Today, my sweet little Avery turned THREE! I can't even believe that she is so big! I know that every mom says that on every birthday, but that is how I feel - They just grow up so fast! I kind of hate it! But, I do LOVE this stage. Avery is SO funny! She says the funniest things and keeps me constantly entertained. She can do so many things on her own now and it is so fun to have conversations with her and hear her point of view. Her voice is one of my favorite sounds and I wish that I could bottle it up and keep it forever just like it is now. It is so cute!
Anyway - I will have lots more pictures of our celebrations, but I wanted to jot down some details of the day so I don't forget. And when I say some, I mean a lot. I just want to keep these days in my memory because I am realizing now that they grow up really fast and I don't remember all that I wish I could. We all know that it might take months for me to get all her birthday pictures and details posted on the blog... I picked a few favorite pictures to share. Just words makes for a kind of boring post. Most of you (I mean the 4 people who look at my blog...) will probably just want to skim the pictures. This is mostly details for me. And for Avery. A birthday only comes once a year, you know.
Sunday, we celebrated Avery's birthday with the family. We had a backyard BBQ and had a great time. Avery was so excited and was asking for days which aunts, uncles and cousins would be there, and was very excited to see her Grandmas and Grandpas. She LOVED her Doc McStuffins cake and was SO excited to open presents. She got spoiled and loved all her new things and had a great little party. She said the sweetest little "Sank you"s after each gift. I love her "Sank You" It is the sweetest and she is so good about saying. So many nights she will tell me "Sank You" for dinner and it melts my heart!
This morning was her actual birthday, so I got up early and made her pancakes, which was the breakfast that she requested. I also had some strawberries and she loved those and she had juice. I was going to make some whipped cream for the pancakes, but Avery reminded me that she does NOT like whipping cream. And she really doesn't. There are very few things that she won't eat, but that is one of them. When the other kids have hot chocolate or desserts and get whipping cream, she always makes sure to say she doesn't want any whipping cream on hers! Avery is very particular about what she does and does not like. She isn't really a picky eater, but she knows when she doesn't want something.
After we got the kids off for school, I told Avery the day was hers. She wanted to stay home in her jammies for awhile. Avery LOVES her jammies. She would wear them all day, and a lot of days, she does. It is a battle that I have quit fighting unless we are going somewhere. She was especially excited about her jammies because when we were at Sam's Club yesterday, I let her pick out a pair. She picked a pair of footie pjs with monkeys (Avery LOVES monkeys) that are dressed like ballerinas and the feet on the pjs look like ballet slippers. She loves them and changed into them the minute we got home from the store and wanted to stay in them all day today, too. Her first request for the day was to "watch a show" and snuggle on the couch. Sounded wonderful to me! She picked Barney and then her favorite episode of Doc McStuffins. It is called Arcade Escapade, but Avery calls it "RSK" (Watching a show is one of her favorite things to do lately. She never really liked TV until recently. She loves Doc McStuffins, Daniel Tiger, Barney, Dora and a show on the Netflix called Bedtime for Francis...) After we finished her shows, she wanted to play Baby Dolls, or Family. She loves to play family. She HAD to be the mom and she was pretty bossy. She really likes to play when Rylee is at school because then she can be.... She gives the funniest directions while she plays. "You watch my baby, K? I'm going to get some wipes at the store. I be right back!" Its only funny to me because I can see the way she tilts her head and uses her hands and the way her eyes are so expressive as I type that. She cracks me up! Usually we go to Disneyland, but today wasn't a trip. Just changing some diapers.
After awhile, we needed to get dressed. Avery helped me pick some clothes and make my bed. She found one of Bronson's binkies. She insisted on keeping it in her mouth and pretending to be a baby and me carrying her around. Luckily, Bronson was napping so this worked OK. I can't say no to her on her birthday! Then she helped me unload and reload the dishwasher. She wouldn't take the binky out though. It was a bit hard to understand her. She never used a binky as a baby, but she has been kind of struggling lately if she wants to be a big girl or stay a baby. She changes her mind a lot. That is why potty training has been so off and on for her. Oh well! Once dishes were done, she gave up the binky for awhile and we painted nails. She wanted 2 different shades of pink for each hand. Then we had to walk down to the bus stop to get Rylee and then we got ready to go to McDonald's for lunch with Daddy. I had so many cute clothes picked out for her to wear. But, she insisted on her Doc McStuffins birthday shirt and her pink and white polka dot leggings. If she can't wear PJs, her next choice is always leggings! She loves them! It would have been pretty cute if she would have worn a skirt of something, but she wouldn't. And she wanted ONLY a clippy in her hair, which is totally the norm these days.
We had a fun time at McDonald's. Avery got a Happy Meal. I kept asking what she wanted in her happy meal, but all she would say was fries. She ended up with nuggets (and fries, of course). Her and Rylee had a great time on the playground, although they kept coming to the table to complain about the boys and how they wanted a "girls only" club. (Too much Little Rascals...) For a little while, Avery was crying because she couldn't find Rylee. That doesn't happen too often. They fight a lot. But when they do play together, it is so cute!
Then we went home and I frantically wrapped up the presents while Darren ran a quick errand. I had the girls watch a show. Avery was so upset because she wanted to help wrap the presents. She loves to help me with whatever I am doing lately, but wrapping her own gifts wouldn't really work. She was pretty excited to open them, but Logan might have been even more excited. He loves birthdays! This morning he was talking about what he could give Avery and I told him that I thought I had something here he could give her. He said, "Yeah mom. You can just choose something for me. You know I can't go to the store until November." I was a little puzzled by that, but then realized why. He HATES Halloween decorations! It really stresses him out. Poor kid! Avery had a great time opening presents and seemed to like her stuff - Especially her Doc McStuffins Dr bag. She got through them pretty fast. Rylee colored her a special picture. She loves to do stuff like that. Avery couldn't wait to get her Dr bag open and give Rylee a check-up. It was really cute!
We gave Avery a few choices for a fun activity to do - a movie, the Fun Park, making smores, or the new trampoline park. She chose the tramp place. Logan was really excited about that. The kids had a great time there! They loved jumping and Avery was so funny jumping into the big foam pits and then digging herself out. She was laughing and so happy! The girls tried out a lot of their new gymnastics moved and had a great time. I loved it! Grandpa Boman called her while she was jumping and that made her really happy. She wouldn't talk long though. She wanted to get back to jumping. It was so funny because he asked what she got and she said, "Elmo books". She didn't even mention her favorite presents. Then, when Grandma Boman called later she told her she got a "Jessie fing" She didn't even say her things that she was really excited about.
Next, was dinner. Avery's choice. When I asked her where she wanted to go, she said, "That place you get your own food." It took me awhile to figure out what that meant, but I finally figured out she meant Chuck-A-Rama. That is where we went for Logan's birthday. However, when I told her that was the name, she called it "Chuck-A-Gramma" for the rest of the day. Silly girl! On the way there, she randomly told Darren and me, "If kids are my age, I can beat them up." What??? I guess she is the bully.... I asked her if she had beat anyone up and she said No. Then she said she doesn't beat up boys, but just girls. No idea where that came from, but the way she said it was pretty funny. At the restaurant, she didn't eat much. I guess that is OK since she was free. She mostly only wanted her roll, a little mac and cheese and some fruit and ice cream. Oh...and some beets. She kept telling me when I was helping her with her place that she wanted "that red stuff". Took me awhile to figure it out.
On the way home from the restaurant, she fell asleep. We had to wake her up when we got home. Then she couldn't wait to get on her brand new PJs. She has been obsessed with this pair of jammies with silky pants for almost a year and they are getting small and worn out so we got her a new pair. They have a monkey on the shirt and are pink and she wanted to wear them to dinner. I think it might have been the highlight of her day! To finish off the day, we sang to her and let her blow out the candles. A birthday just isn't complete without blowing out the candles!
After I brushed her teeth, I told her we could have a special bedtime story. I got out the ipad and found the blog post about her birth and told her the story and showed her the pictures. I think she especially loved that it was on the "hi-pad". She is a bit obsessed with it and I am amazed how well she can use it. She kept wanting to do the scrolling and kept resizing the pictures. She loved seeing the pictures of her as a baby. And it made me want to cry. And now I am crying typing this .... I just couldn't believe that 3 years ago my baby looked like this...
Avery on the day she was born. 7 lbs 11 oz. Tons of dark hair and gorgeous long lashes. She was perfect!
And a couple more flashbacks just for fun...
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And last year on her 2nd birthday
Oh, our sweet little Avery! She is full of so much personality!
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