She's 2 and He's 6 months!

First of all, she got two cakes. The recipe I had made two 9" round cakes so I thought that was good because in case I messed the first butterfly cake up, I could start over...I had a back-up. Luckily, the first cake went well. So then I used the second cake as her candle cake and made a caramel frosting to go ontop, yum. I was surprised how easy it was to make cake...and frosting...these were my first cakes from scratch.

You may be wondering why there are a bazillion candles on the cake, it's an "R." And this is what I did to the round cake to make a butterfly:


And this is the butterfly cake, decorated with pink buttercream frosting, jelly beans and skittles. On the side I used watermelon licorice-like stuff.

When it came time to finally eating her cake, she only wanted to pick the candy off with her fork. She refused to eat any of the cake...hmm.

We called up a bunch of friends and met them all at Hop 2 It. It was the first time we'd been and Ruth spent the first 45 minutes screaming about how cool everything was. We ran around and jumped for 2 hours, it was a blast!

Here she is in the ball pit with Ben and Jon:

She got a kitten and a big wheel type car for her b-day from us. Along with books and coloring/crafting equipment from friends and grandparents.

We've decided to call the cat Makutsi, after a character in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

This is Ruth as a bunny, jumping on our mini-tramp:

Sporting the tu-tu over the pajamas:

Now about Will: He weighs 16 pounds 10 ounces and is 26 inches long, both 50%. As you can see, his eyes are still a greyish blue color and he has his two front bottom teeth.

He rolls everywhere and loves to smile.

He grabs for everything. If you've ever seen Dora the Explorer you'll understand why I always want to say, "Swiper, no Swiping!" He's dang fast too.

And he can sit up without support for several minutes.

He's still not sleeping through the whole night but other than that there are no complaints. He's such an easy baby, loves to be tickled and gives giggles generously. He is patient when Ruth decides to sit on him and he loves his veggies. He is also very interested in Makutsi (the kitten). He loves when she jumps up on his lamp so he can feel her fur.