Day 23... Happy Birthday Miss McCall!

*Disclaimer* This is going to be long.  It's not everyday your first born turns five!

McCall turned 5 today.  Time flies.  Just 5 years ago Rob got a breakfast burrito from Del Taco at 5 am.  That same morning I walked into St. Luke's looking like this...

After a few hours, I got this...

Then a day later we went home with the sweetest little girl.

Now that little girl is five, and for the most part she is still sweet. But you have got to be kidding me.  Where did that time go.  (Oh, ya.  I had two more kids.  Funny how that eats up your time!)

McCall woke up and proclaimed that "she felt five".  I wonder what "five" feels like?  Then Rhys got out the guitar and played while Bodie and I sang Happy Birthday.

Just for the record when your daughter turns 5, you are required to spend your time babysitting dolls...

When Rob was done babysitting, the kids and I made cupcakes.  After much deliberation in the cake aisle, and I mean MUCH deliberation, McCall settled on Devil's food cake mix.  I think it must have turned out alright.

Then we added candles.

We had a little spare time, so I thought we would do a fun little activity.  Bubble snakes.

So we cut the pop bottles, fastened an old sock on the end and dipped them in diluted dish soap.  But I forgot to tell the kids just to blow and not to breathe in.  Whoops.  I made my daughter throw-up on her birthday.  There goes my Mother of the Year award.  Damn I just got that award back.

After spitting and regurgitating bubbles for 20 minutes, we relaxed in the grass.  It was finally nice outside.

Bodie looks like he might be contemplating his next move, what do you think?

Aren't my boys cute.  I'm partial, but I know I'm right.

What a sweet sister.

Adorable kids, their parents must be cute.  Ha, just kidding.  It skips a generation.

McCall made this birdhouse.  She insisted that I take a picture.  It's a dried squash with a hole.  She painted it really cute and the little birds love it.

After a wonderful dinner, it was present time.  McCall waited so patiently all day long.

Rhys loved the wrapping paper.

Ohhh, how cute.

Bri Bri and Amber gave these gifts.  McCall's necklace set is blocking the water from the squirt gun.  Thanks for filling up that water gun Bri Bri!

Papa Burt and Nanny Rene gave her the cutest skirt with a little something extra in the pocket.  McCall is ready to go shopping.

Papa Don gave her a credit card, and she said "yeah I needed another one of these!"

Yeah!!!!

I got a.....

SCOOTER!!!!

Let's not forgot that Papa's birthday was yesterday.  I don't have any baby pictures of him.  That would have been a good idea, but I'm not that organized and I don't think that far ahead.  However, he did get the Wii he has been wanting and I think he liked it.

After all that, we blew out the candles and enjoyed our cupcakes.

Wow, that was a BUSY day!