Wren's 7th Birthday at Home.

Her Birthday was actually on Saturday, but we had her party on Sunday.  She woke up Sun. morning and the first thing she noticed was the balloons tied to her chair............

 Then Iley hollers for her to loooooook!!!

 Big sis Ella, made this darling cake for her!

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 Is this party EVER going to start???  Can I open the presents already!!??

 HEY!!!! back off!!! This is MY cake!!  She does NOT suffer in silence!

 Iley had a very hard time accepting the whole 'Wren's birthday is first' concept!  At first she informed me that she wasn't going to eat any of Wrens cake. (said with a pout)  Then she wasn't going to watch Wren open her presents.  I told her that it  would make Wren sad if she didn't watch.  I also told her that she needed to be happy for Wren, cause Wren's her sister, and she loves Wren, we want the people we love to have nice things.  She is fine with Wren having nice things.........as long as she gets them too!!!  So I said "why don't we go upstairs and make a special card for YOU to GIVE Wren"  She will think that is special!  She was all excited about that, and decided maybe she would watch her open her presents (trust me you couldn't have drug her from her post by Wren's side)  But I finally had to tell her to go play......I didn't want to hear anymore about birthdays!!  She would keep coming up to me and saying "I can't wait mommy" "I can't wait"  "it's too long"  I would tell her you have to wait!  It's not your birthday yet.  She would go off for about a minute or two and come back!!  "I can't wait mommy"..........oh. my. word.  she was making me crazy!!!  We finally got the calendar down and circled the day......then her birthday.....and we are marking off the days until her day!!  She reminded me this morning!  So she hasn't forgot yet.  It could be a long 2 months.

 Yellow cake and spice cake layered.....YUM!

 Nice Beard Thatch

 A new bike from Mom and Dad.  I told Dad he gets the honors of teaching this very uncoordinated child how to ride!  I sometimes think her balance is effected by her hearing loss??

 Do you SEE the sad face along side???  Oh it was a hard day for some!

A new bike horn, and water bottle, and bike chain (which they've already used to hook their little cars together and pull each other)  and some money from Grandma, and Grandpa D. 

A darling leather bracelet from Ash and Ella......and..........

 ...a new movie!!!  They watched it later that night while the grown ups....well mostly the guys....watched football.

 It was WINDY and cold.......but she had to go out and try her new bike!

Later that evening we had more people over for a Superbowl "party"  Ours are pretty tame!  But we love all the people :)

Love!

 Such a cute little profile!  

Love these sweet girls!!

 Wren's gift from Thatcher and Kyndahl.  An air hockey game.  They've had lots of fun with it. 

 She also got some money from Grandma and Grandpa K.  We haven't decided what we are going to get her with it yet.  Aunt Gwen and Uncle Mike sent her a cute pair of new sparkly shoes.  She loved them.

And these are just because their little brown legs looked so cute :)

 LOVE this one :)

 The reason we don't buy toys for this one!!  She would rather play with odd things, and make them what she wants them to be.  She rarely plays with a toy as it's intended to be played with.   Let me introduce you to the calendar garage door.

I'll leave you with an Iley quote:

"I can draw a picture myself, cause I'm big.....AND awesome"

No self esteem issues with this one yet :)

Happy 7th Birthday Wren

It seems hard to believe that Wren is 7 already.  When we first saw this little face, she was only 4 years old.

Actually this is the first picture we ever saw of her.  I'm guessing she was around 2.

Then we got to send her a cake at the orphanage on her 5th birthday, while we were wishing desperately to get to her.

 

Home on her 6th birthday.....I can do this myself people!  Back off!

 Her school party last year....6yrs.

And Happy 7th Birthday sweet girl!  You have come so far and we are so proud of you.  We are blessed to be your Daddy and Mommy!  This is her school party.  We will have her party at home tomorrow, so stayed tuned :)

Her substitute interpreter, Ms. Brandy

 Passing out treats with her teacher.

 She FINALLY got to wear the birthday crown!!  She asks every time someone has a birthday if it's her turn.  She was SO EXCITED to be the birthday girl!!

And who should come wandering through from across the hall.......on her way to .....you guessed it.....the bathroom(the bathroom is in Wren's room), but ms. Iley herself......she was VERY interested in the party!  We had had a few tears that morning over the fact that she wouldn't get to be at Wren's party.

 Then they played a game where you hide an item and several kids go out, then come in and try to find it.  You are supposed to tell them whether they are hot or cold.  Wren got to hide it first.  She got the concept of hiding it......but kind of missed the rest of the idea.  She pretty much showed them where it was!  Oh well she had fun, and felt important.

 One of her little friends was VERY sad because she didn't get a turn to hide the ball............

 .........Wren noticed right away that she was sad, and went over to comfort her.

Here, lets take a picture together!  still not very happy.......

 You can wear my hat!..........that's better :)

She really has such a giving, caring spirit.  I can totally see her as a little nurse someday! She loves to take care of people.

Her birthday snacks were 'pigs in a blanket' and ice cream sandwiches, and ice tea.  She's not big on cake, and she really doesn't love juice, so we did ice cream and tea :)  suited her fine.