They Grow Up So Quickly! Olivia's 7th Birthday Party.

Time flies when you're having fun.  My daughter's birthday is actually on December 21st but after years of having trouble getting kids to come to her party, so close to Christmas, we pushed her party up a few weeks this year. Finally, we were able to have almost everyone that she invited come to her party! 

A brand new Chuck E Cheese just opened up two weeks ago about 10 minutes from our house, so we jumped to book the party there. It's actually really funny because that same place is where I had MANY parties as a child. Except back then it was Discovery Zone. (does anyone remember Discovery Zone?) 

Her party had a Frozen theme (duh, frozen is life. Doesn't everyone know that?) but I had such a hard time finding any frozen cakes. I usually make my kids' cakes but between her being sick last week, work and just hectic life, I didn't have the time to. I ran to Walmart this morning and found this perfect purple, blue and pink cake and picked up some smaller Frozen figures which worked perfectly on top of the cake. Voila! Frozen themed cake. (How great am I? Go on! You can say it!)

The party ended up being perfect. The girls had so much fun, got tons of tickets to turn in for prizes and my little princess was the happiest kid on the planet. 

My girls are very close and my 9 year olds friends are also my 6 (and a half) year olds friends, so we invited three of their mutual 9 year old friends as well. My youngest and her 1st grade friends felt so cool because they were hanging out with third graders. It was adorable!  The older kids had fun too but they, of course, thought Chuck E was corny! 

After the party, we heard that Geoffrey the Giraffe was at Toys r Us and that they were doing a free ornament decorating activity. Well, Toys r Us was right next door so we went to see what was up! We walked in and Geoffrey was right there in the front and my girls were super excited to meet him! My youngest said, "Wow, you're so tall!" She was absolutely enthralled with the man in the giraffe costume! 

Side note: When my 9 year old was just a month old, she was asked to be in a babies r Us fashion show in New York. Well, I have a picture of her with Geoffrey at a month old, screaming her head off. I told her that I was going to find that picture and put that one and the current one side by side, just for my own memories! But I digress...

I can't believe that my baby is going to be 7 years old in two weeks. It really blows my mind to think how fast these 7 years have flown by. No matter how old she gets, she's always going to be my little baby girl! No doubt about that!

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Happy Birthday to my Princess.

Five years ago my little princess was born, Alayna Danielle.  She was born prematurely at almost 35 weeks and had digestion problems and her sucking instinct was not developed at that time.  My little baby had reflux and was in the hospital for a month after she was born.  She had gone through so many test, she was misdiagnosed a few times and had to be finally fed through a gastro tube because she couldn't hold down formula from a bottle and in the beginning, she couldn't even suck on the bottle. That was the worst month of my entire life because my little girl wasn't home with me.

She finally came home a month later and was the best little baby that anyone could ever ask for.  Since then, she's grown so much and has become the smartest and best little girl that anyone could ever ask for. (When she behaves! lol)  I can't believe she's already 5 years old.  She started pre school this past September and loves her friends. 

That's Alayna's 1st birthday picture

And here she is at age 5... Such a big girl who's grown so much.

I really got emotional this morning when I realized my little baby was already 5 years old! It's so hard to believe.  She's gonna have a great birthday party on Friday with her friends from school!

Happy Birthday, Alayna Danielle!!

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I'm 25 today!!

Me as a little baby!

No idea how old I am here.  1?

2

 2 or 3?

5 or 6

Me now :)

I am the only natural Italian but raised Polish girl who is born on St. Patrick's Day. :)

25 years ago today I was born to a woman who would do the most courageous thing that anyone could ever do, she gave me up for adoption.  My adoptive parents (my real parents) couldn't have children but tried for years.  I was the light of their life and spoiled rotten; I can't deny that!  Even though I was adopted, and knew it since I can remember, It doesn't phase me in my everyday life.  My mom is my mom, my grandparents are my grandparents, etc...  I did get a chance, when I was 18, to thank my biological mother for giving me the life she did.  It was, by no means, a fairytale reunion.  The reunion actually left me feeling pretty empty and upset that it didn't end up the way I had dreamed... But none the less, I got to thank her.

I can't believe today is my birthday.  I can't believe I'm 25 years old!!  It seems like time has gone so quickly, when it really hasn't! :)  I still remember being in High School and believing that I would never get out. lol  

I'm not doing too much today, just relaxing, eating my traditional birthday meal corned beef and cabbage, eating my birthday cake, spending time with my kids and dieting tomorrow!

Any mommies in NJ that want to go out?  LOL  It's pretty bad when I'm asking mommy bloggers!!  (I'm 100% serious though. LOL) 

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

So, today is my birthday! I'm so excited! I know I'm not going to be getting presents today, my family can't afford them, but I just love my birthday! (Even if I am 24 years old!) Happy birthday to meeee! lol I had my fun birthday festivities this past weekend and hopefully I'm going out to dinner tomorrow with my mom, daughters, uncle and grandmother. :) Later today, it's work work work work on Etsy things!! :)

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