIS NEVER HAPPENS, especially on Sundays. TV time is usually a very specific time that we really monitor so she doesn't waste her life in front of it or on the i-pad. But we made an exception, and she was in heaven. She wanted to do it again this morning, but I DO NOT want that to become a habit! So we were back to our booster at the table.
After breakfast we walked down to her favorite spot, down on the green belt. There is a little island that is full of little pebbles and sticks and she loves to throw them into the water. It's kind of becoming a Sunday tradition to walk down there, since it is so close to our house!
We all got ready for Church and headed out the door. Church was good as usual, but it was extra fun for June! She got to be the special birthday girl in Nursery, and lot's of her little friends were there to sing to her.
When we got home, June and Daddy went and played in her room for a while, until I could get everything ready for dinner. June's favorite food, is breakfast foods, like eggs, and pancakes or waffles, and fruit. So of course that is what we had for her birthday dinner.
She even helped daddy flip the pancakes
She was ready!
After our great breakfast for dinner feast, we sang "Happy Birthday" and let June blow out the candles. She was really good at blowing them out! I was really impressed!
Later that night, once we got all cleaned up, we opened birthday gifts. She got TinkerBell Figurines from Grandma and Grandpa Lancaster, which obviously were a HUGE hit! We all know her addiction to TinkerBell so this was just the icing on the cake! They are adorable and she loves them!
She got a few more things from us, like clothes and a few more toys and fun things to play with. She had so much fun tearing open all the wrapping paper and pulling out her gifts. It made me beyond excited for Christmas. Let's just hope she will leave them wrapped under the tree!!
By this point we were all exhausted. Sundays are tough, because our church time is right in the middle of her nap, so she doesn't get one on Sundays. With all the sugar and extra excitement the little lady was completely worn out, along with her very pregnant mother!
I can't believe that she is two. This past year flew within a blink of an eye. I can't believe how much I love her and how happy I am that we got to celebrate her life and happiness that she brings into our lives! It was a very fun and a special birthday. One that I know I will never forget.
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