officially two

in my opinion, ava has been "spiritually" two for a few months already, but tomorrow she officially crosses the threshold. ava's second birthday will coincide with the happy occasion of grandma's release from the hospital! however, all the grandma-related chaos made it impossible to pull together her planned birthday bash at grandma's house.

thankfully, the post family came to our rescue, and hosted a lovely party birthday party for ava at their summer cottage on lake superior. moments after ava and i arrived, the wind started howling, rain started pouring down and the thunder and lightning show began. ava had never experienced a thunder storm before, and i thought for sure she'd have a meltdown. thankfully, she just looked sort of puzzled and said "noise!! loud!!" every time there was thunder. twenty minutes or so later, the rain cleared out, the sun came back, and we all went outside to hang out by the lake and roast dogs.

ava opened oodles of presents, seemed very pleased by her birthday cake, and only almost sprinted straight into the bonfire once. lots more birthday pics here