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 Last night’s session was perfect. Rain hung around all morning and threatened the evening, so Cindy and I agreed it would be best to reschedule her daughter’s special 2nd birthday shoot. However, we were both a bit confused when we looked out the window around 3:00 and saw blue skies as far as we could see. Literally not a cloud in sight. So I jumped on weather.com and wouldn’t you know the rain was entirely out of the forecast. How can it change that much in an hour?

Anyway, game back on! So we rushed to get ready for the session and I am so glad we did! We ended up with the perfect summer evening light. You know the kind with that beautiful gold glow that just hugs everything it touches? Yeah…that kind. But all that rain made for some hot, sticky temps. And by the end, this little girl was just ready to get into some good old air conditioning (me too!). And what makes a girl feel better than her lovie? Or Lambie in this case . She got some much deserved Lambie love at the end of the session.

Cindy and Brian ~ thanks for putting up with the crazy weather and schedule changes and cancelling of the schedule changes! I’m so glad we ended up getting together last night. Happy Birthday sweet girl!!

Right now it is 1:16pm. June 9, 2010. In exactly 6 minutes you will be 2 years old. I know they say you “forget” the pain of child birth…but as I sit here thinking about it, I can’t help but recall the tremendous amount of excruciating pain I was in at this time 2 years ago. After 30 hours of labor, a failed epidural, and 2 1/2 hours of pushing…you finally decided to let us see your precious little face. (um….who decided that moms don’t get a party on their kids birthdays? I’m pretty proud of what I did…I deserve some cake!)

It’s kind of overwhelming to look back at the last 2 years and remember all that’s happened. Our whole worlds have been turned upside down, sideways, backwards, you name it. But we couldn’t be more thrilled. I was digging up pictures for this post, and totally got lost in the first month of your tiny little life. Soooooo many pictures! Here are two of my favorites . For some reason, before you were born, I was completely anti-pink. Everything we registered for was green and yellow. We knew you were a girl, but I was digging the green. However, when you were just a few days old, I distinctly remember a trip to Target, dragging your daddy down the newborn isle, insisting that you needed 30 pink onsies.

We literally blinked and you were one! I know I say this a lot on here…but I really don’t know how you got so big so fast! It amazes me, confuses me, makes me unfathomably happy, and kind of sad all at the same time. Our little baby was getting older…turning into a toddler. But not quite yet. You were definitely standing on your own, and once in a while you’d brave that first step, but walking was still a few weeks away. You were just starting to get a full head of hair, and you would give hugs and kisses to anyone who asked .

Fast forward another year (for real, who pressed fast forward?! not fair guys!) and here we are. You are two. Your birthday party this year was a fiasco of its own. Stormy weather threatened your pool party, originally planned for Saturday. So, on Friday we made a hundred frantic phone calls, and miraculously arranged for everyone to be here on Sunday instead. Grandma and Papa G drove in from New York and spent the weekend. Grandma hadn’t seen you since Christmas! Wow how you’ve changed since then. We woke up to a beautiful morning and weather in the mid 70′s and sunshine all day . Perfect.

We played with your new play set (more on that to come soon!), swam in the pool ~ your new favorite outdoor past time , opened gifts, ate that unbelievably gorgeous cake, and spent time with our best friends and family.

This last year has turned you into quite the character. Everywhere we go you are making people laugh and smile and feel great . You are talking up a storm ~ and I know that every parent says this, but you seriously have a crazy advanced vocabulary and ability to speak! anyone want to back me up on this? . You’re coming back into a little bit of a shy phase, but that’s okay. Lucky are the few who get a hug or a kiss from you these days (mom and dad included :/).  You’re starting to play pretend and your imagination and creativity is fascinating to watch!

I really can’t find the words to tell you how much we love you sweet girl. You are our whole world. Thank you so much for letting us watch you grow every day. Happy birthday Hailey.

love,
mom & dad

She’ll have a full post dedicated all to her after the weekend…but I know mom and dad are excited to see a little something from last night. We lucked out with some gorgeous weather! And the gorgeous little 1 year old didn’t hurt any .