Lonerblog: Adelaide's 4th Birthday

Monday, January 04, 2010

Adelaide's 4th Birthday

I'm so very behind on my blogging.....so I take you all the way back to Adelaide's 4th birthday! We were going to be traveling on her actual birthday, so we celebrated it as a family a few days before. She also had a little birthday party with 2 of her friends (Brynn and Shyla) at Chuck-E-Cheese. She loves that place and had been asking me for months if she could have a birthday party there. Seeing as how I just had a baby, I wasn't in any mood for a big party, so I actually just surprised her. That morning she saw I had a wrapped birthday gift and she kept asking me who it was for, and I kept telling her it was a surprise....when we finally got to her party, she was so confused that it was for HER!! I had to explain it more that once....poor thing. I guess 4 is a little young for surprise birthday parties!!! Her friends gave her fantastic gifts including a water barbie doll whose swimsuit changes in warm water, a mermaid doll, a big sister book, and barbie doll clothes.

Shyla, Addi, and Brynn

On the evening we celebrated her birthday as a family, she requested fried chicken, potatoes, and broccoli (a far cry from last year's PB&J's, mac 'n cheese, grapes, and carrots). She also insisted on wearing her "birthday outfit" that morning. I had no idea what she was talking about...apparently her birthday outfit is her Halloween witch costume....so that is what she wore all day long. She also requested a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting....yummm! Again, she got some great gifts....Alicia gave her a Hello Kitty movie, Tristan gave her 2 lego cars, Grandma Norma got her balancing blocks and a stamp set, and Daniel and I got her a 3-wheeled scooter. She loved it all! I can't believe how big she has gotten so quick! And now that she is a BIG sister, she loves to help by getting me diapers, wipes, binkies, throwing away dirty diapers, talking and singing to Avery, and even holding Avery.