well the big day was sunday, but we celebrated miller style and partied all weekend long! Nicole came in town for to visit this weekend so we went to the festival of trees and a parade on saturday morning. the festival was great, riley loved looking at all the pretty trees, shaking her booty to the upbeat christmas music and of course the huge stuffed animal tree that i am posting a picture of. yes riley is in the pic but she kind of blends in with all the animals. the stuffed animal tree was pretty cool, but her favorite thing was the choo choo train display. she thought it was "thomas and friends" in person. she kept pointed and yelling "wow look at that . . . here comes thomas the train, choo choo thomas." then we hit the parade downtown which started about 20 minutes late, so needless to say we didn't make it thru the whole thing b/c riley was just done by then. riley opened her present from nicole early and got the book "bad dog marley!" which is riley and enzo's new favorite book. afterwards we squeezed in lunch and a nap just in time for riley's friends anthony, brody, celia, and megan to come over and celebrate with her. her party was all things curious george and we had 5 kids 2 and under running amuck thru the house . . . it was great. we made it even more challenging by trying to get a picture of all 5 kids sitting together on the couch, wearing their curious george masks. yes we were all asking for it :) but what we got in return was a rather amusing sequence of pics, i just post one, but they were all pretty funny. no one would leave their masks on or stay on the couch at the same time. so all the parents would throw the mask on the kid, toss them on the couch and dive out of the way for nicole to snap a pic. too funny :) after riley's 1st party we headed over to grandma's to celebrate uncle peter's 34th birthday with good food and lots of laughs. riley normally says uncle peter really clearly, but on saturday uttered something that sounded a lot different than peter. i started laughing and said "riley just said something that sounded a lot like uncle plus a naughty word," to which elli, yes elli, responded "yeah it sounded like uncle penis" at that point tears were streaming down almost everyones faces. happy birthday uncle peter! the next day we hung out and watch "mary poppins" and had a relaxing day until riley's next party with all of our family in town started. which was almost more tiring than the kid party since we are all like a bunch of big kids anyway :) daddy helped riley open her presents, which after the first couple she kind of lost interest, but don't worry josh and anne, david will put that chef outfit to good use !!! great grandma helen was there as well and riley kept bringing her a new baby doll with bottles to feed, it was really cute. i only hope that excitement for a new baby lasts until spring. aunt kristin and fam also sent riley a birthday present which was a knit hat that kristin made, we cheated and let her open it early, but it is adorable, she loves it, and has worn it everyday since she got it, whether we are going anywhere or not. her other new obsession is the happy birthday clifford doll she received from aunt tiffy and fam, she has been sleeping, eating, and playing with it night and day, and singing happy birthday to him every morning! too cute!!so thanks to everyone for making riley's 2nd birthday memorable and fun, she loved everything she got and has spent the last two days making the rounds and playing with all of her new stuff! sorry the pics are kind of out of order, i'm cramming to get this done before riley wakes up from her nap :)
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