Brooke was a little sniffly and coughy yesterday and woke up the same way this morning. Not a big surprise since she tends to be sick all the time, but we were hoping it wouldnt be an issue for the birthday party. It wasnt - she was a trooper!
We started off the morning with a special trip to Starbucks. Ok, it wasnt special. We go every Saturday and Sunday morning. But, she asks to go and was very excited about our trip this morning. After we got home, Daddy ran some errands while Brooke and Mommy got ready for the party. Our family came over and we had lunch, followed by the official unwrapping of presents. I think she has gotten the hang of it - she was pretty excited to open each gift and got better at tearing off the paper with each consecutive item. In addition, she was genuinely thrilled to see each item she unwrapped.
Of course, we also had some cake!
Unfortunately, Brooke woke up from her after party nap with a full blown cold. She has a runny/stuff nose, her nose is all red, and she just feels miserable. We are glad we made it through the birthday weekend without incident, but its hard to see our (big) girl sick again!