My baby is 8!

I can't believe it but my first born is 8 today, wow, am I really old enough to have an 8 yr old! She has blessed our lives from the moment her first cry met our ears. She is full of enthusiasm, joy, energy, humour and love for animals, art, moving quickly and still cuddling with mama!

Today started out with a shopping trip to spend some money she received, then home for lunch then she got her very first pedicure from my friend Deb. Deb is her prayer "sister" and wanted to get her something special for her birthday. Gracie thought is was great and enjoyed every minute of it.

I just realized that my pictures are still watermarked, oops.

Anyway.... After a dinner of hotdogs and probably the best chocolate cake in the world, we headed out for our nightly walk with our friends the Stefaneks. Gracie brought her new doll which was a gift from Grandma and Grandpa whom she named Carli.

There were other presents too, some cool water soluble pencil crayons for her to art with, some chocolate and...

perhaps her most treasured gift.. a pair of working "cell phones" that can text too. They aren't real but I think they work like a CB does, anyway, this was her real reaction that I sort of managed to catch on film...

Then this is her fake reaction for my camera so I could have a better picture...

All in all a great day!