Eight Better Be Great

All I'm saying is 8 better be great! Honestly, some days in the year of 7 felt just the opposite of heaven.  Things can only go up, right?

So Maggie woke up this 9th day of November as an 8 year old!  Hard to believe we were welcoming this little sweet bundle of pink into the world a whole 8 years ago.  And sweet is really the only way to describe her {if you don't count the past year}.  

She was literally oozing with energy that she couldn't even wait for us to wake her up.  We pounced into her room, video camera and camera in hand, and this is what we found. 

Little one was already wide awake and waiting for us! She could hardly handle her excitement!

Maggie's only disappointment was that Lucy snoozed through the entire morning celebration.  Maybe I should have woken her?!?!  It was a hard call.  I mean we did have all evening and the party to look forward to.  Still not sure how I should have handled that one.  Good news is, I will never have to worry about it again.  Next year Lucy will be up with her bigs every school morning...yikes!

Maggie dined on her favorite breakfast...chocolate chip pancakes and cantaloupe.  Then she opened sibling gifts.  Sadly, Lucy's gift had to wait until afternoon {I'm sure that played into Maggie's disappointment}

And by the way, Jack scored big when he picked out this gift for Maggie.  She has had so much fun with it.  Highly recommend it!

Come afternoon, the celebration continued right on.  Maggie finally got to celebrate with Lucy, gift and all.  And Mags picked out her birthday dinner.  Get ready for it...McDonalds! We begged, but she was not budging.  Not to mention it is her birthday so who were we to say where her birthday dinner should be.

Now, we are amping up for an Emojinal Celebration on Saturday!  Can't wait...