Kiersten's 2nd Birthday

I can not believe my little girl is two. It is truly bittersweet. I am glad she is getting older but I want her to stay my baby forever!
Her birthday was a blast! We did lots of stuff together. That morning, I took her to get her first haircut. She did great, I was worried about her curls but they seem to be even more curlier. Then we took her to Gaylord Texan for lunch and to see ICE. She had a great time and behaved so well. She also got to look around at all the decorations for Christmas. Then it was nap time for Kiersten so we went home. That evening Nick and I had to leave Kiersten with his cousin so we can go to his company's Christmas party....so sad I did not want to leave her! Before we left, I bought her a petite Dora cake so we sang Happy Birthday to her and she opened a present that we bought her.
This weekend was her "birthday weekend". On Friday I took her with me to get a pedicure and manicure. She did so great. She was so into the pedicure. I can see where our monthly get togethers will be in the future..ha! She got some red color on her toes with a Christmas tree sticker on them. No color on her nails. She sat very well while they finished me. Of course she had her iPad to occupy her...haha! Then we came home to take a nap and then it was off to take her 2nd year pics. She looked so adorable. She was such a trooper because it was cold outside. You can see her teeth chattering...lol! It was the fastest shoot in history! Friday night our family came. My parents, my sister and her family. Of course Kiersten loved being with Cheyenne!
Saturday we got ready for her birthday party. Got lots of Christmas shopping done...yay for me! My sister and I made little sandwiches of pbj, nutella, and cream cheese and jelly. There were drinks, chips and of course her cupcake cake and ice cream. She had a Dora party, with Dora decorations and cake. Kiersten absolutely LOVED her swimming party, but the best part was going down the big slide. Momma would never let her go down that slide during school. But she was such a big girl, went up the stairs by herself and went down by herself. All the kids I think had a great time, and swam for an hour and 15 min. You can tell they were tired after all that swimming! Then we ate, sang Happy Birthday and opened presents.
Kiersten's favorite presents are Big Sister Dora.....so appropriate! She loves playing with the babies. She also loves Cookie monster, you feed him cookies, and then the drawing board she got. All in all the party went well and I think the kids had a blast!
Christmas is almost here so at MDO, we have Kiersten's Christmas program at school. She gets to dress up and sing and dance. Sounds like fun....can't wait! On Thursday her 2 yr check up. Lots of milestones this week!