Dania's big day.

Last Sunday, May 2nd Dania turned 8. No child in the history of the world could have been more excited about her birthday. I think that she had been home 3 weeks when the realization hit her that she would finally be able to have a party for her birthday. From what I have gathered from her (which is a lot) she had never celebrated her birthday. She wanted to have a pink dress to wear to her party, and she wanted a pink cake with flowers on it. Since she does not play with toys much at all, Nate and I gave her a gorgeous pink dress with tulle and embroidered flowers on it. She got it first thing in the morning so that she could wear it to church as well. The dress was one of those $50 dresses in Belks that had been marked down 75%, so we were able to snag it for $12. Her other gift from us was a trip to Walmart to get her ears pierced. She picked out tiny pink crystal earrings that look good on her tiny little ears. She was given other outfits, shoes, jewelry, a bathing suit and umbrella. She was in hog heaven and had all of her outfits planned out for the next day at school.

Birthday parties are pretty torturous for me. I just don't like them, and when you have a large family it seems that there is always one. This time though it was so nice to do this for her, she was so appreciative of it, and you could not help but be excited for her sake. She is a dear, sweet child who has captured our hearts. She is all girl, for the good and the bad of what that entails, and she has a family that loves her. I am so happy for her.

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