Emilie's birthday :)

Our one and only daughter turned 9 on April 11th. We had quite the day. It was rainy and cold, plus it was the day before Easter. Then our oven died. We were wondering why her first cake was gooey, and we baked the second one til it was dry... it is still a miracle it was edible :) And I'm glad her oven fried chicken was also edible!

We did have a good day. First there was a church pancake breakfast and Primary activity. Pancakes and sausage, yum. And then a spiritual thought.

We came home and played, had lunch, and then left for the movies. We went and saw "Monsters Vs. Aliens". Very very funny. Christopher did NOT enjoy it however and we had to kind of juggle him to keep him happy. Luckily, there weren't many people there on a rainy Saturday before Easter. Everyone else enjoyed it.

Came home in the rain, had Emilie's birthday dinner, birthday cake, got ready for Sunday, decided we would skip coloring eggs until Sunday with how little time we had left... with lessons and such to prepare and a baby who had just had shots. Presents, cake and ice cream also.

All in all it was a good day.

Emilie is a sweet girl who loves everyone and almost everything (not tomatoes, mushrooms, or many vegetables). She loves doing her hair, nails, dressing nice, princesses, ballet, dancing, singing, her family, her friends, talking on the phone, writing letters...

She is very anxious to have a sister so she is not so outnumbered. Tom and I figure the stars are aligned for this to happen and it may be her only chance... with our history... My sister and I are about 9 years apart and so are Tom's two sisters... so here's to possible pink this year! I reminded her that it is very likely this baby is a boy and she said she would be sad if that happened. We'll find out in June, most likely. Tom isn't sure he wants to know. I think I'd like to find out this time.

She loves going to Church as well as Activity Days and enjoys learning new things. She reads well and is doing well in her schoolwork when she remembers to work on it. She likes Littlest Pet Shop as well as My Little Pony. She is great about playing with her younger brothers. She also loves to read and is starting over with the Harry Potter series to try and finish this time.

We are glad she is here with us. She definitely is a special part of our family.