May 6, 2009

Avery's Birthday Party!!

Last Thursday we celebrated Avery's birthday by having a party at the Wiggly Play Center. We were lucky enough to be able to rent the facility after hours for a very special time with our friends and family. There was a ton of playing, pizza galore, and a birthday cake shaped like a purse (since that seems to be Avery's favorite thing). We are blessed to have so many wonderful family and friends come together to celebrate our little girl turning 2!!

Here is our little birthday girl playing around with daddy. He was trying to hold her so I could get a good shot of her "Birthday Girl" shirt but she was too anxious to start playing.

Avery and her cousin Alexis checking things out.

Kaiden getting a helping push from little sister Aubriana.

I just loved that the adults seemed to have just as much fun as the kids.
Valerie, Buci, me, and Christie sharing a "moment".

Christie, Erin, and I proving you're never too old to stop sliding!

Quint was having a ball! Love the smile on his face.

Mollianne, Mia, and Emily taking a turn on the carousel.

Avery having a great time jumping in the bounce house.

Avery with her cake. Unfortunately she did not want to blow out the candles so mommy had to give her a little help

However......

she had no hesitation in tearing into her gifts.
don't you love how all the adults are watching her open gifts, meanwhile the kids were all having a great time playing.

Spoiled???? Nope, not our child.
We will definitely have to be doing some purging in the toy room to make room for all the new things she received.

A very cute shot:
Mekenzie, Avery, and Mekarlie all wanted these little dinosaur tails so of course we had to oblige. They looked very cute walking down the sidewalk all swinging their tails.

So that wraps up a very successful 2nd birthday!! Do we need to start planning #3 already?

Happy Wednesday!!

5 comments:

Rachel said...

Looks like Avery (and everyone else) had a great time at her party. She is so adorable and I can't even believe how different she is from when we were in China. She was such a baby then and is such a big girl now!

Now that the swine flu hysteria seems to be dying down, I'm hoping we will still be on for June.

BTW, you look great!

Brownie Troop 157 said...

Happy Birthday Avery!

thank you for allowing me to watch this beautiful child grow up. Hope the next year is even better than the last.

Kind regards from Miami,

Carol and Taylor

Eloise said...

Looks like a very fun party! Avery's cake was adorable.

Love your new haircut!

Christie said...

...and can I just say - one of the funnest kid parties we've ever been to!

Love you so much!

Duchess of Lanier said...

HAPPY SECOND BIRTHDAY!!! Now that LL is home, all the XZ kids' ages are clicking in my head ;) So LL is three months older than Avery. I'm loving "two" and hope it's a great fun year for you all, too.

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