Avery is 5

Avery's birthday was last week (Mar. 3) and she is now 5 years old and growing every day! It seems like most of my posts lately have been all about Hayden, so this one is all about Avery. Here are some pictures of Avery on all of her birthdays.

Avery was born on March 3, 2004 in Mesa, AZ. She was 3 weeks early (much to our surprise) and weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. (The picture below is not a birthday picture, but one of my favorite baby pictures of Avery so I thought I would put it on here too.)Avery's 1st birthday - and first ice cream cake. It was cold, but she dug in anyway :) She is an ice cream lover like her mom.Avery's 2nd birthday - this was the same day we blessed her baby sister Hayden. Avery's 3rd birthday - blowing out candles at Grandma's house.
Avery's 4th birthday - she had a princess party with all of her friends.And now Avery is 5!!

We had preschool at our house on Avery's birthday, so all the kids got to sing to her and have cake and ice cream. My mom came to help with Hayden & Kiley while I did preschool. (My mom's birthday is the day before Avery's and mine is 3 days after Avery's, so we all have birthdays in the same week.) Our theme for preschool was Day & Night so I put a star on the cake. Yes, that is a star cookie cutter - I didn't have anything else that was shaped like a star.After preschool, my mom took me and Avery out to lunch and shopping for our birthdays. It was really fun!

Avery got a new swimsuit w/ matching towel and flip-flops and a new outfit from Old Navy. She still wanted me to wrap them up even though she picked them out. The more presents to open the merrier, right?We got Avery the Disney Princess and Cars games for her Leapster. She loves both of them, and they keep her busy during quiet time (a.k.a. nap-time for the other girls and break time for mom :)Brandon also took Avery to the store to pick out a new Wii game. She picked a skiing game called We Ski, which she loves playing. She is our little Wii pro now. Avery also got a new dress that her Grandma Dorothy (Brandon's mom) made for her and a Littlest Pet Shop board game. Her aunts/uncles got her some Play-Doh, and a Dora fairy. Avery had a really fun birthday and she is so excited to be 5 now. I can't believe how fast the last five years have gone. Everyone tells you it will go by fast when you have babies, but I never realized it until all of a sudden I have a 5-year-old and two other kids. Am I really that old?? (I am 27 now by the way, but I still feel like I should be a teenager :)