The 2nd Birthday: Part One

8.17.2008

FINALLY! After a month and a half we have birthday pictures. :)

Hallie turned two. I can't believe it. I still ask myself "how on earth is she two?" it boggles my mind. But we had a fun day to celebrate.

Good morning to our two year old!

Balloons! I think that was the favorite part.
Eric only worked until 8 am, so that we could play all day, so we decided to let Hallie open her presents in the morning.

She got the hang of it pretty quick.

This little girl loves Elmo, and Sesame Street, so we kind of had an Elmo birthday day.

Hallie loves to play with her new basketball hoop!

And Mr. Potato Head became an instant favorite.

After we ate breakfast, and showered, and got dressed we headed to the pet store.

We looked at cats.

And hamsters, and mice.

Hallie enjoyed watching them.

And birds. We even got to pet a great dane. Hallie kept asking to go pet it, so Eric went and asked its owner if that was okay, and she said yes, so Hallie loved that. She is very into dogs right now.

But then for the grand event...

Hallie got to pick out a fish!

To go along with her Elmo birthday, she got a goldfish named Dorothy, like on Elmo's World.

Oh how this little girl loved her Dorothy fish!

(Unfortunately, we only had Dorothy a couple weeks before she died. But she was fun while she lasted. Hallie still asks where Dorothy went, but we've had some good talks about it. :) )