~Oh My Goodness~

Aylah had a fabulous time in grammy's basement playing with all her birthday balloons.

Sorry about the lighting--it is a little dark.

~A B C~

Chad and Amanda went with us to the wedding and they got Aylah a leapfrog ABC keyboard thingy. Aylah loved it and has played with it so much. She loves pushing the puppy and singing the ABC's with him over and over again. (Even at 5:30 am when we were on our way to the airport:))

~The Wedding~

This weekend we went to Marco Island for Dave and Mary's wedding on the beach. It was so beautiful and such a sweet wedding. It was such a blessing that we were all able to go together as a family and celebrate Aylah's 2nd birthday too!

Mike officiated the wedding and here he is leading the groom and best man.

If you look closely, you can see my handsome hubby stading in front of the bride and groom. I'm so proud of you baby---you do such a wonderful job!

My Love waiting for the wedding party to leave so he can dismiss the guests.

Aylah pointing to some birds.

Playing with shells.

My favorite...loving on mommy!!!!

Mary and Dave at sunset.

Aylah is having a great time after the dinner.

Getting ready to jump to daddy! She loves him so much!

Thanks Aunt Becky for the beautiful birthday dress! It was so lovely and Aylah loved twirling around in it!

~Playing on the Beach~

~The Beach~

We were walking across the bridge from our hotel to the beach. This was Aylah's first official time to play on the beach, besides last night (but it was a little too dark outside).

She was pretty excited to get in the water. She kept saying, "water...okay" which means, is it okay to play in the water?

Happy 2nd Birthday Aylah!!!

Loving the beach!

Studying the boats and the birds.

Having a blast with daddy!

A wave just passed...

Running to tickle daddy!

Jumping.

Running away from that HUGE wave coming in:)

Happy Birthday Aylah. We had such a great time playing in the ocean and on the beach. It was such a beautiful day and we are so blessed to have spent your special day with you! We love you so very much!

~Sunset on the Beach~

We arrived at the hotel just in time to change clothes and head to the beach for the sunset and rehearsal dinner.

Aylah was pretty amazed by the ocean and loved playing in the sand.

~Flower~

Aylah found these beautiful flowers while we were waiting on our car at the airport in Fort Myers.

~Blowing out the Candle~

~An Early Celebration~

Our playgroup surprised Aylah with cupcakes for her birthday.

Yummy!

She sure did like the chocolate frosting (made by scratch)!

The only thing Aylah really wanted was this Capri Sun. She wouldn't eat, open her gift or do anything until she got the "juice"!

She finally finished her juice and carried on with her gift.

Thanks for such a fantastic surprise party. You guys are so sweet and we had a wonderful time!!!

PS: Isn't that such a lovely outfit??? Thanks Miss Ali for sharing your sweet clothes!

~Play Group Fun~

We had our playgroup on Wednesday at the Salkie's house and we had a blast as usual.

Aylah is sitting with Kelsie and Baby Payson.

Julia likes to cheese it up. She is 3 months older than Aylah.

Baby Payson rolling around.

Cayden, Julia and Aylah

Aylah's new favorite game...Hungry, Hungry Hippo!

She jumped right in the middle of all the boys and helped herself to the pink hippo.

Playing with some foam stuff.

Aylah, Julia and Kyah playing with beads.

Kicking the big green balloon, that sure was a hit for all the kids.

~Jumping~

We have been in Alabama this week and are staying in a missions home while we are visiting. It has been a wonderful blessing and we have enjoyed it so much. Aylah has also become very fond of it and quite frankly has made herself at home.

~Puppy~

Aylah found these "puppies" and spent a lot of time petting and loving on them. I guess she thought they needed some special attention.

~Roar~

Isn't that the cutest, scariest roar ever!

~Dancing~

Aylah was having a wonderful time dancing to the music on tv. It lasted a lot longer than the cmmercial though...she kept dancing for a long time.

Please: no comments on her dancing skills being like her mommies:) Some people can dance (Becky and Carrie), and some people can't! Hopefully, Aylah will be able to perfect her skills, unlike someone else I know...