Eight is great!

Celebrating at TGIFriday's for Rachel's birthday.

At the rec center for Rachel's slumber party with her best friend Maya that she has known since she was 6 weeks old.

Rachel turned 8 in January. She is getting so big. She was my baby for about 5 years so it is bittersweet on her birthday every year. Rachel is a ham. She has such a cute personality. I still think she is going to be an actress or in theater some day. We have already been talking about what she should be when she grows up because I think that is sooooo important and she told me that she wants to be a nurse or a doctor but that she does not want to leave home to go to college. Hopefully that will change, only because I wish for her to have that experience, but she is always welcome to go to college close to home too. For now, Rachel is enjoying taking dance class and going to brownies, although next year she said that she wants a break from dance and wants to go into gymnastics for a while.