We had the moms come over and we all enjoyed pizza together, need to get another chair I think though - or 2!

Then she ripped into the presents! She got a new scrapbook and some coloring stuff, a birthday barbie, a new TinkerBelle toybox for the new house, some clothes, a snow leapord that has her Nana's voice saying "Goodnight Belle, I Love YOU!" - CUTE, and some other stuff. Her favorite present was her new Princess Scooter! She recently lost her tricycle to a terrible driveway accident and learned the valuable lesson of NOT leaving your trike DIRECTLY behind mom's car. The older kids have scooters and I know she wanted one too - OH maybe it was a sly RUSE to leave the trike behind the car! 'Hey, my birthdays comin - i wanna scooter - i have a trike - what if i DIDN'T have a trike - Hmmmmm' - HEHE SMART girl ;-)

Madelyn REALLY liked the money bank she got that Meowed every time you put in a quarter - GUESS WHO THAT CAME FROM! ;-) So DH spent much of the party searching the house for quarters and now Lil B is the wealthiest person in the house - including DH and I.

After present we moved on to cake, and I must say - Duncan Hines outdid themselves this time. THAT WAS SOME GOOOOOD CAKE. I made FunFetti cake with the FunFetti frosting and it was FUNtastic! I didn't even know that still made that but my best friend made it with her kids the other day - and Lil B (and all of us) we're ever so glad! :-D

It just doesn't seem like 5 years ago. It seems like so much longer and at the same time yesterday. I was at my 39 weeks appt. at Kaiser and was in more than just pain and irritation. I had this whole body itch thing going on, and had been for weeks, they couldn't figure it out so I was going in for tests 3 days a week. That's hard to do

GIGANTICALLY pregnant and with a four year old. So I looked, pathetically, at my doc and said "When, dear GOD when, will this baby come?" Expecting to hear the "Oh baby's come when they're ready" speach I heard when my first was 2 weeks late. But instead I heard "Well, I'm working in Labor and Delivery on Monday, how bout then?" I was like "WHA???" Then I said OK, booked it and got the HELL outta there before she realized it would still be 5 days before I was due and change her mind!

So the morning of the 17th we hoped in the car and headed out. I was so damn cocky. I told EVERYBODY (*insert cocky voice here) "OH YEAH, this'll be quick. My last baby was only 7 hours induced so this should be NO PROBLEM" - HA! After 15 hours, and family coming and going, and coming again and leaving again. I was started to get a little upset. At around 11pm I resigned myself to the fact that my baby's birthday would not be the 17th - "It didn't sound right anyway" ;-) Then the fireworks started. I went from a 4cm to pushing in 1/2 hour. The couldn't get the doc fast enough. They came in and said "Oh, you were a four last time we checked, you probably still have a few hours to go" - HA! My then-Hubby MADE them check and then she ran to the door and said "Hold on - DON'T PUSH!" but as you know, at that point, there NOTHING you can do about it! Mind you, this was after my epidural had worn off so I was ready for this crap to be OVER! Doc came in and 3 pushes later -

Lil B was born. :-D All 8lb 12oz of her! For me, that's a BIG BABY!

So much has happened since then, it's hard to believe it's been 5 years. She is spunky, and stubborn, and funny, and sweet and my Lil B. Happy Birthday Lil B!