Madeleine officially turned two yesterday. Holy crap, when did she grow up?!?! I know every parent says this, but I feel like we just brought her home from the hospital, and at the same time I feel like that is such a distant memory. I'll save all the mushy stuff for her birthday letter. Do you guys do that? I got the great idea from heatherbakes. I remember reading her birthday posts to her son, Jack, and balling my eyes out! And, I had no thoughts of kids at that time, so now when I write my own birthday letters to the gremlin, I literally just cry for 30 minutes before actually writing one word! Thanks, Heather! :)
Well, enough about feelings ;) Madeleine had a pretty good weekend celebration. We took her to the San Diego Zoo, and I always have mixed feelings about zoos. On one hand you have the sadness aspect because some of these animals look depressed. But, then you could look at it as a way to expose yourself and your kids to animals that they might never see before. I'm choosing to lean towards the latter (keep your judgements to yourself. Thanks!).
I was a little worried that she was only going to last two hours or so and we wouldn't be able to see much. NOPE! We stayed close to 6 hours at that zoo, and I'm pretty sure we left because we were more exhausted than her. I think our saving grace was packing lunch for everyone and tons of snacks for everyone. That also helped keep our trip a little less expensive. We only had to buy a small pizza and drink for Madeleine, which cost $26! Holy Crap the zoo is expensive! Thank you military discounts! Hahaha
The next day was filled with, presents, and tons of cake and ice cream! As soon as Madeleine saw her cake she said, "HAPPY CAKE!! MEEEEEE!!!" Well, that's about the cutest thing ever! Give her all the cake! Also, because we live out of state family and friends have been mailing gifts, and she now thinks every package is for her. She was pretty disappointed when a package of make-up came and it wasn't for her. Sorry, chick!
Since Morgan was in the field for her actual birthday, my aunt came down from San Francisco to spend the day with us gals. I had this idea of going shopping and lunching (aka cocktails), but we ended up just staying around San Clemente and relaxed. It was a nice, chill birthday. I'm pretty sure once she learns a little more about these birthdays she will expect something more, but for now it was nice to just take it easy.
Here are a few pictures; I'll post more to my Facebook albums:
Haha- glad you like the birthday letters!! I know, the whole "days are long but years are short" saying is SO TRUE. They grow up fast, but it also just gets more & more fun as they get older. Happy birthday Madeleine!
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