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WHEW! What a day!

Today was the big birthday party and it was successful! We had a Dora themed party since that has been Grace's new obsession the past few months. We had some great food that everyone seemed to enjoy. That was followed up by the hunt for Grace's gifts. The story of the party was that Swiper the Fox (from Dora of course) came and swiped all of Gracie's presents. Luckily he left clues for the kids to follow to help Grace find her gifts. They all had a ball with the hunt and the kids were presented with gifts for helping!

Grace sat in her princess chair in the middle of the party and opened her gifts. She was SO FUNNY! She took her time on her big big pile of gifts. Sometimes she would tear off a tiny piece and hand it or throw it to one of her cousins who were sitting nearby. She was taking so long that I had to 'help' her with some of the last gifts so that we could get to the cake!

Of course we had a Dora themed cake which gave Grace a Dora, Diego, and Boots character to play with long after the party. We all had the cake and then enjoyed some time outside. It wasn't as warm as I had hoped, but the rain did go away so everyone was able to go stretch their legs and enjoy some time outside.

 Thanks to everyone who came and shared in the special day of celebrating with our little girl!

THANK YOU to our good friends Scott and Kim who came over extra early to help with the food and decorations and for entertaining Grace while all the chaotic last minute things were going on! THANK YOU to my mom...

Tags: boots, cake, celebrating, diego, dora, gifts, party

Today was Grace's second birthday. It's been a day i've looked forward to since she's older and able to do more and more things. BUT it's still very hard to believe that two whole years has gone by since the day she entered our lives. Like all parents out there i've wanted her to stay young but i'm very excited about the changes this year will bring for her and us. She'll be learning to talk more, play on her own a little at the playgrounds, do more with her older cousins, and just understand more.

We stayed home and just had a special family celebration of her birthday today. We ended the night with a cookie cake and she LOVED it! Daddy gave her a decent sized piece and while she was eating his mom called. He talked to her for a while and I sat nearby enjoying my piece of cookie. Next thing we knew Grace was doing all she could to ask for more more more! She saw daddy's plate nearby and wanted to have his! Turns out, she ate all of the icing, set the cookie aside and wanted the big pile of icing on daddys piece. haha We gave her more and had to cut her off so she wouldn't get sick. Luckily she's not the type of kid to eat a lot of sugar and bounce of the walls because then it was bedtime! Of course she got to talk to her Florida and Ohio relatives first.

We're having her party this weekend at our house. There's still a lot to do and I probably won't be sleeping much these next couple of nights. I'm still fighting a sinus infection that has had me on the couch just about 24/7 lately. I'll do anything to make...

Tags: birthday, cookie, florida, learning, ohio

For atleast a few months now, i've been following the AkronOhioMoms website. They started out with articles about parenting, activities in the area, and many other topics. Not too long ago, this mommy blog became one of my favorite sites to visit on the random occasions i'm on an actual computer (and sometimes on my blackberry). The reason? Not only do they still post interesting articles, now there are tons of giveaways!

Who doesn't like free stuff? There are MANY ways to rack up your number of entries for the various giveaways and while it can be a little time consuming, it's totally worth it to win something. Even learning about the products through the reviews are worth the time!

I was fortunate enough to win tickets to an amazing show for my daughter. My husband and I took her to see the Nick Storytime Live event that took place at the Akron Civic. She wasn't too thrilled with being there in the beginning (she's just about 2 and had never been to an event like that) but when Dora came on in the end she was completely focused on Dora, boots the monkey and everything involved with that part of the show. That was a GREAT family event for us and I owe it all to www.akronohiomoms.com.

 Currently, i'm entering for another giveaway for a case of POM wonderful juice. My husband and I have tasted many types of pomegranate juices and this is one of the top two for us. It has MANY health benefits which you can read about here: http://www.akronohiomoms.com/food/pom-wonderful-100-pomegranate-juice-review-and-case-giveaway/. While you're there, do some entries for yourself. Maybe you'll be the next winner on Akronohiomoms!

Tags: akron, akronohiomoms, dora, free, giveaway, ohio, pom wonderful

I mentioned in my first posting that i'm still trying to figure out what i'm doing here. I could easily just say hey i'm running a mommy blog and stick with that. But... I think I want it to be a little more open as far as who my 'target audience' will be. We'll see how that goes.

I've been extra busy lately. I started taking online classes through Liberty University back in March. I'm in week three which has some time consuming assignments to focus on.

Speaking of time consuming... my daughter's turning TWO on Thursday(!!) and we're having her party here at our house on Saturday. It's not a big open space so on top of cleaning up, planning the details of the party and contacting those who haven't said if they're coming/bringing kids... we have to find a way to fit 20+ people in our home. Hopefully it'll be a nice day so we can atleast have some outside time during the party.

Tags: birthday, mommy blog, school