Marie is 2, Part ll

Here are the rest of the pictures I promised of Marie's birthday. I also found a really cute video of Marie opening her gifts that I wanted to share. Enjoy! :-)

Baby Doll from Great Grandma Tamm. Thank you! :) 

Cole has fun with it too when Marie isn't looking! ;-) 

Another package in the mail to open! 

Thank you Uncle Russ, Aunt Brianna, Tori, Sophie, and Katie! 

Thanks Uncle Alex, Aunt Marley, James and Lucy for the coloring pages and crayons! 

Cole received a gift from Uncle Russ and Aunt Brianna which he loves. (Marie does too!) 

He needs a little help at this point but he'll figure it out soon enough! 

Having fun with Grandpa! 

Derek and I were able to find this slide at the Thrift Shop. Marie was so surprised when she woke up
and found a slide in the front yard. She's had so much fun with it this fall. 

Dad helping the first time. 

Learning to do it on her own! 

Whew, it's fast! 

Ker plunk! :-) 

So much fun! 

Enjoying watching Marie have fun on her slide.

Thank you for the stroller Grandpa Dave, Grandma Paula and Aunt Charlotte! 

She loves pushing it around everywhere! 

Thanks for the singing card too! 

Thank you Aunt Susie for the cute dress! It fits just right! 

 During the weekend we were able to go the Missouri Botanical Gardens. It was so beautiful and we all had a great time! You won't see pictures of Cole as he slept the whole time in the stroller! :) 

I sure love this man! He's such a great Husband and Father! 

Peek-a-boo! 

Isn't this beautiful? 

Close up. 

So many beautiful flowers! 

So cute!! 

This was a really cool bench! 

 They have a Children's Garden that usually cost's extra to go into but during the month of September it was free! Yay for free things in St. Louis! Marie had a lot of fun with all the different things to do within the garden. 

Walking on a log with Mom's help. 

Making music with Grandpa and Mommy. 

You ready? 

Go!! 

That was fun! Let's do it again! :-) 

"Hi Grandma!!" 

Derek found his favorite spot! ;-) 

Marie liked the chairs too as they had some just her size. 

I thought this flower was so amazing! 

What a fun time, but boy are we wore out!

 It was a wonderful weekend! 

Miss Marie is 2!!

I'm finally getting around to writing a post! Sorry it's been so long. What a crazy summer and fall it's been! Hopefully things will slow down a little bit here so I can post more frequently! 

So back in September Marie turned 2 years old! It's so hard to believe it was two years ago that I was three weeks late from my due date. I finally went into labor and 20 1/2 hours later I was holding my beautiful 9lbs 5oz daughter in my arms! What an amazing feeling that was. A day I will never forget! 

My parents were able to come and help us celebrate Marie's special day. It was great having them here! I thought I would share a bunch of pictures since that's what you all are really interested in instead of all my writing! ;) 

Here you go! 

The night before Grandma and Grandpa blew up a lot of balloons for Marie to play with. She loved it! 

Helping Grandma make eggs for breakfast! 

My original hope was to have a Miss Spider themed birthday (Marie has a Miss Spider book that she loves). But time got away from me so we just had a Miss Spider balloon and made the rest as festive as we could. 

Grandpa bringing Marie inside after Grandma and I had decorated. 

BALLOONS!!!

She loved the Miss Spider balloon! :) 

Derek took his party blower job seriously! ;) 

Doesn't she look so excited! :) 

Cole was happy! 

She has this puzzle mastered already and can almost say all the shapes herself. One day she walked up to Derek and said "Pentagon" while she was doing the puzzle. He was shocked! ;) 

Grandpa helping with Marie's new puzzles. 

Such a happy boy! 

I will post more pictures of gifts from family members in another post. :) I hope you enjoyed all the pictures!