Happy Birthday to Abby!

Abby is 4. How on earth did that happen!? I have pictures, really I do, but they're on the internal memory of the camera and I can't figure out how to get them off. once I track down a cord with what is apparently the world's smallest USB I'll post them.

Dan brought her down this morning when she woke up around 7. She was excited by our kick-butt decorating in the kitchen (where are those photos when you need them?!) We opened presents and then had cinnamon rolls. It was a very gamey birthday--she got four of them! We played all of them at one time or another over the course of the day. I am especially fond of The Ladybug Game--thank you Green and Par! Hullabaloo is fun, too--gets you up and moving, and she can play it on her own, which is a good thing. At least, she can when PJ doesn't run off with the little pads you hop to and from. You can imagine how much PJ enjoys it when we all go chasing after her to get them back.

We went to lunch with my parents, and then to Toys R Us, where they let her pick something out. Or rather, two somethings: a teddy bear dressed like Belle from Beauty and the Beast, and a My Little Pony doll house. The bear came into Baskin-Robbins with us for dessert and the ponies got a lot of play time when we got home.

I was nervous about how this birthday would go. I kept waiting for the birthday party question--as in, when is it and who is coming? I got it yesterday. "So what friends are coming to my party tomorrow, Mommy?" *insert breaking of my heart here* This is the only thing that I truly struggle with here in Colorado--the fact that AJ still has barely any friends. Well, only one friend, really, and unfortunately she was unable to get together last week like we'd hoped, though we'll see her and her mom and brother once they're back from their Christmas vacation. I explained what we'd do on her birthday, and that we'd get together with Chloe when she was back in town, and apparently that was all okay with Abby because she didn't say anything else. I just pray we know a few other girls well by next December so we can have a proper party, with hats and everything. (That was the one thing we didn't get, and the one thing she asked about this morning. "Where are the party hats??" Doh.)

All in all I think she had a really good day. Me, I'm just wandering in a daze wondering where my little baby went.