Happy Birthday, Lila!

Nine is so fine!  

On April 8th, 2010, this world became a better place.  

There is no doubt in my mind that God has big plans for Miss Lila Grace Hays.

All of God's grace in one sweet little face.

She was perfect from the start.

This precious girl went from a tiny newborn to 3 months old so fast...

and before we knew it, she was almost a year old!

We had such a fantastic one year photo shoot with my friend Taylor.

In fact, an 8 x 10 of this photo is still framed in our living room today.

Then we blinked, and our girl turned 9!
We started out her day with gifts and coffee cake for breakfast.

Her beauty shines through every day.

She loves her puppy dog, 

her mama,

and her family!  I took her a special lunch at school, and then Gigi, Madison, Lilly and Boom came over that afternoon to give her some presents.

She also loves her soccer teammates!  She was given the option to skip practice that night, but she chose to go because "I want to see my friends, mommy."

We had homemade chicken tacos for dinner and a coconut cake with lots of candles on it.

A few days later we were supposed to go to Six Flags with some of her best friends.  It was raining like crazy, though, so we opted for getting our nails done with one of them.  Izzy and Lila loved hanging out together at Villa Nail Salon and then we went to a movie afterwards.

By the next Saturday the sun was shining and it was the perfect day to embark on our adventure to Six Flags over Texas.

Cami was beyond thrilled to be part of the "big girl" group!

We rode some of the smaller rides first...

and the kids were all smiles.

We had such a fun day there, whether it was on the swings...

or Runaway Mine Train!

This little chica was game for anything.

Up, up, up we go!

Madison and Brooklyn were the only two brave enough to ride Batman.
The other three said "no way!"

Thank goodness, they loved it!

Madison was such a big fan of roller coasters that she convinced Lila and Madi Reichert to ride the  Shock Wave.  After they got over to it, though, they changed their minds.  It is really high and has two loops!

Those loops didn't deter Cami, though!  She hopped on it and loved every single second.  Fearless!  She declared it the "best ride EVER!"

We rode the Roarin' Rapids next, which were so fun, and we got completely soaked!  Then we made our way over to another few rides, followed by an ice cream break.

We ended the day with the big four riding Pandemonium.  They were so happy that all of them were brave enough to ride it and declared the day and huge success.  Mission accomplished!

We celebrated Miss Lila very well, as it should be.