Celebrating Cruz's Carnival: Second Birthday Party!

So remember that break I took from blogging back in October and November?

Yeah, so do I.

And it turns out I never even posted Cruz's 2nd birthday party, which totally bummed me out and which is also why you are seeing it just now being that it's almost four months late. #mommyfail

Invitation // created by moi

Cruz turned two. I have a two year old and can hardly believe it. =)

We had a great time celebrating Cruz’s carnival/circus themed birthday party a couple days before his actual birthday. So many amazing people came over to our place to toast our little guy…he is so loved and we are fortunate to have them all in our lives.

After loads of food and drink, we had a clown/magician booked to show all the kiddos a good time. Everyone, regard less of age, loved her. If you are in the Omaha area, Rainbow Trout is the bomb dot com.

I will let the pictures speak for themselves, but I can’t tell you what a fun time we had celebrating with some of our most favorite people.

Happy birthday to our little Cruzer Bruzer. You have touched so many lives with your amazing personality and sweet little self. We love you to pieces, little man. xo

Linking up with Ashley for It's The Little Things.

Love Lately {November 8, 2013}

Well hello there. My name is Katie or better known as MIA. As in I've been MIA from this little ol' blog for much longer than I would care to admit lately. While I miss it, I have been very busy single parenting and planning the biggest 2 year old bash imaginable (ok, the biggest two year old bash I've ever thrown, how about that?)

Let's get on with it, shall we?

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My 'almost' two year old!  As Cruz's 2nd birthday is almost officially upon us (next week to be exact), I can't help but get a little sappy looking back on his pics from the past two years and how much he has changed and captured our hearts. Check out this adorable little dude!

You can also find his monthly updates here.

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The bash. Tomorrow we have approximately three thousand people (or at least it feels like it) coming to our house to celebrate Cruz man. I've been working on decor all week, we get our new sectional delivered today and will put the finishing touches on everything tonight. I love this part of being a mama.

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My man. I'm picking up Nick from the airport today and we are going to surprise Cruz at daycare this afternoon.  I don't think Cruz or I could be more excited to see him! This is week two of him being gone for training for his new job and it's easy to say we are missing him something fierce. But we made sure to stick in his mind with fun little pics and videos like this all week:

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Sweets and treats. I fully intend on gorging myself on cupcakes (thanks to auntie Morgan), Nothing Bundt Cake and candy all weekend long and I'm not even sorry about it. I mean, I've basically been doing this since Halloween last week, so why stop now?

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The freakin' weekend. My weekend officially starts on Friday like the rest of you all for once and I'm loving it! I get to skirt out of work a tad bit early too. Can't beat that!


Hope you all have as much fun as I know I will this weekend!

Birthday Wish List

It is that time of the year....Cruz will be TWO in less than a month and I can hardly believe it. I don't know who is more excited, him or me? I love love love birthday parties and I'm having the best time planning his. Hopefully he appreciates it. =)

I've had tons of people asking what to get Cruz and since his birthday is so close to Christmas, I wanted to put together his "wish list" of things he wants or better yet that we feel he would love. With no further adieu.

Cruz's Wish List:

1. Teepee from Land of Nod & Etsy
2. Toy Organizer 
3. Toy Organizer Cubes 
4. Columbia Snowsuit 
5. Puma Tracksuits - Cruz lives in these come fall/winter, they are perfect for comfort at daycare and lounging around the house. However, we never spend more than $20 on them at Marshall's, TJ Maxx and Burlington Coat Factory
6. Mad Pax Backpack - Later Gator Half Pack
7. Trendy Kids Percy Suitcase 
8. Boon Bath Toys - Creatures & Water Bugs & Bubbles 
9. Fishing Rod - Abu Garcia Ike Dude. I have no idea if this is a good one, I just liked the way it looked. =)
10. Tackle Box - Wormgear. Same with this, no idea. (Maybe Nanu will have to pick this gift up since he's the fishing pro.)
11. Boon Groovy Plate / Catch Bowl 
12. Disney Movies - at this point we have none and I think it would be fun to start his collection of fun, boy Disney movies. There are so many great ones out there!
13. John Deere Motorized Tractor 
14. Little People Flip Books - currently he has a Mickey Mouse & Noah's Ark flip book and loves them! There are a bunch to choose from and I know this mama would like to change it up a bit. It gets a little old reading the same books every night.
15. Brain Quest - he loves the set of flash cards we have right now that work on colors, shapes and animals, so let's tackle his vocab!
16. Step Stool for the bathroom sink

Back to the party - do you think I can get away with doing another cake smash? I just don't think he got after his 1st birthday smash cake as much as he should have.... I was expecting a little man covered in cake and I think this year he would absolutely destroy one. =)