On January 24th Kylie turned 8 years old! Wow! I can't believe she is already 8. I've said that every year- "I can't believe she's..." The day before her birthday we went to Dallas to get her casts taken off. That was interesting for sure. I had no idea what it would be like when she got them off. Her feet were extremely sensitive and were stuck in the flat position. She couldn't walk on her tip-toes to save her life! Weird. I guess I was very naive to think she would get her casts off and just take off walking. Durrr.... not so much. She is still working at it and walking very slow. We're having to basically retrain her body to walk correctly from her feet all the way up to her posture. She has a tendency to walk like a penguin with her fit pointing out and her knees really stiff and straight. Bless her heart. She is one tough cookie and has hardly complained at all. What a brave soul she is.
We did get to visit the American Girl store before we left Dallas. Grandma Mary gave her a gift card, so she got Saige, the doll of the year who loves horses and some outifts and accessories. She was really excited to get Saige! Now, we need a doll closet for all her cute doll clothes!
Her birthday was a great day! She stayed home from school because she couldn't get around well at all yet. I had to work, but I was able to get a little bit of time with her during the day and took her to Freddy's, her favorite burger place, for lunch! We played with her American Girl dolls and got ready for her Safari party that night.
We invited family over to celebrate her birthday that night. We decorated in Safari, so zebra and leopard prints with a splash of pink, of course! G randma Debbie made her an 8 layer zebra cake...unbelievable! Thank goodness for Grandma Debbie. She is so sweet to go our of her way to make amazing cakes for the kids' birthdays! She even found zebra print sugar sheets. It was beautiful AND tasted amazing.
Kylie chose to eat pizza since that is by far her favorite food, so that made it pretty easy on us. She got some cool new swag to enjoy and everyone had a great time. We're going to test out her cake pop maker today to make cake pops for school tomorrow. Let's hope that goes well!
Today was her first day back at school. I'm feeling anxious about how she's holding up, but I'm sure she's just fine. I don't know why I worry, she's such a strong, courageous young lady. But, she's still my little girl and I always want to me there for her.
Happy 8th Birthday Kylie Marie. My life was forever changed 8 years ago. I never realized how much I would be blessed by my children. It's beyond measure!!!
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