Ladi has had a wonderful 5th birthday! Her doctors visit went very well. Dr. Adams spoke to Ladi in Russian and Ladi responded to her. After a couple of minutes in the office Ladi started to warm-up to the doctor and realized that today there would be no shots! Then it was off to lunch with the girls! Ladi loved the tea room- it is VERY girlie! Real china tea cups and silver platters- I think she drank an entire pot of tea! (decafe of course!) The fruit tea is her favorite with milk and of course a sugar cube! Then it was off to get manies and pedies! (I got a manicure and Ladi got a pedicure) Even though it was her first of many- she acted like she knew what she was doing! The young lady painting her toes was so nice and found the perfect shade of "princess pink". (Ladi's favorite color!) Oh and the shoes- well according to Ladi they are "Princess Cinderella" shoes. She picked them out at the store- gotta love some Targe't! We had to go down to the church tonight (our Sunday school class was doing a mission project) so she had to wait until tonight to get her gift from us- a Princess bike! I guess you can tell Ladi LOVES the princess theme- actually Cinderella is her fav! And of course the bike is pink and purple! On Sunday night at the neighborhood party a little girl was riding this bike and Ladi just went "crazy" over it! She touched it like it was the most beautiful thing she has ever seen! So yesterday she and I went to the store to look at them and test drive one. I hadn't realized that Ladi has never been on a bike- I don't even know if she has seen one before. When I put her on it she didn't know where to place her feet. It is yet another first for her! So poppa went last night and got one for her b-day! He was just as excited about it as she was! But we have a lot of practicing to do before we can go for a ride! Ladi has been learning new things pretty fast- so she should get the hang of it soon. Especially when she sees her big brothers riding their bikes! Speaking of the brothers- they are still having a blast in Disney. But I do miss them so much! Dad said it was cooler there than it is here in Wilmington!

Oh and sorry about the "cheesy" song; but when I listened to the words it was so perfect!