Chloe's 9th birthday

My sassy birthday girl!!

The girls getting drenched! They love it for some reason.

 

Enjoying the hot tub with my ladies!

 

Chloe posing for the camera. What a ham!!

Chloe is in love with Monster High dolls right now.

Make a wish sweetheart!

 

Don't even remember what present she was opening up here, but she sure seems excited!

Dinner at Space Aliens with Grandpa & Karin!!

And right after Christmas, (BAM) Chloe's birthday. It sneaks up on us. Every. Year. I had worked New Year's Day and toward the end of my shift was feeling so sick that I was barely able to finish out the day. I spent the next 2 1/2 days feeling like complete crap and sleeping. Great! The flu! I never get sick! And it knocked me on my a%#! Poor Chloe, I know she cared about how I felt, but she was so worried we were going to miss her birthday festivities because I was sick. She was constantly asking me if I was feeling any better. Luckily, by Friday I did feel about 75% myself and no one else had succumbed to the flu, so we were able to head out of town for Chloe's much-anticipated birthday celebration at Three Bears Water park. We had been there several years ago with Mike & Tracy and the girls loved it, so when we suggested it for Chloe's birthday, she was so excited! The girls had a blast riding the lazy river in their inner tubes, going down the water slides & getting drenched with the huge bucket of water that tipped over every 20-30 minutes or so. We spent the night and the girls had hours of fun both Friday & Saturday at the water park. When we got back into town, we went to eat at Space Aliens (birthday girl's choice) with Grandpa & Karin and went back to our house to have cake and open presents. It turned out to be a great weekend. I can't believe that my little baby isn't so little any more. She is a very sassy 9 and almost in double digits. We love you Chloe, sass and all!!