Monday, January 5, 2009

Happy Birthday, Baby Girl


It is true, my baby has turned 3. A birthday in pictures :

Saturday

Her copy of the invitation. It is tattered and torn from carrying around for the last week, and of course proudly displays 'The Lion King' characters. This kid LOVES herself some lions.


Playing a game with (my future son-in-law) Kefelen before the typical b-day festivities begin.


Chowing down with some of the guests. Don't they look all calm and sweet here? This is pre-sugar.


Blowing out the candles like a pro. You never would have guessed this was her first birthday party ever. In fact, she woke up this morning and said she wanted to blow out her candles again, so everyone would clap for her.

Sunday
Playing with the present from Dad and Mom the next morning. Oh craigslist, how I love thee and your gently used toys...

Tesfu made me and her some breakfast - hers is the waffles and fries, one with a bar of chocolate on top just for good measure. Mine is the two leaves of lettuce.

Think she is trying to tell me something?


Monday (the actual b-day date)
ChuckE.Cheese cleverly sent us too-good-to-pass-up coupons, so even though we have already partied until we couldn't party no more on Saturday (okay, really it was only a little over two hours, but really, I don't think Tesfu could have partied anymore - it was quite a post-celebration nap / coma), so we + Auntie headed out to spend the evening with the Chuckster after work tonight.

Hands down the horse was her favorite game / ride.

I just can't believe you are three already, baby girl. You have grown so much since we met, I am amazed each and every day.

Happy birthday, kiddo. We love you like crazy. And yes, we also love Simba. And Nala. And Bad Lion. And Zazu...

4 comments:

Carissa said...

I love the picture with the fake waffles and lettuce! So cute!

If we lived closer to Chuck-e-Cheese we would be there all of the time.

Happy Birthday Tesfanesh!

Anonymous said...

Wow, does Tes know you called her a baby? I got quite the stern talking to from her when she thought I was calling her a baby (which I was definately not doing). I can still hear "I'm not a baby! Tes is not a baby!"

Coffeybunny said...

Happy Birthday Tesfu! Looks like a fun celebration.
BTW, Beth, your posts make me laugh each time. You're good at this!

Anonymous said...

I cannot believe how cute she is!! Happy Belated Birthday Tes!!!