Tessa's 7th birthday celebration!

She went to bed as my 6 year old baby....

.......and woke up as a sassy 7 year old girl!!

We usually fill their room with balloons and I totally thought I had a bunch in our birthday decoration box...but when she finally went to bed the night before her birthday, I dug the box out and NO BALLOONS! So I put streamers all over her door instead. Not gonna lie...I'd be totally okay discontinuing the balloon tradition and doing streamers instead. It takes a loooooooooooooong time to blow up enough balloons to cover the floor!

She had chosen donuts for breakfast, so she blew out her candle and then wanted to open a few of her gifts.

I love her so much!

One of the presents she opened that morning was this unicorn lamp. It will always make me laugh! When I asked her what she wanted for her birthday, she thought for a minute and then said in the sweetest voice, "Can you get me a lamp that doesn't burn me?" I was like, "What the heck are you talking about??" She said the lamp she currently had (which was like a goose-necked metal lamp) burns her hands every time she turns it on and off. I felt so bad, but she'd never told me that before, so I got her a lamp that didn't burn her (and was super cute!).

After gifts, we took a few fun pictures outside and then headed to Nana's for her party with her cousins.

After I got off work, I picked up Tessa and Nana and we met Aunt Brooke in Wichita. Tessa had decided she wanted to do a girls shopping evening for her birthday. And I'm so glad she did! It was a lot of fun!

She opened her present from Aunt Brooke in the car and was SO excited! She got a Garmin Vivofit--she'd been wanting one for SO long!

We went to Wal-Mart, where Tessa bought a baby doll that poops and pees in her diaper--Nana thought it was disgusting! Tessa thought it was hilarious!

What's a trip to Wal-Mart without a group selfie in the middle aisle?!?

After Wal-Mart, we went to the mall and ate in the food court. Tessa had a piece of pizza the size of her head and loved it! We did some shopping at a few different stores and it was so cute to watch her try to figure out what she wanted to spend her money on!

We got home kind of late, but she wanted to spread her loot out on the floor and check out everything she'd got. She had her baby doll, a pound of candy (don't ask), fake glasses and some random odds and ends from Justice. A pretty successful shopping trip overall!

We did cupcakes with Tommy and Dad and then it was off to bed!

For her friend and family party this year, she decided to share a pool party with her cousin again (they did it the year before and had so much fun!). She wanted a unicorn pool party theme and surprisingly enough, I found some plates and napkins that actually had that theme--ha!

We blew out candles and opened presents before they started swimming. She got so many fun things! All of our family was there and she had a few sweet friends show up. 

After presents and cake, they had so much fun swimming and playing with the presents Tessa had opened. We love doing pool parties because the clean up is minimal and the entertainment is so easy!

We had so much fun celebrating seven with you, sweet girl!