Caelyn's Two! (just a little late with posting the pictures!) Birthday Photography

I know I have said it before, and I surely will say it again, but I do not know where time goes! Recently, our little girl, Caelyn, turned two! I honestly can't keep up. It feels like yesterday when she was so tiny that we bought her premi sized pj's and were swaddling her in blankets. It was just last night that we gave her first try of baby food, wasn't it? Wait, when did she start walking??  :) I hear it from most parents, it just goes so fast. It certainly does. Looking back on her two years of pictures, the sweet memories of her infant stages, I am realizing more and more that it is so important to make a big deal out of everything!! Every event is big enough for pictures, keeping mementos, and documenting her life, and our lives together. Hmmm, maybe this is why I love taking photographs so much? I love reflecting on how things were at that moment- in this case her birthday! But in any case- a wedding, graduation, holidays, etc. It is so important to document life with pictures to reflect upon a week, a day, or years later just so you too can remember when...

For those of you who were not there and able to take part in the celebrations, I wanted to let everyone in with photos and the details of the day. We had a great ice cream party for her and celebrated her special day with our family and friends. Caelyn's big day is very special as she shares the date, September 14th, with her Great Mamaw. We love that they share a birthday- it makes it even more of a special date! Caelyn loves ice cream. She'd probably live on that alone if we let her (we had Mint Chocolate Chip today!). It was a very cute party if I say so myself. We will for sure have another ice cream party in the future for her and her friends when they are old enough to really enjoy the details like the adults did! I'd like to say thanks to everyone who came to celebrate, we love you all, and to everyone who helped with the party- I know it wouldn't have come together so perfectly without the help of family and friends. Oh! and a unique and random 'thanks' to people who sell things on Ebay (http://www.ebay.com/), without you, I couldn't have gotten such cute ice cream cups and balloons!  I'll also shout out to Party Store and More in Westerville, OH- http://www.partystoremore.com/- they have cute things and I love supporting a local business!

Enjoy the photos! :)