Saturday, July 11, 2015

Happy Birthday Kaylea

I always take the day off for Kaylea's birthday.  Kaylea has been wanting some mommy time, so we planned to spend some alone time together in the morning.  We started the morning with breakfast at IHOP.  We shared pancakes, scrambled eggs, and bacon.  I just happened to mention to the server that it was Kaylea's birthday and he went all out, getting about 10 staff members to come sing to her and bring her a birthday sundae at 9:30 AM.  I wish I had a video of the excitement on her face.  Some people get embarrassed, some get really excited.



After breakfast, I took Kaylea to meet her new doctor.  I know, I am mom of the year.  I knew she didn't have to get shots and I also knew I would be off work that day and I don't like missing her appointments.  We went to the doctor.  She talked so much to them.  They gave her a birthday certificate and a birthday sticker.  We really liked her new doctor.  Kaylea was 46.5'' tall and 50 lbs.  She grew 3 inches and gained 6 lbs last year.  She's getting so close to roller coast height.  As always, she is a healthy and smart girl.

Next on the agenda was the American Girl store.  We were in and out a lot quicker than I expected.  We ended up leaving with Grace.  I was surprised that's who Kaylea picked.  She had been saying she was going to select Grace, but I thought she may pick a blonde.



We headed back toward the house to pick up daddy and Mimi for lunch.  We went to Red Robin.  Kaylea kept asking when they were going to sing to her.  Thankfully, they do.  We followed it up by seeing the Minions since it came out on her birthday.  She loved it.  She thanked us many times for making her birthday wonderful.  It is always nice to hear sincere gratitude in your child's voice.

We came home and opened presents.  Kaylea still hadn't spent all of her gift card money from her birthday so I used most of what she had left to buy some things that she could open.  She decided it would be more fun to have surprises to open.  She had a lot of presents to open and we sang one more time and ate cake.  

She decided she wanted to go to swim team so we went to the pool for 2 hours.  She ended the night with McDonald's dinner, playing with mommy and Mimi, and watching a new movie while practicing on her gymnastics mat.

 

It was a great day.  I'm thankful to celebrate Kaylea coming into this world. 

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