....And Then She Was NINE

On October 2, 2009, our beautiful daughter turned 9 years old. If there was ever a girl that deserved a great birthday; it would be this girl. She starts looking forward to her birthday, MONTHS before it happens and she can't sleep for several days before it arrives. We thought we had made it clear to the girls that they get a birthday party with friends every OTHER year, but how can you resist a face like this:

We decided to celebrate Liv's birthday, as a family, on Thursday night. She wanted to go to Aoyoma, which is a Japanese restaurant, for dinner. After dinner we gave Liv her presents. Lex got her the "Liv" doll, and Ang and I got her a PSP and a stuffed animal. Sheryl, you will be interested to know, that the PSP has WiFi and comes pre-installed with Skype. This means that she can make calls with you from any room in the house.

The "family" birthday was really peaceful, but that all changed on Friday night when the "friends" birthday came along. They all look like such nice girls in the pictures below, but when you get all of them together; it is anything BUT peaceful. The party only lasted for 3 hours (no sleep over this year), but it may have been the LONGEST three hours of our lives. When Liv and I went to the "party" store, she decided she wanted a Mexican theme. Ang was in charge of decorations and she did not disappoint. The basement had streamers, chili peppers, and sombrero's everywhere. The kids started off with "Dance Dance Revolution", then came LIMBO, after that we opened up presents and had cupcakes, and last, but not least; we played musical chairs with the music turned up full blast and 9 kids screaming. It couldn't have been more fun.

When the night was over we only had one girl sleep over and the rest of them went home. I'm pretty sure that everyone had a good time and I am POSITIVE that we won't forget this night for awhile.