Our Little Cherry Blossom: One Month Later Update - Cherry Blossom Turns the Big 3!!!

I am so thankful that we were able to spend our daughter's 3rd birthday here at home with us. This meant that she only had to celebrate one birthday in an orphanage. (She arrived at the orphanage when she was 1). We tried to make this a birthday she would remember. The poor thing has been given so many presents since arriving home she probably did not even understand yet another celebration.

We decided that her party would only be family since we did not think she was ready for a big celebration. That will be next year! Mama decorated the house with Chinese Lanterns and pictures of her in China. We had Chinese food from Fulins, which was amazing!   Mama loved the Sweet and Sour Chicken, but that is one of the few things that I do eat from a Chinese restaurant. The Rock loved all of the food and Cherry Blossom loved the noodles and the rice.

Some of Cherry Blossom's favorite things is bubbles and balloons, so our party would not be complete without those. We had bubble guns outside for her cousins to play with and balloons all over the house. She was so surprised when she woke up on her birthday to see the house decorated just for her. We had to take pictures of the balloons! She had to wait to play with them until the party.

That morning we went to church where she was able to show off her cute "Birthday Dress" that mama found on sale after Easter.....again bargain shopping is great! We were able to get some amazing pictures in that dress. She tried the nursery class for a few minutes at church, but did not stay more then 5 minutes, we would try again next week!

After we got home from church she rested until the celebration would begin. When she woke up she got to put on her special Chinese dress for her party. She was so excited to see all of her family, especially her cousins! It was a beautiful day outside so we were able to enjoy the weather and have fun.

Her cake came from one of Murfreesboro's famous bakeries, Julia's. Let me just say that they make an amazing cake. They made her a beautiful Cherry Blossom cake and even allowed me to get a smash cake for her if the cake said Happy 1st Birthday.   All I had to do was scrape off the 1st and put a "3" candle there and we had a free cake for her :)

She received so many new toys, clothes and books! It was like Christmas!  The gift she went crazy about was the big giant bag of shoes that her cousin Morgan handed down to her. These had all been Morgan's shoes and they were sizes 5-7. Our little girl LOVES shoes! She constantly wants to rearrange them in the closet.

Overall it was an amazing day spent with people that have wished for her, prayed for her and have loved her for over a year! Happy Birthday Cherry Blossom!