Happy Birthday Anna!

Anna Paige celebrated her birthday this weekend... we can't believe she's already a year old! March 29th is a special day not only for Anna but also for my mother who was born on the same day, 60 years earlier. We spent the day at Sydney's Royal Easter Show which runs for 2 weeks time. It's basically a huge "County Fair" and had lots of livestock, carnival rides, and carnival food treats. Brady really liked the cows and we all had fun dodging their "leftovers" as we walked through the staging areas...

Don't mind my expression, I was trying to get him to look at the camera

There actually are pigs in this cage, but we appreciated their houses most of all!!

Anna really enjoyed her first birthday treat (part of an ice cream sundae) at the fair

After a full day of fun, we came home to have dinner and celebrate Anna's birthday together as a family. Anna decided that the legal drinking age of 18 here in Australia was a little steep... she thought 1 would be fine. She grabbed my glass of wine and dumped it on her pretty dress (she didn't have a sip, don't worry!) but the pictures show a half naked baby...so now you know why

Anna opening presents with Daddy

Yay Daddy!

Look at my baby doll (in my backpack) and my sweater!

Oooh, opening my big present (with Brady's help)

I love my dolly!!

Brady liked pushing the dolly around in the stroller too!

Not too sure what I'm supposed to do here...

Oh, OK, after you put the fire out I'm supposed to EAT it!

Obviously, Brady had no trouble figuring it out!

Thanks for looking at all our birthday pictures! We have so many more other pics to share and more updates. It's so hard getting on the computer these days! We've been busy meeting new friends, going to playgroup, and enjoying our time here.

We are sad to report that Mattie had deserted the premises without saying goodbye. Her web was nearly impossible to get down... I now know why she got so fat and probably exploded without leaving a note... There were an amazing amount of bugs and tree limbs in her web (no lie).

Finally, but not least, I want to give lots of love to one of my best friends Whitney, who is going through so much...I miss you. 22 hours doesn't feel like so far away at times like this and I wish so badly I were so much closer to home right now.

Lots of love to everyone, and please send updates our way as well!