{Eight. That's right, 8!}

My sweet little Caroline is eight!  Somehow I am now the mother of big kids.  I have no idea how this happened.  Caroline is my sweet little social butterfly with a happy soul and a sweet giant giggle.  She's not one to cause a fuss, and is always in for a hug or a snuggle.   It seems like she has been waiting for this birthday forever.  It turned out to be quite the extravaganza, so I hope it was worth it! 

First off, gotta go get those ears pierced!  She jumped so high after the first one, I was sure it was going to be all wonky, but thank goodness this gal was a pro.  Caroline said it wasn't the hurt that surprised her, just the loud clicking noise the piercing gun made!

For the next three days she asked me over and over, "Do I look older now?  Do I look older?"  Yes, my sweet little baby girl, you do.  *sniff, sniff*  Stop rubbing it in, will ya?

Next up, the family party.  Heavy heavy hang over, thy poor head.  If this drops, you'll drop dead.  Whatcha gonna do with it?!?  Deep question.

Chocolate cake.  Chocolate frosting.  Every year.  My kind of girl.

The Birthday Tree!  We don't do this every year, but she loves it when we get our tree early enough to.  I tried really hard to convince the kids to leave it this way through Christmas (we are celebrating a birthday after all!) but they wouldn't hear of it!