The Cow Family: Happy 4th Birthday, Ava!

Our sweet little girl turns four today. We simply can't believe how quickly she's growing up. As the saying goes "the days are long, but the years are fast!" It truly seems like yesterday we were at the hospital meeting our teeny 5-pounder for the first time. We love her more every single day and are so blessed to have her in our lives.

Ava's been so excited about her birthday this week. She really looked forward to her birthday party, which we had this past Saturday. This year we decided (and were so thankful) to not have a party at our house, but elsewhere. We chose our local Sports Connection to do mini-bowling with all the kiddies. Eight of Ava's little friends were able to attend, and everyone had a blast! We started with mini-bowling. There was no structure to this (as I imagined with scores, taking turns, etc.). What was I thinking?!? The kids just kept grabbing the balls as they came up the shoot then throwing them back down the alley 1, 2, 3 at a time. It was hilarious, but they had fun.

After the bowling we had a pizza party followed by an "Angelina Ballerina" birthday cake. Last but not least, we opened presents! Ava had such a great time and was so happy to have all her friends there.

We've kicked off her actual birthday (today) with family breakfast at Dunkin Donuts followed by Ava's annual birthday picture at the time she was born (8:39am). Then I whisked her off to school (she was very concerned with missing school and being late). She wants everyone there to sing happy birthday to her. Tonight we'll go out to eat and celebrate Ava's birthday and both her grandmothers' birthdays (Happy Birthday Grandma Valerie {June 6} and Grandma Vaca {June 10})! We love you both!