Ashlyn's 2nd birthday party!

Today we celebrated Ashlyn's 2nd birthday party with the family. The day started off with me trying to get the cake made. I decided that I wanted to make Ashlyn's cake this year and well, I should have made it the day before. It took all morning to get it done and I still had other things to do. Mike was running around for me picking up things and my parents showed up just in time to help me decorate. Ashlyn wanted to watch me decorate her Elmo cake but also wanted to just get her fingers in the icing so I had to keep my eyes on her. I really enjoyed making the cake and the only problem I had was with the eyes because the icing didn't want to stick to the cake. I finally finished the cake, got Ashlyn a bath, lunch and to bed for her nap. Mike came home during her bath and his dad came by to see what he could do to help me. We all had lunch and I sent them to go get the balloons and just before they left my parents showed up. My mom and I got everything decorated and then mom started cleaning up my BIG mess in the kitchen while I got out of my p.j's and got ready for the party. Ashlyn was up from her nap when I got out of the shower so Mike got her dressed and took her in to see the decorations and balloons. She was really excited! By 3:30 we were ready to Party! Our guests included Great Papaw and Mamaw Sanford; Great Papaw Kennedy; my parents; Mike's parents; Ryan, Natalie, Garyn and Gianna; Mark and Lori. We started off opening gifts. Ashlyn remembered who brought in what gift and started to hand out the gifts back to the people who brought them. It was so funny! After telling her to just open the gifts, she finally did. After the gifts we sang Happy Birthday and cut the cake. I had a short game for Ashlyn and Garyn to play, Pin the nose on Elmo. I blind folded them for one round and then let them do it without the blind fold for another. Other than that we just hung out talking and playing.