Gotcha Day Celebration!

Party time once again, as today we celebrated Gotcha Day a little early - and Madison's birthday again, a little later! Shortly after church, we all gathered at Ye-Ye's house, where everything was decorated with Chinese lanterns, Kai-Lan paper plates and cups, and cupcakes too. Madison is wearing her Kai-Lan button in this photo which tells everyone who is the birthday girl. It's her again! We had a huge lunch, with seven metric tons of Chinese food for everyone - followed by some of the best desserts Mom has ever made. She had a trifle dish and had a delicious strawberry dessert inside, but that's not all.

She also made these wonderful cupcakes last night! Each one has something Chinese on it - some have writing that mean different things. For example, Mommy wrote in Chinese on a few the word for beautiful, which was Madison's first name. Also written were words for happiness and double happiness. Just like on her birthday, we lit a candle on one of the cakes and sang Happy Birthday to Madison one more time. She blew it out with a big grin. How many different birthdays can one girl possibly have?

It got better for her in a moment though - because soon it was time to open the presents! She got this Kai-Lan Tag Junior booklet (which I'll have to load up on her pen tomorrow), and also several cartridges for her Click Start computer. She got Mr. Fluffy's bakery (he hangs out with Kai-Lan), and a very nice doll from her great grandmother. It was a special visit for everyone, and certainly a nice afternoon for Madison. She immediately wanted to play her Click-Start when she got home - the first game she plugged in was a "Toy Story" themed one, which she was really good at. Amazing how fast she picks things up!

It was good to see Great Grandma here - she came a long ways. Madison came up to her on a few occasions and gave her a big hug, without even being asked to. It was really sweet. But this moment below was the sweetest, when she climbed up into her lap to snuggle for a bit.