Happy Birthday Ria

Yesterday was Ria's Birthday.

She turned 8!

How can that be?

It seems like just yesterday 

she was a tiny baby

and now here she is

8 YEARS OLD!

Her regular birthday party

will be at 

Happy Joe's Pizza place

on Wednesday

but MyHero & I

 decided to celebrate

her special day on her real birth day.

Ria is a very sweet little girl.

She is the first one to rush 

over to give you a kiss

and tell you she loves you...

Well....unless SweetCheeks

pushes her away.

Here she is at age 3

when she was a flower girl..

Look at those eyes and 

that naturally curly hair.

Last year she had her 

birthday party

at Snips & Giggles

and they made her curls

even curlier.

But last night,

everything was simplified.

Mom made spaghetti

and cupcakes

and MyHero and I 

enjoyed a little

early evening party.

Do you know what Ria likes?

Not toys!

She likes clothes!

LOVES clothes.

For her 3rd birthday and 

every birthday since

she has wanted clothes.

Oh...and shoes...

Did I mention shoes?

Can you see her owies from

wearing her flip flops in

Orlando?

We ended the night with cupcakes

and a mini-cake.

It looked wonderful-

although I didn't eat any.

Thank you, Ria,

for sharing your birthday with us.

And while you were looking up 

with Lulu and smiling

while Mom took your picture,

SweetCheeks was trying to figure

out how she could blow the candles

out before you did

without getting scolded.

Cuz she is just

THAT KID!

And she is 

YOUR LITTLE SISTER!

Hmmmmmm....

I think you should get a special

birthday present just

for that!

God bless you, honey...

We love you to the 

moon and back!