They Say It's Your Birthday...

So let's have a PARTY!  Saturday we had Little Miss Riley's 2nd Birthday party at Chuck E Cheese's and it was a blast!  We invited a bunch of Riley's friends from school and she was beyond excited to see all of her friends over the weekend!  I'll let the pictures tell the story!  Brace yourselves, there's a lot, and I didn't include a lot of pictures of her friends because there were already a ton of pictures!

Licking the frosting can...

A close up of the owl cupcakes

Best balloon ever!  Marc surprise Riley (and I) with it before the party!

Other balln that he bought

Party favors

Mr Jake!

The birthday girl

Riley and her friend Amelia

Riley having fun at her party

Ryan having fun

Riley's friend Isabella (Riley almost wore the same shirt!)

The Nate (in red) and his brother Tristan.  They were very excited to see each other and hugged right away.  The next morning Riley asked to call Nate.

The whole gang, we had 17 kids and their parents!

Give me my cupcake!

Amela likes to dance as much as Riley does

Getting ready for Chuck E Cheese to come out!

A birthday princess!

Dancing with Amelia

Rocking her cupcake!

Family photo with Chuck E

Ticket Blaster with Daddy

Little Leo (1 1/2 weeks old) with his party favor

Opening presents after her nap.  I put the footy on her (which she's never worn before) and she grabed her foot and said "Oh no stuck!"  I had to explain to her that it was supposed be and would keep her feet toasty.  She very much enjoyed her sleeper.  We changed her before bed so as not to risk blister with her brace but I think she going to love footy pj's when she does graduate from her brace!

Watching the muppets with her crown!

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Broke Down

Well, we finally broke down and joined the rest of suburban families everywhere and made a trip to Chuck E Cheese's. We woke up to a rainy Saturday and decided it was as good of a day as any to check out Chuck E Cheese's for the first time. That and we wanted to do a little reconisance work for her birthday party. After Riley's nap we headed over, we hyped it up pretty well but she still had no idea what we had in store for her. Riley LOVED it! She loved watching all of the older kids, she loved all of the rides but most of all she loved the fact the she could run around without us telling her that she had to hold our hand! This girl has no fear, she wanted nothing to do with the slow, little kid rides, she wanted to ride the big kid faster rides. Her favorite of the day was the carousal! She was a little afraid of the band but I don't blame her!

Riley did like this ride in the Toddler section, I think she mostly liked the mouse, but you can decide for yourselves:

Riley also liked the slide in the Toddler area, Marc also liked it, it didn't cost us any tokens. :)

Marc and I showed off our skee ball skills to Riley and we left with 23 tickets, not too shabby for her first time! We're saving them for something really cool!
Now for some pics -
On the carousal for the first time:

My view of Riley during lunch, she was so busy watching all of the other kids running around that all I saw was the back of her head! :)

Actually eating! I post this because between all of the teething over the last 6 weeks (she cut 3 molars last week alone and now has a total of 10 teeth, she only had 3 at 18 months) and a stomach virus this past week it's been a while since she ate. I was a little worried that with all of the action around her that she wouldn't eat but she chowed down on her pizza.

Riding Bob the Builder Ride:

Getting ready to slide!

And doesn't she look stinkin' adorable with a clip in her hair??? I decided it was time Riley start accessorizing (that and her bangs have been in her face but she's not ready for a haircut yet!) Good times, I'm sure this is the first of many fun times at Chuck E Cheese's!