Thursday, October 25, 2007

Sarah's birthday at Sesame Place and the Pumpkin Patch Oct. 19 - 21st


Our friends Ellen & Rick invited us to join them in celebrating their daughter, Sarah's 2nd birthday by going to Sesame Place in Pennslyvania. We all drove up together in one car together on Friday after work - the girls were very good. We had a nice dinner together and then tucked in for the night - it was a brand new experience for Indigo to sleep in the pack-n'play and she took a while to fall asleep. We were in our bed and she kept popping up and saying "hi" and then she would make kissing sounds at us. However, she did eventually fall asleep and slept until morning. Bright and early on Saturday morning we left for Sesame Place to attend a breakfast with Elmo, Big Bird and friends. Indigo was wide eyed taking in all the new sights. While she enjoyed pointing and looking at Elmo and friends, she did not appreciate when they came to close to her. We were teasing Rick when Burt came up - don't you think they look alike with the hair? We had an absolute blast. Sarah and Indigo enjoyed riding in the double push cart and loved playing together on this massive soft footing type thing where they could carry large soft blocks and other shapes around. They were also entranced by an Elmo show. Sesame Place was having a Halloween scavenger hunt so we enjoyed following the clues and collecting goodies. Rick and I enjoyed smashing potatoes and throwing balls at targets to win stuffed Elmos for the girls and then Melanie & Ellen played games and also got smaller stuffed Elmos for the girls so they ended up with quite a lot of Elmo loot! Later in the afternoon, we lined up on the parade route and right before the parade started Indigo fell fast sleep on the side walk. She slept all during the noisy and festive parade which Sarah watched with joyful glee. We came home on Saturday night after having had the most marvelous time. We all now have a season pass for next year and can't wait to the take the girls back. It was very emotional to celebrate the birthday of precious Sarah - we were with her parents just days after she became their forever daughter in China and their bond is so strong and Sarah is just thriving in their loving home. It was brought us great joy to celebrate her birthday with them.




On Sunday, we went to the mother of all pumpkin patches at Cox Farms where we were meeting with some of the other families from our same adoption agency. It was so fun to see most of our group with their girls. Indigo had an amazing time, playing in the hay, riding on a hay ride, sliding down slides with daddy and seeing many animals, including pigs, chickens, and turkeys. She also got to pet a cow and loved petting all the goats too - she wanted to get her hands on all the goats. We also celebrated Sarah's 2nd birthday with all the other families and were able to wish Toni & Tom farewell as they would be leaving for China at the end of the month for their daughter Erica. Toni & Tom had a later log-in date and are the last of the families we have been getting together with for well over a year to finally get to hold their daughter in their arms. It was wonderful to celebrate that their moment was arriving. Indigo was so tired that she fell asleep before we even got out of the parking lot!






After we got home we put her down in the crib and she continued to nap so long that we finally had to wake her up because we were going to dinner at Melanie's cousin Ruth and her husband David's new place. We had a lovely dinner with them and enjoyed catching up. We were pretty exhausted by the time we all fell into bed that night.


The rest of the following week was pretty routine and then on Thursday, when Melanie was off work, she had lunch with Ellen and Sarah, Karen and Ava and with Toni, which she really enjoyed. After lunch, she stopped by our friend's Laurie and Marty's house and visited with Laurie. They have a brand new 10 week old yellow lab puppy - Cody. Indigo really loved the puppy and after he got used to her he was trotting all around the house after her. From the pictures you can see the puppy is quite adorable.





Indigo has been come quite the daddy's girl. When I arrive home from work she will often joyfully shout "hi, daddy" and stomp her feet with excitement while having the biggest smile. She then wants me to pick her up and not put her down for quite some time.

5 comments:

Laura Beth said...

Oh my goodness - Indigo is growing and changing so fast! I enjoy your updates so much. I must check out Sesame Place for a future visit - I didn't even know such a place existed (and it is only an hour away from our PA-family). Thanks for sharing your adventures!
Laura Beth

Anonymous said...

Wow!
She's so beautiful! Indigo's personality just shines through in that smile. We're counting down the 5 months to see her- and looking forward to the next post.
Much love,
Uncle Steve and Aunt Alissa

bugs parents said...

The girls look like they had a great time at Sesame Place. It was good to see everyone at the farm. It's so fun to see a little girl in love with her Daddy!

EJ said...

What a wonderful post! It made me cry remembering what a magical day we all had celebrating Sarah's birthday. Indigo has such a joy for life and it shows in each and every photo. What a gift for Indigo to have such a loving Daddy!!

Anonymous said...

I just love the pink cowboy boots. There is no way that puppy is only 10 weeks he is huge and adorable. It looks like the parents had more fun than the girls at Sasame Place.