It was another round of firsts for our little Colombian princess… first birthday party… first birthday cake… first birthday gifts… first birthday decorations… ALL for her! It was surprising to me that her birth was not celebrated in the foster home because Colombians celebrate EVERYTHING! She said they did sing Happy Birthday, but that was it… for everyone in the house. Strange.
Nora has been counting down the days to her 8th birthday for over a month… without understanding the numbers above 14.. well, at least not in English. She did have an idea of what to expect because we’ve celebrated six big events since she’s been home, but none of them were for kids. I wonder if she thought we only had parties for ages 16 and up?? When I questioned her for birthday requests, her only one was, “Can I have a cake with my name on it?” SURE YOU CAN! We went right down to the local bakery and ordered a Tinkerbell cake with N O R A written across the top! The last time any of my kids got a store-bought cake with their name on it was when they turned one and we got free first birthday cakes from Safeway!
We had a family party on her actual birthday with cupcakes. She was darling. She smiled so big, I thought she might pop as we sang happy birthday! Of course we make it really exciting by yelling WOOOO in between each line. This coming Sunday is her party (with her cake that says NORA) for her friends… we’ve been waiting for some of them to get back from vacation. I’ll post more pictures then.
We are so blessed to have Nora in our family! So blessed to share God’s love with her! So blessed to have her lighting up our home and lives!
Tags: adoption, adoptive mom, birthday, Colombia, first birthday, mom, party, store-bought cake, Tinkerbell
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