Freeze--for Lila's Birthday

Of course she wanted a Frozen birthday--she's been talking about it for months. We had a little family gathering on Sunday in between General Conference sessions.  We sent out a little email inviting them that said when and where the get together would be along with "Let it go. We can't hold her back anymore--Lila's turning 5."

As soon as she blew out the candles she grabbed those dolls off of the cake as fast as possible. :)

Mimi had this balloon made to be Elsa--pretty cute. :)

The coveted Frozen dolls--she got a corner of the wrapping paper off and caught a glimpse and there was an audible gasp.  It was very difficult to find the dolls for her birthday present, but we kept searching and Mimi managed to find some for us.

Ellie had a little garage sale at school on Friday and managed to buy Lila a finger skate board that was on her list of the three things she must have for her birthday.

Mimi & Grandpa got her a swimsuit set for her American Girl doll and a subscription to a Princess magazine (final thing on her must have wish list).  The girls love their magazine subscriptions from Mimi and Grandpa.  Grandpa and Grandma Moore sent a sweet card with the traditional $1 for every year--$5.  She has been talking about getting something at the Natural History Museum gift shop with her birthday money. :)

Andrew enjoying Olaf--probably wishing it was the marshmallow version below. :)

Today she played bubbles outside (gift from Durbano cousins) and didn't want to go to school because she wanted to keep playing with her new toys. :)  I finally convinced her she needed to go so she could pass out her birthday treat.

This is what she passed out to her class.  A Frozen necklace for the girls (boys got an Olaf zipper pull) and a snowman kit.  She also took powdered donut holes as snowball cakes. :)

She requested pizza for dinner so we made home made pizzas and they put on whatever toppings they want.  She also got snowflake pancakes for breakfast to go with the Frozen theme.  She also got some Frozen dress-up items from us this morning which she has been wearing all day.

Lila is growing up so quickly.  It amazes me how much she has grown during preschool.  She is reading, loves to think of rhyming words, likes to do her own hair and wear earrings (clip on ones).  She is a gem who has seen her fair share of rough days this year.  We love her and are so glad she is a part of our family and such a fun vivacious 5 year old!

Medical Update: She's currently fighting her 8th UTI--we can't seem to get them to go away permanently and the urologist we were seeing wasn't much help after the initial visit we were waiting over a week to see her or have lab results read so we went back to her primary care physician who recommended 2 months of antibiotics to give the bladder enough time to heal properly and fight off further infections on it's own.  He also ordered another test to make sure the kidneys are not affected.  Please continue to pray for her.  I've never felt so lost and helpless not knowing what to do to get her better.  I know it seems trivial, but when she is fighting one every month it makes it difficult.