Birthday Party #3

The night of Anne Marie's birthday we had a "special" night planned just for the 3 of us. It was time (past time) for her to get a "big girl bed". We'd had it for months, but it had to be re-finished & painted, so we decided to make it part of her b-day present.

When Mike got home from work, I took Anne Marie to play & he took the crib down & put up the bed. After he was done we went out to eat & then back home for the "big-reveal". Ruby Tuesday's is the place we've eaten each year. It was by accident really, it was just newly opened on her 1st b-day so we decided to check it out. Then next year, we went again because mom was with us, and she really likes it... so this year, we didn't want to break the cycle, so now I think it's going to be a fun little thing we do each year. And for each of the birthday's we have a picture of Anne Marie and Mike outside the restaurant ... if I can find all three pictures I'll post them so we can see the difference from 1yr to 3yr!!

Anne Marie & Daddy ready to eat!

After her b-day dinner of chicken fingers, mashed potatoes & salad.

Her special Ruby-Tuesday b-day sundae.

(If you think it's big - it was, so we "helped" her with it--Haa!!)

SOOOOO excited about her new bed & gifts!

She got Curious George gifts to go w/ her "monkey-bday" earlier in the day

Ready for her 1st night in her big girl bed

Saying goodnight to our big 3 yr old!!