Her Actual Birthday Day

Savannah's birthday was so relaxing and peaceful this year. Since it fell on a Sunday we had her party on Saturday, leaving Sunday open for some chill family time. Ryder actually slept in a little bit, which means that the whole family got to sleep in too. Once up, we headed to Savannah's room to love on the birthday girl and open gifts. When we were done with that we loaded up and headed to the Waffle House (Savannah's choice) for her birthday breakfast. Let me tell you, they really roll out the red carpet for you on your birthday at the Waffle House. The nice ladies there played a birthday song on the jukebox for her and then sang to her. It was pretty awesome. After breakfast we went home and did nothing all day. It was so nice. Savannah played a little here and there, Eric did some work and some laundry, I straightened up a few things and took a little nap... no joke, it was the perfect day at home. That night we headed out to meet our friends for Savannah's birthday dinner. Then back home for bed. Savannah was more than ready (and willing) to go to sleep as soon as we got home. Our little five year old had quite the birthday weekend. Thank you so much to everyone that celebrated with us... Savannah is lucky to have you all in her life!

A few months back I was browsing Pinterest and came upon this pin of a kids room that had been filled with balloons for their birthday. How cute! I told Eric about it, and we both thought that Savannah would love that. So we rented a helium tank, bought 100 balloons and spent the better part of Saturday night filling Savannah's room up with balloons. She was so surprised when she woke up on Sunday morning. It was definitely worth the time we spent putting this stunt together... I highly recommend doing this for a kid you know. They will love it!

Birthday gifts: 3 new Elvis movies,

An Elvis dress (she strongly hinted that she wanted this),

An Elvis barbie doll purchased off ebay,

A Texas Rangers hoodie (another gift idea she let me know about over and over again).

Waffle House! Yes, we brought a candle with us... we traded the birthday cake for a birthday waffle this year. She also insisted on wearing her birthday princess crown and her new Rangers sweatshirt. Love my girly little baseball fan.

After breakfast she changed into her Elvis dress, put on her new Elvis shades (thanks Aunt Amanda!), and opened up her Elvis doll. It's kind of creepy how much he looks like Elvis. Oh, and that all his joints are way bendable and loose so you can pose him just like Elvis.