{"id":493,"date":"2010-11-02T23:06:19","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T03:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twosixteen.com\/christie\/?p=493"},"modified":"2010-11-05T23:15:37","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T03:15:37","slug":"five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twosixteen.com\/christie\/2010\/11\/02\/five\/","title":{"rendered":"FIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"FIVE\" href=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1320\/5150305424_18dec38ce1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1320\/5150305424_18dec38ce1.jpg\" alt=\"FIVE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Wow, my baby girl is FIVE.\u00a0 That seems so big, so old, so&#8230;not a baby anymore.\u00a0 She really is growing up so fast, seems like just yesterday she was a baby.\u00a0 I keep telling her no matter what, she&#8217;ll always be my &#8220;baby&#8221;.\u00a0 As she gets older, she&#8217;s not so keen on being called that, so please don&#8217;t tell her \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We had a great time celebrating her birthday.\u00a0 On her birthday morning, she opened her gifts from the family.\u00a0 Megan had helped me wrap them up so she was in on the secrets.\u00a0 She was very proud of herself for not giving any of them away&#8230;so was I!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Present Collage\" href=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1369\/5150328770_89d9c67b6b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1369\/5150328770_89d9c67b6b.jpg\" alt=\"Present Collage\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Present Collage\" href=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1369\/5150328770_89d9c67b6b.jpg\"><\/a>Molly had a great time opening them all, but I think it&#8217;s clear which was her favorite.\u00a0 She had received a Bitty Baby for Christmas, and she has been wanting another one for several months.\u00a0 No matter what other toy I suggested, she always came back to wanting another Bitty Baby&#8230;so that&#8217;s what we got her!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On the Sunday after her birthday (Halloween, coincidentally) Molly had her very first &#8220;friends&#8221; birthday party.\u00a0 It was held at Paulus Orchards &#8211; one of our favorite places to go in the fall.\u00a0 Molly and her friends had a blast playing on the slides, in the play house and finding their way through the corn maze.\u00a0 We also went on a wagon ride, and of course, had cake and more presents!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"2010-10-31\" href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4053\/5149743493_39fa7184f1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4053\/5149743493_39fa7184f1.jpg\" alt=\"2010-10-31\" \/><\/a>She had so much anticipation for this day, I hope that she enjoyed herself.\u00a0 I&#8217;m guessing she did, tremendously, because she is already asking how long till her next birthday. I&#8217;m enjoying every moment of her growing up and wish time would slow down a bit so I can savor the moments just a bit longer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">P.S. I decided to try some photo collages to allow more photos in one post.\u00a0 If you want to see bigger pictures, the set is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/80033448@N00\/sets\/72157625321535220\/with\/5150305830\/.\">here<\/a> on Flickr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Wow, my baby girl is FIVE. That seems so big, so old, so&#8230;not a baby anymore. She really is growing up so fast, seems like just yesterday she was a baby. I keep telling her no matter what, she&#8217;ll always be my &#8220;baby&#8221;. 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