How in the world is our firstborn 8 years old already! She arrived here in the world very quickly on her birth day (I was actually at the hospital just over an hour before she was born) and she has been full speed ahead every day since that day! Her energy and enthusiasm for life are gifts and great reminders for me of what a gift from God this life is and how much there is to enjoy and be thankful for in this life!
Mommy stayed up pretty late to sneak up to place streamers on the door to greet her as she woke up this morning. As quietly as I tiptoed up, guess who woke up and talked to me for a few minutes before she fell back asleep...I did finally get those streamers on that door! Her picture was taken first thing when she woke up this morning.
I asked on Wednesday what she wanted for breakfast on Thursday morning for her birthday. Toaster Streudels...yep, Toaster Streudels for birthday breakfast it was, accompanied by a candle and the birthday song to start the morning!
Here she is at exactly 11:17 am, which is the precise minute she was born. She counted the minutes all morning and thought it was great when she reached the actual time she was born!
Rachel and her sisters spent some time drawing and doing art this morning. She has hoped for snow for Christmas but her big wish was to see snow on her birthday. Below is her snow portrait. This is what she says she would look like out in the snow. If you look closely, she drew her nose red and made sure to tell me that her nose was red in the picture because her nose would be cold while she was out in the snow. Oh, of course! Her creativity is the best!
This was her birthday selfie!
Though it was pretty surprising, she actually did get to see snow on her birthday!! I was so glad for her! I think the flurries must have been pretty isolated. Brent had to run an errand today and said it wasn't even flurrying 2 miles from our house. But flurry it did for about 2 hours around lunch at our house today and Rachel received one of her big wishes for her birthday. It barely stuck (there is the tiniest bit on the rail behind her) but it was snow AND on her birthday! She was a happy girl!
She also asked for a dinosaur cake. Dinosaurs are one of her very favorite things to learn about right now. Her Daddy delivered on the dinosaur cake. He actually decorated a dinosaur cake for her all himself!
She was thrilled. Look at that grin! I am not sure if she enjoyed the green icing or that chocolate cake more!
Rachel helped me take down the Christmas tree today and she and her sisters had a ball "decorating" all of the den before we packed away all of the lights and garland until next year!
We had a family birthday supper and she opened her two small family gifts. As you can tell, she loves all kinds of arts and creativity, so she received an artist pallette charm for her charm bracelet from her dad and I.
Her one other present request was a new watch. Yes, that is exactly what she asked for and no, it is not digital. Her new watch was given to her by her sisters and Rachel was thrilled!
She had one other early birthday gift: a solar system kit! She painted and textured all the planets completely by herself and had only a tiny bit of help from us to finish placing the planets on the model. Rachel did an excellent job and I was so proud of her!
Rachel did not want to travel on her birthday, so we spent a fun family day celebrating her at home. She does have one more birthday surprise tomorrow so that should be fun!
Rachel, we loved celebrating you and with you today. We are very proud of you, our 8 year old! Trust Jesus every day and have a fantastic 8 year old year this year! We love you!
Mommy, Daddy, Bekah, Bethany and Bitty
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