A Day of Firsts......

We got Sesame Place passes again this year. Last year Katie wasn't able to go on all the rides and she also did not like getting too close to the characters. We went to Sesame Place today and Katie went on the Super Grover Roller Coaster..."The Vapor Trail". She loved it. I was alittle nervous about taking her on. But it said 3 years old and 36 inches. After Aunt Karen told her it goes really fast Katie could get out of her stroller fast enough to run to get in line. When we got on the ride Aunt Karen and Bailey were behind us and Aunt Karen said I am alittle worried and Katie threw her arms up in the air. We started laughing Katie wasn't nervous at all. You can buy a DVD video of your ride on the Vapor Trail. I bought it since it was Katie's first roller coaster ride. I will upload it to the blog once I figure out how to do it. Katie also went on her first water slide ride. Katie and Bailey went down the slide together in a double tube. She loved it.

Timmy went with us to Sesame Place and we got extra special treatment. This is his 6th year working at Sesame Place. He is personal friends with all the characters. Katie was so happy that Timmy told Abby Cadabby all about her and how much she likes her. Abby gave Katie lots of attention during the Abby Cadabby show. Thanks Timmy!!!!

Then to end a great day Bailey found a ladybug. How funny is that???

Happy Memorial Day

I am alittle behind on blogging about Memorial Day weekend since we were very busy with the recital the week after we got back from Fenwick Island. We spent another awesome Memorial Day weekend with the Rocco's at there beach house in Fenwick Island, Delaware. This year we made a new tradition with Two-Pop's Flag raising cermony. Dan read the spoken part and then we all sang "God Bless American". We even had some of the neighbors watching us from there porches. It was very nice. The weekend continued with good friends, good food, drinks, and alot of laughs. We hit the pool on Saturday and then the beach on Sunday. We relaxed, went to bed early, and slept in.....my kind of weekend.

Thanks to Pat and Rudy for another wonderful relaxing weekend at the beach house.

A Star Is Born

Katie had her first dance recital last Thursday and Friday night. She was GREAT!!! She got on stage and gave it her best performance. Thursday night was her tap routine to "Broadway Babies" and then Friday night was her ballet routine to "When You Wish Upon A Star". Both nights she was also part of the "Tumbling Tots". This is the best part of the show watching all the preschoolers tumble across the stage. Katie ran out on stage and tumbled with no problem. Thursday night she forgot to blow her kisses to the audience but remembered to do it on Friday night. She smiled and blew kisses right at the audience. So cute. After the show she was so excited to get her flowers and trophy. This is what she was waiting all year for. She kept talking about the recital over the last few months and how she was going to dance on the stage and then everyone would clap and she would get flowers from her Daddy and Brady. Well not only did she get flowers from Daddy and Brady but from Mimi, and Grandmom and Pop-Pop, and Grandmom Rita too. She also got a ballerina mousy from Mom Mom Maureen, a ballerina bear from Grandmom Pat and an Ariel doll from Uncle Jeff aka Prince Eric. What a fan club our little star has already.


Bailey was in the recital too and did a Fabulous job. Taylor and Alyssa also made their recital debut this year. They both did a wonderful job. I didn't do too shabby myself in my adult jazz and tap performances.

She did it!!!!

Katie had her last dance class Tuesday night. Katie wanted to start dance class last fall after watching my dance recital DVD all summer. She was insist that she wanted to go to dancing school like the girls on the recital DVD. I tried to sign her up at my dancing school and they didn't take anyone under the age of 3. Katie was 2 1/2 at the time. I told Katie she would have to wait until next year. She still insisted she wanted to go to dance class. I asked Miss Toni again about signing her up. She told me I could sign her up and see how it goes. She told me not to push her if she didn't want to do it. I told Miss Toni that I would never push her and she is the one who wanted to join. So we got Katie her dance outfit, ballet shoes, and tap shoes. Except for a couple of time that she didn't nap during the day and then fell asleep on the way to class the year was a success. Tonight and tomorrow night is the dance recital. Katie has been talking about the recital all year. She knows that she will dance on the stage and everyone will clap and then she will get flowers. She is very excited. I will post all about the recital this weekend! Her is a picture of Katie practicing in class and a picture of Katie with Miss Toni. Did I mention that Mommy is in the recital too???????

Rain Rain Go Away.....

We spent Sunday at 2 GREAT parties. The first party for was Paige who turned 5. Her party was at Veteran's Park in Hamilton, NJ. Katie just got on the playground and the rain started coming down. Luckily the party was under the pavilion and we were able to continue to celebrate with Paige. We will definitely meet Paige at the park for fun on that playground another day.





The second party was for Jade who turned 3. Jade is from the same Orphanage as Katie and part of our adoption group. The rain was coming down but that didn't stop anyone from having a great time. There was a petting zoo with a nice big tent over it to keep out the rain. Katie LOVED the baby chickens. She fondly called them "Boo Boo Chickens"(Donald Duck calls his chicken boo boo chicken on one of the episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) and she was so excited to hold the boo boo chickens. There was a llama, goats, sheep, rabbits, a tortoise, a millipede bug(which was gross), and chickens. The best part was feeding the baby sheep and goats a bottle. It was really great to watch the kids with the animals. They loved it!

Little Ears

So everyday Katie says something that makes me laugh. She is so funny. I am trying to remember it all and blog about it.

This morning Dan and I were having a conversation and of course she is right there taking it all in. I keep telling him watch what you say around her because she is taking it all in and storing it up to use later. Anyway, Dan and I were talking and Katie is repeating what I am telling Dan. I told him forget it because I don't want her to hear and repeat want I am saying. So, I tell Katie "Mommy and Daddy are having a conversation" and she says "Can I come??". It was funny to me. As I type it I guess you just had to be there.

The moral of the story is I need to watch what I say around little ears.

Mother's Day

I am so lucky to be the Mother of such amazing little girl. She is truly a wonderful, funny, strong willed, energetic little girl. A bit whiny lately but I am hoping it is just a phase. I look at her everyday and thank God for her. I am so thankful and grateful for everything that lead me to be her Mother. I always knew in my heart that I would understand what the plan was for me. I longed to be a Mother and couldn't understand why it wasn't coming so easy for me. Now I have my answer and it is my amazing little girl. We had a great Mother's Day. She happily announced "Happy Mother's Day" Mommy to me and it brought alittle tear to my eye. I am a Mommy.

We celebrated with our family. Dan, Jeff, and Rudy made an amazing Surf and Turf dinner for our family. It was a wonderful day to share with family and friends.

After I was done reading bedtime stories to Katie, she started to say her prayers. She likes to include all of her family and friends in her prayers every night. She will add a few different people here and there as she remembers someone she saw that day. When she was done we rocked in the chair for a few minutes like we used too. I said a silent prayer for Katie's Birth Mother and hoped she somehow in her heart knew that Katie is loved. I thanked her for giving birth to this amazing little girl. I am honored to be her Mother.