Happy 2nd Birthday, Violet!

Our sweet little lady is officially TWO!

She got up this morning, had a lovely breakfast of french toast and then got to open some gifts that were sent from Michigan from her Grandma Pat and Oma Joanne.
And then... we decided to see just how many people we could fit into this lil' ole house of ours. Turns out the number is about 35 (with 11 of those being 2 and under). To say the seams were busting out... well, luckily there was lots of cupcakes to make it worth it! :)

"What? For ME? Oh I couldn't!!"
You know, I always hear people say "She's all girl!" or "He's all boy!" and I never really got that until lately. Violet is, for lack of a better term, all girl. She LOVES babies. She LOVES princesses. She LOVES all things sparkly and pink. And luckily her Aunt Heather and Uncle Trent caught wind of this girliness and got her some great dressup clothes for her birthday. She opened the box and IMMEDIATELY tried whipping off her shirt so she could wear the dress. She didn't take it off for the rest of the party!Even for her cupcake eating!

Here are actual pictures of the awesome crowd we had to celebrate with us. It just gave Jon and I such a great feeling to know that even though we've only been here a little while, we already have such great friends to come celebrate with us! Although we missed everyone back home TERRIBLY!
And dear, sweet Porter let us know his displeasure with being locked out on the back porch for the festivities that when we got home from dinner he left this little mess for us. Ah Porter. I guess we deserved it!
Special thanks to our friend Lisa for taking such great pictures during the party!

And a special "WE MISS YOU!" to Grandma, Grandpa Guy, Oma, Grandpa Rich, Leah, Joel, Ethan, Anna, Claire and the whole gang back in GR.

p.s. Check below for ANOTHER new post! I had too many pictures for one, so I split them up!

p.p.s. Special CONGRATULATIONS to my BFF Kara and Brian on the arrival of their adorable TWINS!!