FLOWERS AND CONGRATULATIONS FROM MY GOOD FRIEND!!!

One of my very best friends, Mary and her kids came over today to pick me up for lunch...we were heading out to our favorite eatery...East Side Mario's.
When they walked in the door Matthew handed me this lovely card congratulating me on my adoption and Paulina handed me this gorgeous bouquet of two dozen long stem pink roses....aren't they just beautiful!!!!

I decided that because there were so many I'd separate then into two vases, the large one to put in the living room and the smaller one to put on the shelf in my bedroom beside Ava's referal pictures...and I hung two to dry to put away as a keepsake for Ava.

Well we couldn't get out of the house to head for lunch until all three kids; Paulina, Nicole and Matthew tryed out Ava's "ball castle" in the play room....I get the impression they like it.....what do ya think???

Now Nicole, my goddaughter didn't arrive empty handed...she came bearing these little white socks for Ava....I guess she tryed to put them on earlier in the week and finding that they were too small insisted to her mother that she should bring them to Liz's house for "Ava"....and has pestered her mom every day since, wanting to know when they would next see Liz so she could bring the socks for Ava. How cute is that!!!!!!!

Ava's "white socks"......passed on with LOVE!!!!!