A certain special someone turned FIVE recently! It's hard to believe our youngest is five-years-old, and yet in many ways Bridgette has been acting like a five-year-old for a while now. She's always been determined to keep up with her older siblings, which often gives others the impression that she's older than she actually is (her height helps with this also!).
Bridgette has a fun sense of humor and keeps us laughing! She is usually easy-going and pretty flexible, except for matters concerning her hair and the position of her lovies and blankets in her bed. She loves to be read to and tell her own stories and likes to play games. She's okay to play by herself, but always prefers playing with her siblings or friends and makes for a fun-loving playmate. You can often find Bridgette wanting to help in the kitchen while I'm making dinner.
We are so thankful for our Bridgette Kara!
We started the weekend birthday celebration with Bridgette's first "friend party". We're grateful Bridgette has made many kind and fun friends! Gretchen and another big sister were the "party helpers".
We had family birthday breakfast with Ryan (who wasn't able to be with us on her actual birthday) and Grammy Deb! (More on that visit later =) )
Not the best photo, but it helps me remember her response in opening every present: "Yaaaayyyy!!!"
Rooke and Gretchen had been planning since Christmas to get Bridgette a new doll for her birthday and used their own money to make the purchase. All three of them don't always get along beautifully, but it's moments like this that encourage me we are moving in the right direction!
Uncle Steve and Aunt Vallerie joined us for actual birthday dinner and there were plenty of birthday shenanigans to go around!
Bridgette requested a HUGE bowl of apple red pepper salsa with pork and mashed potatoes for her birthday dinner - delicious!
Happy Birthday Beautiful Bridgette!
