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Today is Olivia's 5th Birthday! It's so hard to believe that 5 years ago our lives forever changed. There's no such love as the gift of life and no way to quite explain the feeling that overcomes you after you hold your baby for the first time...it's 100% God! God has truly blessed us with the joy of Olivia Marie! 

To celebrate O's special day we did the following: 1). Olivia made fruit kabobs for her pre-k class and brought them into school for her friends to enjoy at snack. 2). Olivia got to open a couple of her gifts early this morning (lipgloss, Hello Kitty rings, hand sanitizer thing for her back pack, and a Birthday Princess sash) before getting dropped off at daycare. She was most excited about her rings. Too cute!

3). We let her pick out where she wanted to go for dinner and she was insistent on going to Chic-Fil-A. It turned out Wednesdays are Kids Night there which means that our kids ate FREE...sweet!! Our dinner was only $12 and they gave O a free cow stuffed beanie baby. After dinner the kids enjoyed playing in the play place. It was nice up until the 2 other random boys (my kids ages) started acting out. The oldest boy came up to my kids and randomly said, "I'm going to KILL you!" Right then and there Dan and I turned to each other and Dan said, "Yeah, that's not likely! Bye." And we left. I really hesitated to tell his mom, but it wasn't worth it. Who knows where she's coming from. Everyone has a story. I just felt bad for those boys bc the mother was in the booth in the restaurant reading a book and on her phone the entire time. She didn't go into check on them once. I'm not trying to judge her here but I just feel so bad for those young kids and for her. She'll never get these moments back. These kids grow up so quickly! I try to cherish every moment. Yes, I do have my bad mommy moments when I need a good cry behind closed doors, but I never want to look back with regrets bc life is too short.

Ok enough in my rant...moving on.

3). We assembled O's big gift...her art easel and she LOVES it! She also opened up the rest of her gifts (books, blanket throw, earrings, hello kitty undies). 

4). We sang Happy Birthday to her and had a piece of her Big Cookie that Dan made for her. She was all smiles!

5). I read her new books to her, she prayed and thanked God for her "especially special 5th birthday!"

Thank you, Jesus for the gift of Olivia Marie. I pray that she touches so many lives spreading your great love!