A Welch Family Affair: Two Years Old!

Happy Birthday to my beautiful TWO year old daughter! Before you become a parent, people always tell you to savor every moment because it goes by so fast. I have people stop me all the time who have kids in their twenties and thirties who say they feel like their kids were just as small as Ellie. I am starting to realize that these comments are not just cliche. The time really does fly once the craziness of parenthood starts. I literally feel like Ellie was just born and here she is, no longer a baby, but an intelligent, curious, spunky little girl!

Yesterday, we had a small family get together to celebrate Ellie's 2nd birthday. In attendance were Ellie's Grandma, Aunt Becky, cousins Jonathan and Kaylee, Aunt Kathy and Uncle Wayne, cousin Paul, and good family friends, Ron and Mary. Oh! I can't forget. My mom and Keith were there for a good majority of the time via Skype :) Of course, Dave and I were there, along with 31 week old Mason, who will grace us with his presence very soon! We decided not to do a big blowout and keep things small for Ellie's sake. At 2, she gets overwhelmed with lots and lots of people, so we wanted to keep it just to family who she loves and is super comfortable with. Here are some pictures of the day:

Taking a nice, long snooze before the big event!