This past weekend, Abby got invited to a friend's birthday party. The family was throwing a joint birthday party for their 4 year old and 2 year old and it was held at a local indoor inflatable "gym" called Pump It Up! This was our first time attending a very Yuppie Birthday Bash, so we thought we'd check it out.

There were about 20 kids, only 4 of them age 2 and under. Abby was the youngest after an 18 month old, yet completely fearless.

She led the party, running into the play area and onto the first aparatus - a gigantic obstacle course with a massive slide at the end. She had no idea what she was getting into and took a good 5 minutes to climb up the steps for the slide, holding up the entire party. :) The very first picture here shows her finally making her way down that slide - obviously a little timid.

We did NOT expect her to actually come down on her own and were getting ready to climb up there ourselves to retrieve her, but to our surprise, she only hesitated briefly before sliding right down.

After the initial hesitance on the slide, though, she had a blast!

Here, she's making some friends, while munching on snacks and cake in the Party Room.

The girl who's got her arm around Abby was so sweet. She's 4 years old and was mesmerized by Abby for some reason from the moment we arrived at the party. When all the kids moved to the Party Room for cake and snacks, she picked Abby up and put her in the seat right next to her and started filling Abby's plate with food. I was stunned by her overwhelming maternal instincts!

Here's a picture of the birthday sisters - one's in pink and the other one's in polka dots.