Thursday, November 11, 2010

Addyson Tate turns 4!

Our sweet Addyson Tate turned 4 last Saturday. It was SUCH a busy, fun day! The night before her birthday (and really like weeks before!) I was telling her that when she woke up the next day she would be 4! She got the biggest smile on her face and was so excited. I just absolutely love the excitement of kids with things like this. Even the little things are a big deal and it is so fun to watch! She got up at 7:15 and ran into our room and said "Good Morning Mom and Dad, I'm 4!!!" It was really cute! All morning she would say things that she was going to do now that she was 4. For example, usually hair brushing is a battle. She screams that it hurts, runs from me, etc. Well on Saturday morning she handed me the brush and said, Look mom, I'm not going to cry when you brush my hair because I am 4!! So I brushed her hair and she didn't cry! She really felt like a big girl! 4 is such a big age to me. I have been really looking forward to it but it really to me, signifies a big kid. 4 is an age where kids are really supposed to grow out of some of the toddler stuff and be really pleasant. We'll see!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed! :) Addyson has always been a really good girl and I can't wait to see what this next year brings for us. SO excited!!

We, of course, made the day all about Miss Addyson. Which she just eats up! She got to pick where she wanted to go for breakfast. Donut shop won! They know her in there (probably because she takes 10 minutes to pick out her donuts- she is indecisive like her mama!). So, she settled on a big basket (of which she ate about 4 bites- too excited for the day!) and her chocolate milk. Breakfast of champions!

Being the food inspector- just like her mama.
Me and my baby girl!
Not sure what Ben thinks about this.....probably GET OFF OF ME! (if he could talk!)

After breakfast we dropped Ben and Daddy off at the house so Ben could nap. Then me and Addy went to pick up the cake. Oh yes, the cake. I ordered this over the phone last week and said I wanted a really pretty princess cake. I was so pleased with the way it turned out. Addyson was SO excited to go and pick it up and it turned out so cute. A perfect princess cake for our little princess! It had all of the Disney princesses on it! She had requested a strawberry cake with no strawberries and pink icing. Love it! These pictures don't really do it justice in my opinion- it was really super cute! (And really good cake too!)

After we got in the car I asked her how much she liked her cake- she said "This much!" (You can't really tell but her arms are stretched out as big as she can!)
Next at home was present time from Mom, Dad and Ben! This probably deserves a post of it's own but here it is in a nutshell. We got her the Zhu Zhu pet city- all the parts (disco, tree house, salon, garage w/car, etc), 3 Zhu Zhu pets and all the accessories. Ryan spent 2 hours putting it together on Saturday and then we both decided it was a PIECE of you know what and he took it apart and returned it the next day to Toys R Us. She ended up getting a Mobi VTech Game thing and some games that she picked out...... The Zhu Zhu pets got stuck in all of the tunnels and it was a piece. Enough said! We also got her a princess art set.
She played all afternoon and then we got ready for her party. Pump It Up!

Sweet little Graham!
Ben had fun too!

I have a million pics of this but I guess I only uploaded a few! Kids had fun bouncing!
Party room- cake, chicken nuggets and presents!
Reid and Claire

About to blow out the candles!
Make a wish!Yummy!
Little buddies! (Clayton and Ben!)

Opening presents!
We love you sweet girl!
So if that wasn't enough excitement in one day- we went to Joe T's after the party with Dustin, Brittany and BBP!
We had the mariachi band sing to Addyson. She wasn't really a fan.... She looked at me and said Too Loud!! Mom they are singing too loud!


Addyson was SOOO wiped out at the end of the day (and so was I!). She literally passed out on the way home while holding all of her balloons. I threw her into bed!
We had such a fun day and I can't believe my sweet little girl is already 4! We love her more than words can say! Happy Birthday Addyson!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That last photo of Addyson is too cute and funny! Maverick and Reagan heard me laughing and Maverick said, "Why laughing Mom?" And of course, Reagan had to come over and check out the photo herself. Happy birthday to Addyson!!! I'm glad she had such a wonderful day of celebrating!