Ry's 2nd Birthday

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for the wonderful response and support I received for this blog. The first entry was fun, as I'm sure all future postings will be. So thanks for your kind messages!


Next, I'm due to give an update on Ryann's big 2nd birthday. Her actual birthday fell on a Tuesday this year, so we didn't get too wild and crazy on the 22nd. But she adored all the phone calls, and it while we would have loved for all our family to be here, I must admit it was fun knowing that each time the doorbell rang there was a man standing on the other side with gifts in hand. (I just love signing for a package!)


I also laugh because every time Ry has a birthday (ok, ok, its only been 2) I get a phone call or text from someone reminding me where I was on that day in 2009. This year Enna texted me exactly 2 years after I finally had my epidural and I smiled just thinking about that lovely drug and how it changed my life for the remaining 16 hours of labor.


Back to Tuesday - we had a quiet dinner with Mimi & Papa, Skyped with the cousins, and opened some presents. A good kick off to her upcoming party. 

Please can I open one more?

Fast forward to Friday night. I have all my supplies for Ry's cake ready to go and can't wait to get started. Except for one small problem. Our kitchen drain decides this would be a good time to back up, leaving the kitchen out of commission. Lucky for us, Papa & Grandpa Dale were here (perhaps 2 of the handiest men we know). Alas, 4 hours, 3 trips to Ace/Home Depot, and 5 beers later my kitchen sink is still toast. 

So the next morning the guys rent a 50 foot snake from Home Depot, but even that won't do the trick! Still, I'm committed to making this cake and nothing is going to stop me. So I start baking away, doing dishes in the upstairs bathtub as I go.

A few more nail-biting hours pass and my prayers to the plumbing gods must have paid off because in walks Vladimir the Plumber with a 115' snake. (I feel he deserves a super hero title). Please note that it is now 2pm and the party is at 3. So while Vlad snaked, I iced.

Approximately 30 minutes later I had a working sink and Ryann had a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse birthday cake!

And the rest of the day was wonderful. Ry was spoiled with gifts and loved eating all that cake. Clogged sink and all it was a perfect 2nd birthday party.

And check out that hair! It only took 2 years, but that's one heck of a ponytail, don't you think?