Lizzie Loses 3rd Tooth

Lizzie has been waiting for this tooth to come out for over a month! We all have, I suppose. The battle was won today. It was dramatic and long, but in the end the tooth is out. Lizzie was funny when it was all done and said, "that wasn't so bad". With the way she was acting, you would have thought she was in labor. She was squealing and squeezing my hand. Possible glimpses of the future passed through my mind and I smiled. Her lisp is cute and sometimes exaggerated. The other top tooth should be out soon. Then she will sing "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth". :-)

Family Photo Time!!

Getting a family picture taken was way over due!! The last time we had one was with our church directory when Josh was 2 or 3 months old! Anyway, we got it done and now that the kids are older, it's much more fun!! Here's what we ended up with. Enjoy!

Lizzie Turns 7!!

Lizzie was counting down the days until her party! We hadn't had a party with friends at our house in a few years, so she was excited.

Here is a close up of her cake and candle.

Lizzie was excited to have a friend party at our house this year! From left to right and front to back they are:

Kaleigh R., Julia, Grace, Lizzie, Jenna, Abigail and Kaleigh G.

Lizzie had a plan for opening presents. She would sit on the ottoman and whoever got her the gift she was opening would get to sit with her. She told her friend's the instructions and made sure they followed them. It was funny! Here is Lizzie and Kaleigh G.

It's Abigail's turn.

Lizzie has been wanting a Nintendo DS. It was on her birthday and Christmas list. We told her if she got it, then it would be from us and a grandparent and there wouldn't be lots of little gifts. She was fine with it and very excited when she opened it! For the DS and last few presents from grandparents she was predicting what they would be and it was funny. She was very excited!

The girls were very loud and squealy. Tim couldn't believe there were only 7 in the house. :-) They ran around, colored and played with balloons. After presents some of them gathered tissue paper and threw it in the air. Then they put it behind them like tails. Here is Lizzie's tail.

Happy Birthday Lizzie!!!