Sophia's B-day Weekend

Sophia had a great birthday weekend. It started with the nurses throwing Sophia a party on the PICU floor. The look on her face as they came into the room with cupcakes and presents while singing "Happy Birthday" was priceless. Clowns who regularly visit the hospital heard of Sophia's special day. They came too and sang to her, blew bubbles for her and generally acted silly. It was perfect. Sophia couldn't quit talking about her birthday party at the "hotipal".


The celebration continued on Saturday. We invited three friends over to play, sing, dance, eat pizza and gorge on cake. The party happened because Laura made it happen. Not only did Laura learn how to play a few songs on Sophia's new ukulele so that she could lead the girls through a music class that consisted of using shakers, sticks and dancing with scarves, she also baked a cake in the shape of a ukulele. The woman amazes me. Thank you Laura, for making Sophia's birthday so special.

All in all, it was a good birthday weekend. But it's not quite over. Sophia's aunts are coming in on Tuesday and they'll bring with them gifts from Sophia's cousins. I just love it when a celebration lasts this long. And if anybody is worthy of it, Sophia is. She's endured much this past year.