1st Famiversary Reviewed

Since I provided you with plenty of video footage on the last post, I'll not bore you with another video. Just a quick recap of our special day on Friday.

We basically had no agenda, other than whatever we wanted. That kept almost-2-year-old tantrums to a minimum because I didn't care that it took her 6 years to eat her breakfast, and 25 weeks to get dressed, etc.

We started out by going to Pufferbellies for storytime. This was Mari's first ever storytime and Susan said she did really well. She wasn't perfect but not bad. She did, however, rock it with stringing the foam beads on the yarn and we ended up with 2 necklaces...she was the only kid (and she was the youngest, by far) that had the patience to do them!
We then stopped to see Grandma at work before heading home for lunch and a nap.

We continued our celebration (after some playtime) with supper, cake, and presents...cause we all know that there have not been enough presents lately! (Which reminds me, I haven't posted about Christmas Round #3 on New Years Eve...I'll do that later).

Here is my gift to me. You can find them at the AHope Store.

Mari's gifts were a great, custom-made doll by fellow adopter (with a recent referral for a baby girl!!) Autumn and a picture book I made at Snapfish.

Mari eating her favorite dinner, spaghetti (except I cheat and give her ziti cause it's easier to eat and less messy!)

Yummy ICE CREAM cake!

What blue icing can do for you!

Looking nicely at her picture book. It's now succumbed to the fast fingers of a tear-happy toddler. Yes, one page ripped out already...but it taped back together pretty nicely.

Cousin Madi came over to play for the evening. The girls had a BLAST together. It is so much fun just to sit back and watch them.

The clothes were an accident but it's pretty cute. And yes, Madi's bib perfectly matches the barrettes that Mari had in her hair all day and I had not yet taken out. Go figure!