Miracle's 8th Birthday

Today was Miracle's birthday. I can't believe it's been eight years already. My baby is growing up. While I understand that she doesn't care for having a December birthday, I think back to our first Christmas we had with her. I remember sitting on our couch, listening to soft Christmas music, and just holding her in the living room lit only by the lights of the Christmas tree. It was so beautiful. (Both her and the Christmas tree!) One of Wendell's talents is that he has a wonderful eye for decorating a tree (Thanks Dip!). I grew up with a tree filled with the ornaments that were made yearly in school by my siblings and me. (Do you guys remember the gold dog ornament Cynthia made!?!? I always liked that one.)

I got sidetracked (surprise). So today Miracle chose to go to Bandana's BBQ Restaurant. They serve plain meat and then you have about 5-6 different BBQ sauces on the table to choose from.

One person at school actually remembered that today was her birthday and got her this stuffed animal. She named it Cupcake because that's what the bear is holding and she has ALL of her stuffed animals named. She's also excited about turning eight because she's now the same age as as the other kids--at least until they turn 9! (For those who don't know, Miracle skipped first grade after homeschooling for a year, so this is her second year with the older kids.)

Me and the munchkins waiting on the food.

After dinner we went surprised Miracle by taking her to Club Libby Lu. She wanted to go there last year for her birthday party, but we did something else instead. The girls got to make their own lip gloss, shampoo, and hair gel and got this cool bag for their hair styling products. So of course, Miracle has already asked if she can wash her hair with her new stuff.....ugh.....

Look closely....we got Gabi's ears pierced at Libby Lu's too! We got the little pink earrings. The hardest part was getting the dots lined up in the middle of her lobes! She got them pierced one at a time and was fine once she got her two fingers in her mouth!!!

Well that does it for me tonight. It's late and tomorrow morning we have an Angel breakfast to go to at a local church. Maybe I'll have some cute Christmas pics to share from that.