Happy First Birthday Avery!!!!!!

At 4:47p.m. today Avery is now offically 1!!!!! We had such a great day but I have to say all 3 of us are worn out. First thing this morning Avery woke up to a Birthday pancake breakfast.......

Then we got her dressed in her Birthday Girl shirt and gave her the first present of the day.....A sliver and gold bracelet with her name on it. Then it was off to Little Rock.......

So we arrived at Build-A-Bear and was greeted by the nicest worker ever....first we had to pick out what bear she wanted so we stuck two in front of her and she picked.

Then we stuffed him, gave him a heart but he got two b/c Avery wouldn't pick one so she said he was getting one heart from Mommy and one heart from Daddy. Too cute!!! Next we gave him a bath, dressed him and named him.....

So meet the new addition to the Alexander household.....Gus Alexander!!!

He's offical we have a birth certificate and all!!!

We headed to Red Lobster to have lunch and had the best waitress who wanted to have all the workers sing Happy Birthday but we thought it might scare her. So she sang to her and brought her extra mashed potatoes. I have been wanting to go to Babies R Us so we headed there and looked around for a little while and headed home. Here's Avery and Gus on the way home.

So tonight it was time for cake and she sure dug right in and didn't waste any time. We just got her a little one for tonight and then on Saturday at her party she will have her offical first birthday cake.

So now Avery and Gus are asleep and it's back to daycare and work tomorrow. I hope Avery enjoyed her day as much and Chad and I did. I'm a little sad that she's already one but I can't wait for all the new things in the next year to come. Her party is on Saturday so we are getting ready for that and are so excited. Sorry that this post is so long but I wanted to capture every little detail of the day. This is a day that I will remember for the rest of my life and will treasure forever. So Happy Birthday Avery we love you very much!!!

Love,

Mommy & Daddy