We had Gavin's second birthday "party" today. We decided that there wasn't any reason to do anything different than we planned last year in terms of size. We don't know many people with young children and with me being 36 weeks pregnant, we didn't know ahead of time how I would be feeling. We also didn't want to wait another week and have me be 37 weeks pregnant and start risking that I could potentially go into labor that would not be stopped because I would be full term.
It was a bit smaller than we intended when we started planning but it was still nice and a lot of fun. My mom was the only one that was able to make it (my dad was in church meetings and Scott's dad decided to make a trip up after the baby was born). I never really did much with decorations because I just ran out of time and energy (and it didn't help that my computer was refusing to connect to the printer for me to print things out). I had found some really cute ideas so I was really bummed I didn't get a chance to put them into action. Oh well, next time!
Gavin had fun opening his present from Grandma and Grandpa. He absolutely loves his new race car track and color wonder markers!
We planned fairly simple but really yummy food. We had vegetables, ranch dip, chips, and buffalo chicken dip. For dinner we had cheeseburgers, seasoned potato fries, and steamed broccoli (no pictures because we were too busy eating to remember). For dessert, I attempted to duplicate Gavin's tractor that he loves and that spends a lot of timing playing with even a year after we gave it to him! While it is certainly not professional quality at all, I think for my first attempt at a more complicated cake, it turned out great. Gavin recognized it was his tractor so it couldn't have been that bad!
We had a fun afternoon playing. We blew up balloons, played with Gavin's toys, and visited. Gavin loved having Grandma here and having new toys to play with! He did not like when we were going to cut into his tractor cake. He loved lighting and blowing out his candle but as soon as I tried to cut his cake he started crying and didn't want us to cut and eat it. We brought in his tractor toy because we thought maybe he didn't realize we were not cutting his actual tractor. He eventually let us cut it but not before several crying fits when we asked if we could cut and eat his cake. It was really cute, I never thought he would have a reaction like that!
Once we had cake (it was delicious, a marble butter cake with lots of butter cream frosting), it was time for the party to end. It was a lot of fun and the food was great, Gavin had a wonderful time so I think it was a success!
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