Addyson turns 5!

Our sweet, precious Addyson turned 5 on November 6th, 2011. 5!!!!! Oh my- that is a big girl! I have always joked with Addyson that I will cry when she turns 5 because that means she is so big! It has been our little joke for the past year and she loved to remind me that she was 3 months, 2 months, 5 weeks, etc away from being 5! Well, the day came and I could not be more proud of my baby. She is such a blessing in our lives and I cannot imagine one single day without my sweet girl!

All ready for her birthday party!!
Being goofy!

We had her party at Pump It Up.....Again! She loves this place and she really wanted to have her party here again, so we did!
Sweet Kallie!

Ben LOVED the bounce houses as well! I see a Pump It Up Party sometime in his future!

Uncle Stewart helping out!

Addyson and Hallie posing for the camera!

The best (and only!) family pic we got!

MiMi and Addyson

Nana and Addy Tate!

All the kids at the party! We had a great turn out- I think there were 27 kids there! Fun and crazy!!

Funny faces!!

Kim and Noah

Addyson requested a rainbow cake. Thanks honey- that was super easy!

All excited to sit in the big chair!

She loved having everyone sing to her! She doesn't like attention or anything ;)

She had a great time at the party and we were so happy that so many friends and family were able to make it! It means the world to her and us that you all came to celebrate her special day!

Party Part 2......Addyson had originally wanted a Tangled Party. I had done some research and found these big paper lanterns on Amazon and so I ordered them. After the Pump It Up party we had the family over for pizza and lanterns. They were awesome!! Well, when they worked that is! It does have one disclaimer- do not use them if it is windy. Well, it was windy but we "attempted" anyways! Out of the 7 we tried, one or two acutally worked!

Here is one of them floating off into the distance. Very pretty!! They are supposed to disintegrate in the air- hope I didn't burn anyones house down! ;)

And then there were the few that didn't "take off" as planned.....a big roll of burning paper rolling through my yard. Probably not the safest thing we have ever done! Right after this Ryan tripped in a low spot in the ground while chasing the fireball lantern and rolled his ankle and himself over several times in the yard. Jennifer and I were rolling with laughter!

Addyson and Clayton enjoying the floating lantern show!

She had a great day!! On her actual birthday (her party was the day before), she asked when everyone was coming over again and when we were going back to pump it up. Poor thing, thought that the first party was just a pre-party and that on her "real" birthday was when we were having the "real" party! Ha! Sorry sweetie!! Some of her presents this year consisted of:

Baby Alive (she loves this!!)

Lots of My Little Pony stuff, which she loves

Lots of Barbie stuff, which she loves

Lots of Hello Kitty, which she loves!

A Groovy Girls horse, chair and doll- so cute- I love this!
Cookie the talking dog- so fun!!

Cute clothes!

Cute purses!

Lots of girly stuff- nail polish, scarves, shoes!

I took her in to the doctor today for her 5 year well check and she checked out great! She was 43 lbs (50-75%) and 44 1/2 inches (90th %) for height. Tall and slim as the doctor put it! Developmentally she is ahead and she is just a little ball of knowledge. She soaks up everything she hears and is constantly asking me for definitions of words, how things work and all of the fun questions 5 year olds come up with. She keeps me on my toes, that's for sure!

Some of her "funny" saying lately have been:

"This is the most horrible (pronounced harrible- English accent from Nessa!) day I've ever had!!" (Usually stemming from me asking her to go somewhere or do something she doesn't want to do!- Ha!- oh the drama!!)

"I'm not wearing that if it's the last thing I ever do!!!" (She is extremely picky about her clothes....again- drama!)

"I'm not going to have you for my mommy or daddy ever again!" (Sorry sister- you don't get to pick this!!)

Now all of these are negative sayings, but those are the ones that stick about because they are so funny/cute when she gets all mad. Oh, and speaking of the word "cute", I am NOT allowed to call her cute or adorable. Every time I say, "Oh, that is so cute", she rolls her eyes like a 14 year old girl and says, "Mom, you are NOT supposed to call me that!" Ha!! She cracks me up!

We love you Addyson Tate!! Happy 5th Birthday!