Written 9/9/12
Taking full advantage of having family near, we had wonderful time celebrating Autumn's birthday in Denver yesterday! The whole immediate family that lives in Colorado was able to make it! First we met at the park in front of the Children's Museum for lunch, cupcakes and presents. Lunch was simple - fried chicken and delicious sides everyone brought. Autumn enjoyed her sea life themed cupcakes even though we couldn't get the candles to light. As soon as her cupcake was eaten she turned to me and said enthusiastically, "I'm ready to open my presents!" Autumn quickly opened all her wonderful gifts. What a different scene than 1 and 2 where she wanted to play with each one with reluctance to put it down to move on to the next package! Although opening gifts appeared to be "part of the birthday routine" she has thoroughly enjoyed each of the gifts in the days since! It was then time to pack up the food and gifts and head to the Denver Aquarium. We had left Glenwood Springs quite early that morning, Autumn got much less sleep than normal and didn't nap on the way over. I was a bit nervous of a tired birthday girl melt down at 2pm. Thankfully she endured! She was so excited about all the stuff in the aquarium and quickly zoomed from exhibit window to window! She and Addy were on the same pace and enjoyed the same exhibits so Autumn spent most of the hour and a half with she and Aunt Lisa! They seemed to enjoy the mermaids, jelly fish and petting the stingrays the most! All 17 of us made our way through enjoying all the sea and river life as well as the Sumatran Tiger! I would love to know how many photos were taken between the 6 grandparents and myself! It was a fun birthday paparazzi! Around 2:30 we all finished up at the aquarium, Addy and Autumn rode the sea life carousel and we all parted ways. Autumn has been begging to ride in Papa's blue truck everywhere we go and so she loaded up with Nana and Papa and fell promptly asleep on the way to the motel. She got a nice long birthday nap followed by a cold hotel pool swim! We finished the evening with a lovely dinner at the Spaghetti Factory - Autumn enjoyed the old cable car parked inside and we got to sit in a canopy bed! It was a wonderful fun filled 3rd Birthday!
Bonus Story! We've been talking about this birthday for months! Autumn's excitement for her birthday and what it would hold was so much fun to watch! "I'm going to be 3!" "I will not be 2 anymore!" The night before her birthday we talked about the day that was coming and she attempted to convince daddy that she was going to be 4! (-: Then 11, 14 and 16! She had a very hard time going to sleep, getting up and telling us - "I haven't yawned yet, I'm not tired." Finally I got her to stay in her bed and around 11pm she sang the "Happy birthday" song to herself and fell asleep. So so cute!
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