GG Turned 2!

**EDITED TO ADD: Photos**

GG's birthday was yesterday......yes, my little baby girl is now 2! She has developed so much in the past months. She is no longer my precious baby girl, she is my precious little girl! Let's see what she can do....

1. Speaks in both Spanish and English
2. Count to 20!
3. Learning her ABC's
4. Speaks in sentences
5. Cuddles in the mornings
6. Loves to play with baby dolls and names them Maya

I took the day off of work yesterday to spend time with the birthday girl. The day started off with us taking GG out to breakfast to have her favorite Mickey Mouse pancakes. After breakfast we took GG to the doctor to get her cough check out. No big deal....no shots or anything. For being such a good girl, the doctor gave GG a lolly pop and a plastic ring and bracelet. She left the doctor's office a very happy little girl. We went home napped and played.

For lunch I took GG to a new restaurant in our area, Giggles 'N' Hugs. This restaurant is really cool.....grown up food with a huge play area for the kids. When we walked in she immediately said, "Toys, play!". I took her shoes off, open the gate to the play area, and she was off. I sat down at a table that right next to the play area. It was perfect.....eat lunch and watch GG play. She went directly for the area with the play kitchens. She loves to play with the plastic plates and plastic food. She will take one plate and get one food item, walk to another area and put down the plate and than place the food item on the plate. She will than go back to the kitchen area and grab another plate and food item. Walk to the other area and place the plate next to the other ones. She will do this over and over again. As she walked back and forth, she would sing along with the songs that were playing over the speaker system. She played with the kitchens for about a hour and half!

I was finally able to coax her away by telling her that it was time for cake. We sat down at our table and the nice people at the restaurant brought out a chocolate cupcake and sang Happy Birthday to GG. While she sat and ate her cupcake, I put her shoes back on.....I thought I could make a clean break for home after she was done with the cupcake. Boy was I wrong. I cleaned all the chocolate off her hands/face, picked her up and gathered our belongings. She freaked out and started pointing to the play area. When we got to the car, she was so angry at me. While driving home she was screaming at the top of her lungs saying she wanted to go back. She was so pissed at me! The 15 minute ride home seemed to take forever. When I got her out of the car, she wanted to play outside. I put her down on the grass and she told me to get away from her. She sat down on the front steps and collected herself. After a few minutes I joined her on the steps and she told me she was sorry. We kissed and made up.

In the evening we went Abuela and Abuelo's house for a pizza party. Joaquin, GG's cousin, was at the house waiting for the birthday girl. We all walked down to the street to the local pizza joint. We sat outside on the back patio and enjoyed the ocean breeze, pizza and the birthday girl. After pizza, we walked back to the house and had a ice cream cake. GG and Joaquin chowed on the cake. We said adidos to Abuela, Abuelo and Joaquin and drove home.

A friend of ours, Bruce, stopped by our house and gave GG a little present. He stayed for 30 minutes and played with GG. She absolutely loves Bruce.....probably because he is little kid at heart. He is silly with her and she loves it.

It was time for GG's big day to come to a close. When I put her to bed, I hugged her tight and showered her with kisses. I told her how much I loved her as I laid her down to sleep. A tear came to my eye.


The birthday girl!








Walking to the pizza place with Abuelo




Enjoying the pizza



Walking home with leftover pizza


GG's ice cream cake


Blowing out the candles


Cutting the cake