Atlantis

Makena proved herself a good traveler yet again when the nanny sitting next to us on the plane last night complimented her on her good behavior!

We just returned home after spending a WEEK at Atlantis in the Bahamas. No, that is not a typo...it almost is more crazy that I was able to write "we" than a "week" - our entire little family got to go together! It was such a blessing to be able to spend some actual good quality time together. Being on Paradise Island didn't hurt either!

Atlantis was amazing... We relaxed on the Lazy River (about a hundred times!), the grown ups rode the rapids, we swam for hours and hours every day, we saw more ocean life than we thought possible in one place, we spent $14 on a cocktail (ugh), Charlie did ALL of the slides (and those are some *crazy* slides!), the girls got to love on a dolphin, our SD memory card blew up and we lost all of our family vacation photos (except the ones on my iPhone), we spent an afternoon at Senor Frogs and Makena danced her little way into the wait staff's hearts...as evidenced by the GIANT ice cream sundae they gave her, and we met some great people from all over the world!

(Makena with her "babies" back in "her" car on the way home...nothing sweeter than her introducing Bobble the alligator to her baby and to her baby's backpack!)

Makena Turns TWO

Makena experienced the happiest 90 minutes of her life on Saturday. Charlie and I have never seen Kena so blissful for such a long time! She beamed the entire party and showed off her sweet little personality (and her toddler gymnastics skills, although she refers to it as "ballet")!

We've always LOVED The Little Gym...but now that feeling is increased tenfold. What a magnificent place for a birthday party! I can now say that she's truly recovered from the unfortunate deer incident. We brought favors and cake - they did the rest. Her teachers made her feel like a billion bucks for the entire time, and for that I will be indebted to them forever. It was worth every penny to see the look on her face! A huge thank you goes out to all of Makena's friends and their families for coming to her party...she is still talking about her "two party"...

Most of the pictures have other children in them, so I don't want to post them on the Internet, but sufficed to say...there were a lot of smiles going around on Saturday! It will be hard to top this for her third birthday. All I can guarantee is that we will do another off-site party - it was fantastic!

Happy 2nd Birthday to our sweet girl! We love you around the world and to the moon and back!