Tessa's 5th Birthday

Tessa had a very special birthday this year. For the first time, she and her Dyedushka (grandpa), who shares the same birthday, were able to celebrate together! He, Babushka (grandma) and my niece Ashley came to spend the weekend and celebrate with us. We had a joint celebration and cake on their actual birthday, March 7.

Here's the cake with a 66 for Jim and 5 candles for Tessa:



Here are Bridget and Tessa with Ashley:



Here are the girls showing off a birthday picture Bridget and Ashley made for Tessa:



Here are the girls giving Dyedushka his birthday card:



Here's Tessa opening one of her fave presents, a Hannah Montana guitar:



Tessa also got a Hannah Montana wig. Here's a short movie of her singing with her guitar:

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Bridget (with Ashley) took a turn as Hannah:



Even Jim got into the act (if anyone wants to use this photo for blackmail purposes, you can click on the small image, make it larger, then download a hi-res image . . . hee, hee, hee):



On Sunday, Tessa, Bridget and I were baptized and Dwayne reaffirmed his baptism and joined our church.

The girls posed with Babushka (aka Granny-Pop) and Dyedushka before church:



After church, Martha, Sandy, Stephanie, Hannah, Allie and Brock came by for a 2nd birthday celebration. Martha made Tessa a Hannah Montana cupcake cake that was shaped like a guitar:



Of course, there were more presents. Here Tessa sits on Hannah's lap while Allie, Brock and Ashley watch her open a Hannah Montana singing doll (yes, ole HM was very popular around our house that weekend):



It was a very fun weekend and we were so happy that Jim and Tessa got to celebrate together!!