One More Celebration....

That's right, the busy holiday season has officially come to a close. No, not because the New Year has arrived, but because Jaelyn is now six! Every year she gets the longest celebration, because it usually begins with grandparents while we are still in Oregon for the holidays, then celebrated on her actual birthday, which is New Year's Day. It doesn't stop there though, as her party is usually the following weekend, since no one is up to a birthday party on New Year's Day. Finally, the first day back at school is the last hurrah as we take in brownies or cupcakes (brownies won out this year). That's the longest birthday I know of!

This year we had out of town company on her birthday, so we celebrated by going out to her favorite Chinese buffet and putting the Cupcake Maker to use again (it didn't work so swell this time, but they still had fun).

Jaelyn then opened some gifts, and especially loved the Cat book Uncle Pat and Aunt Tonyia gave her, and the adorable doll we had made for her. We found a lady who makes custom dolls for children with physical disabilities and had one of the dolls made for Jaelyn. At first she thought it was just a doll, but it was priceless when she realized it was her, same arm and all! I only wish I had my flash on at the time!

Jaelyn chose the pool as her birthday party destination, and a great time was had by all. If you know Jaelyn, you can guess that she choose "Dogs" as her birthday theme...