It really was a perfect day!

Barnes' Second Birthday Party!

He woke and told me his wagon shouldnt be on the porch!

Table

Wonderful cake!

Cookies for the kids

Favors for kids

Table #2

Its a Llama!

The Petting Zoo

feeding the goat

Feeding the ducks

Me and my sweet birthday boy!

Baby goat

Giving the goat milk

just blowing out the candle!

We celebrated Barnes' second birthday today with friends and family. The weather was gorgeous, honestly, God was smiling down on us today (and everyday). The theme was barnyard because the birthday boy's favorite things right now are animals. There are two ponds with ducks that we pass on the way from our house and a pasture with cows and that's ALL he can talk about when we are driving. Ive been telling him for days that animals were coming to his party. He calls most of the animals by their sounds so a horse is the "neigh" sound, he snorts like a pig and moos like a cow when hes talking about those animals. He even calls Georgie "arf, arf!" He can say Georgie but would rather call her that instead.

My sweet husband and I had an early party planning disagreement about whether the petting zoo was over the top or not... I wanted to have one (surprise, surprise) Brad said it was all too much and Barnes would never even remember it (he has a valid point about that). Well, he eventually came around (wink, wink! I mean really... who is the event planner in the family??) and after seeing Barnes' face when he saw those animals, Id have paid double just to see the pure joy and excitement all over again!

Animals included in the "over the top" petting zoo:

Cow - Moo as Barnes says

Pig (VERY LARGE PIG!) - snort

Chickens - chick chick

Ducks - actually calls this one by name

Llama - no name

Sheep - baaa

Goats - another no name

Rabbits - hop hop

All the kids loved the animals but I must say, I think Barnes loved them the most. He was in the fence petting them all within seconds, not afraid or concerned about any of them.

Thank you to my sweet husband for making all of it possible! Those who read know he truly is a saint to put up with my OVER THE TOP'ness on a daily basis. :)

We ate lunch, cake, opened so many wonderful gifts (thanks to our great friends and family) and then we swam in the pool all afternoon.

Thanks to all who joined in our special day, today. As I look at that baby's sweet face on the monitor right now sleeping so soundly, I know what perfect looks like. "My cup runneth over." Psalms 23:5, as my mom would say.