Happy Birthday Allison!
Today is my daughter's 2nd birthday. It's hard to believe that 2 years have passed since she came into this world--the infant I once held slips away a little each day as she becomes a big girl. It has all gone by so fast.
This past week has been quite hectic as the party preparations for the weekend seemed never-ending. We had family stay with us and that is always fun! My daughter had a great time and within 5 minutes of gift opening, she had a box of alphabet letters and then it was all over. She took the box of letters to Grammy so that they could play and I was left to open the rest. I am looking forward to the birthdays where there is a little more participation with the opening! I made my first character cake and it was her favorite--Elmo! I was up until almost 10 p.m. the night before the party decorating it and was very happy when it turned out as planned. The weather didn't cooperate so we went to the backup plan--the garage! It worked out well and the kids were able to go play in the yard for part of the day.
Our family left yesterday morning so the rest of the day was spent trying to get back on track with our daily routine. I have felt so guilty for not touching my schoolwork in days so last night I hit the books again. I have started a new session, Gastrointestinal, which has proved to be quite interesting so far.
This morning my husband and I took our daughter for her 2-year checkup. She is doing very well and as predicted, she's going to be tall! She is 36 inches already--and catching up to Mommy very quickly. The running joke in our house is that our daughter will probably be taller than me by the time she's 6.
My little birthday girl will be up from her nap in a couple of hours and then my attention will shift to her, so for now, it's back to studying for me.