Avery's 2nd Birthday Weekend

Avery's 2nd birthday weekend fell on Mother's Day Weekend and we had some visitors in town too!

We celebrated her birthday on Saturday the 12th so that people could come over.  Cousin Lori and Scott came up from Charleston SC, cousins Christine and Charline came over, and Grandma Ball, Grandpa Ball, and Uncle Adam all came to help Avery celebrate!

For her birthday theme, we of course had cake pops from Starbucks, which is Avery's favorite treat!

We also had homemade cupcakes and scones.  (Unfortunately the power went out right in the middle of baking some other food items so our brunch wasn't all it was planned to be!)

Among her favorite gifts were the Radio Flyer wagon from cousins Lori, Charline, and Christine

And her minivan/SUV cross-over ride for her dolls!

She got other great gifts too from her grandparents and aunt/uncles.

Since Grandma and Grandpa Ball were in town (and Uncle Adam), we took them to see the Durham Bulls stadium, both the old and new stadium in downtown Durham.  The old stadium was being used by a local university for practice (Where the filmed the movie Bull Durham) so they let us walk around and Adam even snagged a ball:

There was a game about to start at the new stadium so we didn't go in,

But we did go to the gift shop and Avery loved being a baseball star:

We of course went to Goodberry's for some frozen custard:

Also, we went to Mother's Day dinner on Sunday to our favorite sushi place.  They even gave Avery a cake with a candle!

Because it was Avery's birthday weekend she was allowed to be messy, and she loved eating her pasta that night and say "CHEEEEEEESE!":

And here are mom and dad, proud of their growing girl: