Trip to Denver and Julie's Wedding

After we spent some time in Loveland with Mamaw, we made our way down to Denver to see some friends and for Julie's wedding. For those of you who didn't know Elizabeth was a flower girl in the wedding. We had a crazy, fun and very busy week while we were there. We were trying to see everyone and spend some time with the Miller's while helping them with wedding stuff and taking care of our two girls. We made it, the girls were troopers and we got to see most everyone. Whew!

As far as the wedding went, it was beautiful and very well organized and thought out. And if you were wondering...Elizabeth did NOT walk down the aisle. She did great at the rehearsal and was all prepped and ready but once she saw all those people starring at her and cameras flashing she decided that she didn't want to go. Richard carried her most of the way and then she walked the rest of the way to me. I tried everything to coax her down the aisle but none of my tricks worked. Oh well, I suppose that is what you get with a two year old. Thankfully Julie was well aware that might happen and was more than okay with it. In the midst of it all Elizabeth looked cute as ever and ended up having tons of fun dancing at the reception (I don't have any pictures of it though...bummer). She was in the center of the circle dancing and everyone was cheering her on, she probably could have danced all night, but we figured we would avoid a melt down and get the girls home and to bed. (Besides we had to leave early in the morning to head home.)

Elizabeth's Second Birthday

We once again split Elizabeth's birthday into two celebrations. We were at home and celebrated with Gigi and our neighbor's before we had to head off to Colorado. It was all about Mickey Mouse at Gigi's house, and Elizabeth just started to realize what it all meant. Then all she could talk about for a few weeks was "birthday cake", she thought her birthday should go on and on forever. Here are a few pictures from the first celebration.

Then we packed up and headed back to the beautiful mountains of Colorado! Oh how we miss it!! We drove through the night to get there hoping that the girls would sleep all night. Well...that was an adventure. Elizabeth is so used to sleeping in her own room that she was too distracted with the fact that Mommy and Daddy were right there. So she slept off and on through the night. Not too mention it was really hard for us to sleep when we weren't driving and hard to stay awake when we were. We opted for a daytime drive on the way back. Anyway, we got to Loveland to spend the weekend with Richard's mom (Mamaw) and the girls loved their time with her (and I think she enjoyed it too). We had another birthday celebration there with family, and let's just say that Elizabeth is in baby doll heaven. She got everything she needs so she can take care of her baby doll just the way Mommy takes care of Sarah. Here are a few pics from this celebration...