Happy 7th Birthday Janika

Janika celebrated her 7th Birthday on Thursday. I can't believe its been 7 years. She's growing so fast and I wish there was a way to stop and rewind a few years. This is how I will always remember her.

Baby Girl

For the first 6 months or so, Sam called her "Baby Girl". I don't ever remember him calling her Janika. Some of the people at Sam's school thought we hadn't named her. Even now I hear "Baby Girl" from him.

Janika's day started with presents from mom and dad. She got some high heels that she "really really" wanted. Her cousin got the same ones for her birthday in July and Janika needed to have the same ones. Its been funny to watch her try to walk in them. 

In the afternoon she had her friend Maddi over for a play-date and lunch at Arctic Circle. These girls had a blast playing with each other.

Through out the day she had presents coming to the house. Grandma Barker and Valerie came with a present that had 11,000 beads to make whatever she wants(thanks Polly). The mail man also delivered a package from Grandma Angus and Papa that had make up and a puzzle. She's getting to the age that all the things her wants have tiny pieces, not so fun with Kieron crawling. I guess that's life.

For dinner Janika picked La Fiesta a local mexican restaurant. There they put a sombrero on her and sang Happy Birthday to her. After that they had her smile for a picture but she wasn't doing it right. So they showed her how to smile with a whip cream smile on her face. It was sooo funny, although she didn't find it as amusing as Sam and I did. 

This year Janika had no idea what she wanted for her cake. She went from Hello Kitty, Brave, Princess Tiana, rainbow, then to a pink and purple cake. After all the different ideas she couldn't make a final decision. So Wednesday night she went to bed not knowing what she wanted, I had to decide for her and this is what I came up with. 

I love how it turned out.