The Macmurphys

Actual birthday day

Sunday May 17th was Kaylie's birthday day. Jason's and my family came into town to spend time with us and celebrate. Jason, Kaylie and I waned to thank you for that. It meant so much to us and feel so blessed to be able to share this with you. Thanks!

Fortunately, Kaylie was healthy for her party on Saturday. Unfortunately, Kaylie was not healthy for her actual birthday. At first we thought she was exhausted. She had pretty much gone non stop the night before staying up way past her bed time. After about an hour of her being up we knew there was more going on. We later found out (on Monday) that she had Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease which is a very painful virus that you can pretty much do nothing about. Poor baby girl had gigantic sores in her mouth making her miserable.

Other than being sick I think Kaylie enjoyed as much of her day as she could.

Jason, Kaylie, and his mom

My brother, mom, dad, me and Kaylie

A daddy and his daughter

Mom and daughter

I love you baby!

Here was one of our major signs she was not feeling well.

Daddy surprised Kaylie with a new computer game featuring her favorite friends Elmo and Ernie.

Post nap...at this point she has started feeling pretty miserable. The bear came from grandpa Bill. She loves it. It is actually bigger than her.

Daddy's turn to comfort her.

Finally able to muster up a little bit of energy to open her presents.

This is her new Pooh ride on toy. She loves it. She can just sit on it and mess with all of the buttons and watch things spin.

Her new wagon...bear had to join her for a ride.

Another gift from mom and dad...a bubble mower. The best part was when dad decided he needed to push it while Kaylie chased him.

Mega bubble blower...what else could Kaylie ask for?!?

This was Kaylie's big present from her mommy and daddy. We actually bought it and set it up in April when it was on sale. We did not see the point in keeping it hidden until her birthday. With the weather so nice we knew we needed to take advantage of it and let her enjoy it.

My Gym

After having her first birthday at our house I learned never to do that again. This year we decided to have it at My Gym. Thank goodness for My Gym. First of all if we would have had it at our house we would have had to deal with the monsoon like weather we had. It rained pretty much ALL day! The other beautiful thing was that My Gym takes care of every thing. They set every thing, run the entire party, serve the kids, and then clean up. What more could you ask for.

The best part was that Kaylie and all her friends had a blast. Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate. We feel so blessed to have such amazing friends and family!

Walk...crawl...either way works to get down!

Kalie and Kaylie - born a few months apart from each other

Circle Time

"If your happy and you know it then your face will surely show it..."

"Shout Hooray..."

If you want to make Kaylie happy give her something she can stack and orange cones to put them one. Two of her favorite things.

My lil' bro and my mommy

What kid doesn't like the ball pit?!?

The ball is just as big as she is!

My Gym part 2

With all of the excitement Kaylie was a little overwhelmed. Usually she loves the bee ride. This time she wanted nothing to do with it.

Can you guess what the theme of the party was?!? I questioned this until we walked into Party City and she said Elmo after seeing a picture of him. Decision made!

Kaylie definitely loves her daddy. With so much going on she was attached to him. Her poor daddy couldn't even walk away without Kaylie running after him.

Post My Gym...

After My Gym our family came back to our house for dinner and cake. For the past few weeks we had been taking cupcakes to therapy in hopes that she would take a few bites on her actual birthday. Needless to say after an outfit change and a thorough wiping down of the space around her we figure we will shoot for her 3rd birthday. =) At least I got to see her do it in therapy. I think there was just too much going on! I can't blame her!