Happy Birthday Terefech!!!!

We had a wonderful weekend of firsts for Terefech. This past Friday was her first sleepover at Grandma and Papa's. She had a wonderful time. It gave us time to get her birthday presents and kind of get set up for her birthday on Sunday. When she came home on Saturday she was greeted by her new fish tank. She had been wanting one and well, we couldn't resist. Prior to coming home, she went through her first car wash. That was cool! She giggled and was on the edge of her seat the whole time. On Saturday night, we went to a bluegrass festival at church, her first music concert. She learned what all the instruments were and thoroughly enjoyed the music. Sunday was her birthday. It is hard to imagine what she was thinking about on this day. We have been to a few parties so she had the basic idea down. We had balloons and decorations and she was completely bewildered about who had done it. The dog was even in the realm of possibilities. She opened presents and was thrilled with each one. We had a party with a few kids and more adults. You would have thought she was at DisneyWorld. It was fun to see her just soaking up the atmosphere of the event. As you can see we had a penguin beach cake. She couldn't decide between the two so we just combined them into one. You can also see that she loves pink and Barbies.

It is amazing to have a child who at 5 is going through so many firsts. She is often in awe of what is going on around her but is so thrilled to have the experience. Being the center of attention and having it be all about you is so new. I know that she loves having new things that are all hers and that people picked out just for her. She often reminds us who got her what or she wants to know who got something for her.

Thanks to everyone that was here and those that sent their wishes. She loved the phone messages, people singing to her, and the fact that everyone said Happy Birthday.