happy 2nd birthday, olivia!!

olivia's 2nd birthday party was on saturday and it was SO MUCH FUN!!! we decided to make it easy on us and super-fun for MO and have her party at gymboree play & music. seriously, people, you pay a fee and they pretty much do everything. plus, there is NO clean up for the parents!

olivia and her buddies had the best time running around. we took some hysterical pics and some that just make me flat-out tear up. our girl is 2 and i have NO CLUE how that happened. she is the most amazing little thing we've ever known and we just love her, well, more than the sky. happy birthday, sweetheart!!!

here we are (with nemo) before leaving for her party.
here is the table. (if i'd known there would be a bright blue tarp on the wall, i would have brought something to cover it up!!)

here's a close-up of her super-yummy cake!!

sippies for her buddies.

here is her cake server and knife for her wedding day....

here is MO checking things out.
mason decided to join her!
and chloe watched the big girls being silly!
"mom, this ball is totally holding me up!!"

"ahhh, now i can get through faster!"

playing basketball!

sliding, and sliding, and sliding!
here comes the parachute!!! they really liked sitting on it.....
but they REALLY liked it flying over their heads!

i love the faces and actions on hudson and hj!!!

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

cutie patootie was about to lose it. she wanted cake. bad.

this picture of william is the BEST!!!

maraca time!!!

hj was really getting into it!!

alex loooooved her pink maraca. she thought it tasted realllly good!

they were supposed to freeze when the music stopped. MO and hj both put them up to their ears!!

here is SS helping mason make big-time noise!!

i think i know what i'm getting lucy for her birthday!!!

addi thought it was fun to give maraca lessons to the group!

tripp asking 'mr. sun' to pleeeease come out!!!

more 'mr. sun' begging!!!
addi and her daddi - he he!

sweet kenzie loved these drum/disk thingies!

shake it baby, shake it!!

couldn't have captured it better, erin!!! (sorry, cass!)

sweetie and her crush!

"we need one of these things, momma!! but really what i need is CAKE!"

girlfriend couldn't wait any longer. she wanted cake NOW!
singing happy birthday to our best girl....
while she takes a swipe of icing.

here's the proof!!!

she needed help blowing out those TALL candles!! aren't they sooo cool?!?

i heart this one!!!

stopping for a drink, but NOT letting go of her pretzel with 'icing' (aka white chocolate!)

i think someone is in heaven!!!
aaaand, back to her cake!
two cuties cracking me up!!!

sippies of the kiddos that were able to stay for cake. check out the icing on the tops - ewwww - but so funny!

"thanks, addi, for coming to my party!!"

"awww, william, you're the best!!"

ok, how cute is this?!?! a frog and a ladybug heading out into the rain!!

thank you to EVERYONE that had anything to do with this party!! we're still laughing about it and we're glad we could share this special time with you. MO's grandparents were here all weekend and we're in the process of unspoiling her! more pics to come of her awesome 'big' gifts!!! a special thanks to heather and chad for coming from dallas, and especially to heather for taking such great photos with our camera!!!