Hannah's Birthday

Mommy, Daddy, and the two Grandmas bought Hannah a little kitchen for her birthday. It arrived a week before her birthday, and like a good girl, I left it in the box. I decided to put it together on the Friday night before we left for Disney. Jonathan was at Fifth Quarter with the youth until midnight, and I had nothing to do, so it seemed like a good time. I was overwhelmed by the number of pieces and abundance of hardware, but it went very smoothly. The kitchen came with a very detailed instruction book (more like a text book in size), color coded hardware, and the pieces were numbered--very nice!!! 2 1/2 hours later . . . voila! I locked the kitchen in the guest room, so as not to be tempted to present Hannah with her gift early. I was so glad that we were going to be gone Sunday and Monday, because I was bursting at the seams to give her the kitchen. When Hannah woke up on Tuesday morning, we occupied her with breakfast and moved the kitchen into the playroom. She was so excited when she saw it. We didn't get many pictures, because I was video taping instead.

Hannah gets busy rearranging everything Mommy organized.

The first thing Hannah did was move all of her dishes, pots, and pans to the sink. She said she had to wash them.

In honor of turning two, Hannah spent the day acting the part! Needless to say, we got way off schedule with all of the tantrums and outbursts, so my original plan for two individual fish shaped cakes was replaced by one very simple round cake with a fish on top. I felt a certain level of guilt making my daughter such a simple, casual cake in light of the elaborate cakes I have made for others, but it was 3:00 p.m. by the time I got started, and after all . . . it's just cake. The important thing is that the cake sported a fish, which is all Hannah asked for.

2 year old Hannah!

Uncle Matthew and Aunt Kim sent Hannah a Gamecock plate set, and she was thrilled. She ate her birthday dinner (pizza) on her plate and even drank milk from the big girl cup (no lid). She's saying, "Go Gamecocks!"

Drinking from her big girl cup. Hannah drinks from her big girl cup (at dinner) every night now.

Blowing out her candle.