Monday Madness update...on Tuesday

Yesterday was my Birthday and I didn't get around to an update, so we'll do Monday's Madness on Tuesday-oh well!!

The bug is doing just fine!! She is walking all over the place, and I mean all over the place. We love hearing her little pitter patters throughout the livingroom and kitchen. We have gotten more gates to keep her where we want her, and out of where we don't want her.

We took her to the NYS Fair again on Saturday with my family. She had a blast, and we looked at the pigs, and the goats, and she really enjoyed all the animals again. This time the draft horse show was going on. The 6 and 8 horse hitches. She took her nap during the 6 horse class. There were 22 hitches. The Coliseum was loud, and there was loud music, a lot of clapping and hollering. But I took her out in the hallway and rocked her to sleep, and then went back in and she slept for 90 minutes in her stroller. What a girl!! She woke up to see the finals of the 6 horse hitch, and was clapping for all the teams and dancing to the music-quite the entertainer!! :) My Brother and Sister in law, and their 2 daughters were up for Labor Day weekend. There were 10 of us that went to the Fair on Saturday. We left at 5:15, and stopped at our favorite Mexican restaurant for dinner on the way home. We had arrived at the Fair at 9:30 AM. Avery did really well! It was pouring cats and dogs when we got there, but cleared up and was just cool,and windy the rest of the day. We had Dinosaur BBQ for lunch, and Avery had Tully's chicken an fries-both favorites of ours!!-YUM YUM!!

The next pics are of her B-day celebration on Sunday...

We had the bug's first B-day party on Sunday. We wanted her to have pictures of her first b-day celebration, so we celebrated her 12 month/15 month birthday. We had about 20 people here, all family. We did a ladybug theme, and Grandma Judy made the cutest little ladybug cake just for her to eat, and then a beautiful big cake for everyone else. These cakes are valuable, she is retired and only makes cakes for the grandkids. Believe me if people knew we had a "Judy" cake at the house we would have had a ton of people there. Her cakes are the best!! Avery wasn't sure about the texture of the frosting and liked the chocolate cake more than the vanilla cake-Daddy's girl!! Gary likes chocolate, and I like them both but prefer the vanilla. We had frosting on her dress, and in her headband...exactly how it should be.
















We started in the B-day dress that Great Grandma Vi bought her (the light pink dress), and in true "dancer" style had a costume change after cake into the flirty tutu, and striped leggings, and B-day shirt Mommy got her-haha!!

She got a Ni Hao Kai Lan car to ride around the house in. A Little People airplane, and other little people (the little Asian girl). A  Leap Frog drum, Baby Einstein song book, Duplo Lego, a stuffed Tigger and book. Infantino matching puzzle cards, maracas, and a lot of really cute clothes. Also, so money to put in her savings account when we get that opened for her.

















She is a very lucky little girl to have such loving and thoughtful people in her life. Not just for the gifts but for all the love that her family has shown her for the last 3 years while we waited for her to arrive-LUCKY GIRL!!!

Monday was my 37th B-day! It was the best B-day ever! The best part was going to get our daughter up in the morning on my birthday and being able to hold her...waited a long time for that! We had a very low key day. We went to the Labor Day parade in town, and came home and had lunch, and watched movies and played all day. The perfect day...with my bug, and my hubby!!

Gary got me a locket that has 2 footprints on it. The back says, "Our family just grew by two feet".-perfect!! Avery got Mommy a necklace with heart charm on it that says Mom on the front, and on the back says, "Mom I remember all the hugs you gave me in my heart".-also perfect!! All in all a great day!

Avery is a blessing, and we love being parents and hopefully by next Summer we will be a family of 4...more on that later-China has changed their rules-YAY!!  :)

So...there's the Monday-Tuesday update...

Hope you enjoyed the pics!!