it's friday...

and we officially have a 2-year old in the house.
oh please, no condolences needed, folks - this child of mine is just about perfect and will not be throwing fits like most kids; it will be the best terrible two-less year ever.
seriously.

too soon?

fortunately, the tears didn't last long... actually it was a pretty great day.
let's rewind a little, shall we?

since chris was going to be out of town on madison's real birthday (tuesday) we decided to celebrate, just the 3 of us, on saturday.  after seeing this idea on a blog (unfortunately, can't remember which one) a couple years ago i knew it was something i wanted to do for m once she was old enough to appreciate it.  lucky for me - because i was so excited to do it - she started to take notice of balloons, and love them, a few months ago.

so the night before, after she'd fallen asleep on the couch, we filled her room with 24 balloons (actually 27 with extras thrown in and elmo).

and the next morning, this was her reaction.

later that day we sang happy birthday and ate some cake.

opened presents.

acted surprised.

and had a tea party.

then to cap it off, took her to a place called pretend city, where she could act like an adult in a kid-sized world.

not a terrible way to kick off the fantastic age we all know as 2, yea?

have a swell weekend, folks.