Natalie's Second Birthday Party!

We had a great birthday party for Natalie today.  This year we decided to do a smaller party with only my parents, Angela and her daughter Ruthie, and Jason at our house.  I didn't want to do a big party this year, yet, I wanted to do something, and I think we were all happy with the comforts of a small party at our house!
Natalie first opened presents from Mamma and PawPaw.  They got her two singing cards, which she loved.  Although with all of the technology that she has, she thought that no matter where she pushed, they should start singing.  When they didn't she said something like,  "Oh no, it don't work!" She got a Dora microphone, which was hilarious!  Natalie believes that she needs to attempt to put the entire microphone in her mouth in order for her voice to be heard.  It also plays music, which she loved dancing!  She also received a dora bed set which will be awesome when we get her a big girl bed (planned for the near future)  She still loves having her pillow have Dora and Boots now, as you can see by the picture (tonight she loved laying on it in the middle of the living room floor while watching her videos)
We gave her a Dora magnet book, a Dora flap book, and a Dora bathroom set- which included a mirror that she loved to say hi to her reflection.  We weren't really planning a Dora themed party, it just happened that way in the end!
We then sang Happy Birthday with her two candles lit on her cake.  She learned quickly how to blow, but of course needed help to actually get the candles to go out.  You can hear in the videos that I posted that at one point I kind of changed the sound of my voice as I modeled for her to blow and she copied that as well.  Too funny!
The highlight of the event is how she handled the birthday cake piece that she received.  I gave her the piece and a fork.  She stuck the fork in the middle of the piece and tried to lift up a bite.  The entire piece came up from the plate!  At first you could tell by her reaction that she knew this wasn't right.  For a second she tried to fix it by poking at the cake, then you could see the wheels turning in her head that this really wasn't a bad deal and she began eating it like a cake pop!  It was hilarious and adorable!  She ate quite a bit of cake too!  She loved it!
I will save my reflection for her birthday....I can't believe we are going to have a two year old! We love her so much!