Birthday Weekend

Lia's birthday fell on a Wednesday this year, so while we had our own little private celebration that day, we waited for my parents to arrive on Thursday from Seattle to start the serious hoopla. Thursday night we opened her gifts. She received so many nice presents - here are a few of the highlights:

On Friday afternoon we celebrated with a cake, adorned with characters from one of her favorite TV shows, Yo Gabba Gabba. She LOVED the cake and the birthday tiara we got for her:

On Friday night, the biggest surprise came. Steve had entered an online contest to win Yo Gabba Gabba Live tickets since they happened to be in town for her birthday - and we WON four tickets!!!  So amazingly, we ended up front row center at Yo Gabba Gabba Live on Friday night...myself, Lia, Steve, and my dad!  We weren't sure how Lia would react to seeing her favorite costumed characters from TV in life-size. The confetti cannons startled her, but after a few tears at the very beginning - she loved it! She even got to "High Five" her favorite character, DJ Lance...so it was pretty cool. She is still playing with the balloons she caught at the show (they fell from the ceiling) - and saying "Yo!" with a big smile.

All in all it was great weekend. She may not remember the details of her amazing 2nd birthday, but Steve and I will certainly never forget what fun we had...in case you can't tell, we are madly in love with this child!  :)