Birthday Party

Stevie and the birthday cake.

 Stevie finally got to have his birthday party at Grandma's house.  He didn't even mind sharing with Ms. Emma.  He has been insisting that we do not celebrate his birthday until we got to Grandma's.  He wouldn't even let us make a cake on his actual birthday because he wanted the Mickey Mouse cake.

Happy Birthday Stevie and Emma.

Birthday

So we had Stevie's 2nd birthday party today and now I am pooped. Yes, I know it was a week late, but it was far too hard to plan a party in 3 days. Having it this weekend gave me 10 days. It was tons and tons of Elmo. The cake turned out better than I thought. Stevie had a great time. His little friend Robby from daycare came over with a few other family friends and we had a BBQ and lots of bubbles and running around. My main goal was to wear him out since the little stink is refusing his naps.

The cake took a while last night. Lots of interruptions and lots of red food coloring. It still wasn't as red as I wanted and after I finished, I finally found a blog that said to make the frosting 3 days in advance and it gets redder with time. Wish I would have read that last week!

For the last 4 days, nap time has been a struggle. Today was no exception. He just sits in his room having quiet time and finally falls asleep at like 2. He is suppose to get up at 3, and I feel bad because it's only an hour nap. Today I finally got out the port-a-crib and stuck him in that just to get him to stop playing. He was shoving things down his heater vent. Steve took care of that with a couple of screws. I had the crib in Abbie's room since Steve was fixing the vent and so underestimate his reach. After 30 minutes of screaming, I checked and saw her entire drawer of onesies were thrown across the whole room...and his pants. I need to try and get him more worn out tomorrow morning to try and get these naps back on schedule.