her second birthday

On Sunday 21st September 2014 

our beautiful girl turned two,

and we were sure to give her the best second birthday a girl could ask for.

Birthday days out are kind of a family tradition now,

as fun family memories trump lots of fancy presents any day.

And after taking her big bro (and a baby her) to the zoo on his second birthday

we decided we'd do the same for her,

and just knew she'd love it due to a big obsession with monkeys of late.

The day started with presents of course;

a little crib and baby rabbits,

a BabyBallet tutu,

a ballet dancer mouse

and a cuddly fawn from Mummy and Daddy.

And a set of Tinkerbell fairies from the beautiful brother,

which were far and away her favourite present. 

She loves little character toys at the moment,

so she was utterly thrilled with all her teeny toys.

Then it was off to the zoo,

with not only Mummy, Daddy and her big brother,

but also Nanny, Pops, Nainy, Taid

and her absolute favourite person, Uncle Matt.

Once at Colchester Zoo, the monkeys are some of the first things you see,

and her little face completely lit up when she saw them.

Although she did spend the rest of the day looking in every single other enclosure looking for more monkeys,

this girl certainly knows what she likes.

She cracked a big smile for the meerkats too,

and laughed hysterically at the fen nick foxes like they were the best thing ever,

but I can understand that,

they are kind of cute and funny looking.

^ two monkeys checking out the monkeys

^ love how close and cute these two are

^ feeding the giraffes was a definite highlight

* they were both utterly mesmerised by the sealions

^ the penguins are always entertaining...

^ especially when you can get up close and personal with them

^ and of course a birthday swing was in order

^ and I just love this photo for the little brother and sister moment going on in the middle.

Of course no birthday is complete without a birthday cake
and the obligatory singing and candle blowing out.
She liked that bit so much she made us do it twice,
and wanted us to do more,
but we all just wanted to eat cake!

It's just crazy thinking how our family has changed in two years,
from the fledgling moments as a family of four
into the young family we are now.
One things for sure,
our beautiful girl is a perfect piece of our family puzzle,
and we love her to pieces.