Lauren Turns 6 !!!

How can it be possible that my baby is already turning 6 years old? I'm not sure where time went but yesterday we celebrated Lauren's birthday with her first "friend" birthday party. In the past we have always celebrated with family but this year she had a real party with friends from school. The party went great and one girl was even overheard saying, "This is the best party I've ever been to!" I think that was due to our neighbor coming over and giving all of the girls Barbie dolls to take home. She just retired from working for Mattel toy company and has tons of toys that she gives to the kids. I think the party was a little bit stressful for Lauren because of her shy nature. I could tell it was hard for her to open presents in front of the crowd. She absolutely refused to smile for any of the pictures, except for the one below that I took when she opened up the radio Aaron and I got her. She accidently let that one slip. When it came time to sing Happy Birthday she looked like she wanted to hide and she then she decided she didn't want to blow out her candles. Luckily she has a big brother that helped her out with that. The party was a bit of a growing experience for her but overall she had fun and enjoyed having her friends over.