Happy Birthday Princess!



We are not technically celebrating Jenica's birthday until tomorrow but today has still been a very special day for her. She has received special birthday calls from Grammy, Grandpa and Auntie Joi. And to mommy's surprise and delight, she truly is living up to her "princess" birthday theme today! First, she slept in until 8:30 - practically unheard of these days - then she took a full two hour nap which absolutely never happens, but allowed me to get most of our clothes and food packed for our camping trip this weekend. This afternoon it's off to have family pictures taken, then home to change and head to our campsite. We will update with more pictures later (you know, the fun cake one's...I'm sure she'll get nice and messy!) but for now I'll just leave you with a couple of cute shots I got this morning.


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Jenica's Dad said…
Gotta love the sleeping in till 8:30:)
September 8, 2009 at 3:53 PM
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