Happy Birthday Abby!

Really, Abby had a pretty miserable birthday. She’s had a horrible cold for the last few days and wasn’t feeling any better today. She laid on the couch and slept for most of the day and was not at all excited about celebrating her birthday. When the kids got home from school they kept asking her if she wanted to open her presents. “No.” Then, “do you want to have some cake?” “No.” We seriously considered just postponing the celebration for a day or two, but our other three kids wouldn’t hear of it. We gave her some Tylenol in hopes that a lower fever would improve her mood. It worked. She still wasn’t very animated, but she managed to open her presents, eat some dinner, and blow out her candles. She even smiled for a minute when her aunts and cousins called to sing “Happy Birthday” to her.

Nate stayed home from work, but he was about as happy as Abby. He has been super sick the last couple of days too. In fact, Ben is the only member of this household that managed to avoid illness this last week. Hopefully this little string of sicknesses is almost over. Abby was actually running around and playing with her sisters for about an hour before bedtime, so maybe tomorrow will be a better day.

We sure love our Abby. She is sweet and smart and funny. Every day she surprises us with how grown up she is getting. It seems like she is growing up lots faster than our other kids did. I guess it is just part of being the youngest and following the lead of her brother and sisters. She is a fun kid and we feel blessed to have her as part of our family.



The highlight of the day was watching Abby blow out her candles. It took a full two minutes to blow out two candles. Who knew it was such a tricky thing?