Happy 8th Birthday to Mia!

This little cutie completed our family.....and I just can't believe it was 8 years ago that she arrived!  She has such a big personality and her saving grace is that she keeps us laughing.....because she also keeps us on our toes!  This year she's taken up dance and acting/singing.....sometimes it's hard for me to believe we are related but oh, how I love watching her do these things that I could never do!  She is full of sass but has a soft and kind side too.  Every year around her birthday I giggle a little as she plans each detail of her birthday party because that was SO me when I was a kid.....what am I talking about....it's still how I am!!  She has a love/hate relationship with sports (and her brother), a love/love relationship with gardening, animals, school and friends.  Mia is the whole package....love her to pieces and feel grateful daily that I get to be here mom!

 She got her ears pierced on her birthday and as expected, did great.  She looked older instantaneously :(

 She had (not so subtly) told me that she's sure like one of those special birthday hats as part of the birthday hoopla.....little did I know she would wear it all morning.  Dollar store find well spent.