Thursday, May 1, 2008

Our 5 Year Old Girl



Happy Birthday to a very special Mia April 17! Her birthday just so happens to fall right after her daddy who's birthday was April 14 and her new baby sister April 16. Thankfully the hospital was in need of beds and expedited my discharge for me to make it home the afternoon of her official birthday. Fernando, who was exhausted, went to a lot of effort to make the day special. He took her to Panera's for a bagel breakfast and made a special requested "Pride Rock" birthday cake. He also found these jungle animal figurines since Lion King paraphernalia has long since disappeared. I had hoped to be a bigger part of the special day, but was grateful to see her face when she walked into a room full of balloons, jungle banners, and Lion King playing in the background.

As a post script. . .I did take some initiative before Talia was born and took her to one of her favorite restaurants, Red Robin.


6 comments:

Emily said...

Seriously Fernando, you put me to shame with that smashing party and CAKE--wow!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY sweet mia! And Cheers to a family of spring birthdays--talia and fern, and mia!

Love you guys!

Becca said...

Happy Birthday Mia! What a fun birthday especially since Fernando was able to do all of it while you had the baby. What a great job Fernando! I'll be able to remember her birthday now since Timmy's is the same day!

Spencer's Adventures said...

Fernando definitely has some birthday cake making skills. How nice of him to help you out!

Lynn said...

Now you just need to have a baby on the 15th to fill in the gap :)

JOSH AND ANGELA said...

I definitely concur with the afore mentioned kudos on a great cake Fernando...

Your kids are so cute! I just love them to pieces!!

but wow, it takes a self-actualized person to slide into YELLOW SPANDEX and romp around like a red robin...

student said...

Another great Team Tovar Triumph!! Any man that can span planning and carrying of a birthday party, complete with a Lion King cake - and graduate from Medical School within the same month is more than amazing. Happy, Happy Birthday to our dear Mia. And way to show the world what a real man looks like, Fernando.