Happy 11th Birthday Autumn Girl!!!

 I got up early this morning so I could go get Autumn an eclair at her favorite doughnut place for her 11th birthday. Frank & I woke her up signing happy birthday & had her blow out the candles.

 How is it even possible that my baby girl is ELEVEN!?!?!? STOP IT!!! We had to get a pic of her without her glasses ... 

 ... and one with her glasses one. She's changed so much in just one year since she now has glasses & braces. Plus, look at how long her hair is! Time needs to pause for just a little bit.

 I love the saying that, "the days are long, but the years are short." How true that is every year when Autumn's birthday rolls around.

 We invited the family over to celebrate with us. For her birthday dinner, Autumn requested cheesy chicken bacon broccoli pasta & corn. Riannon's Mom & sister were going to come, but their apartment flooded! Nick & Nate were working.

For the past 6 months Autumn has been telling me that she wanted to have Savi's rice pudding for her birthday dessert. Savi was a sweetheart and made A LOT for Autumn. We also had peanut butter pie.

 Frank & Grant were so cute & thoughtful and decorated the living room just for her. Olivia & Spencer loved the streamers & balloons. The balloon that Olivia is holding is from Frank's birthday back at the beginning of December! $1 store balloons for the win.

 Autumn got some Hershey chocolate kisses, some new nail polish, some new yummy smelling body wash & lotion, and tickets to the local high school's play tomorrow. However, her FAVORITE present (as you can tell from the expression on her face) was an organizing bin that Frank got for her all on his own. She's been wanting one for forever, and today her wish finally came true.

GrannyMom sent her a card w/ some money and also this adorable pillow that she made from Autumn's old pajamas that she didn't wear anymore. I think all in all she had a GREAT 11th birthday. She was telling me tonight when I was tucking her in that she can't wait to turn 12 next year so that she can get out of Primary & start going to Young Women's.