Another Milestone Birthday

Happy Belated Birthday to #3 DD. Brooke turned 18 yesterday. I'm still recovering from her celebrating...late nights for me you know. At 12:01 AM she was legal to get into a club on college night...yep, she was there at the door...VIP because one of her old friends is interning for a local radio station that works the college nights each week. Last night was dinner with the fam and her best friend. David was out of town on business so we scheduled dinner one hour after his flight was due to arrive. Of course it was an hr late so he was 15 minutes late arriving. It was OK, we just went ahead and ordered appetizers while we waited. We were at a lovely little authentic Mexican food restaurant in Dallas called Ciudad. Yummy food. Here's a pic of Brooke and her long time friend (and future roomie) Kim


And since it was her birthday of course they brought her out a free dessert complete with candle. Good thing I got this picture because when we got back home she was too full for her birthday cake. Today when she was ready for a piece she wasn't picture pretty so we just skipped the candles and went straight to stuffing our face.

Once we got home it was time to open the rest of her presents. She'd actually started in the afternoon because I thought she needed a few of the things before we went out to go with her dress. Brooke was typical Brooke and enjoyed hamming it up when the spotlight was on her. Oh, how she does love being the center of attention. Typical of a middle child I think. I know it is in our family. This picture just cracked me up. She was yaking away telling some story in the middle of opening gifts. There was obviously a phone call reference that required the "call me" sign be added. Yeah, Lynne, maybe she is really yours. Acting a bit Italian with that need to talk with her hands.

Hard to believe 18 yrs have past since she came into our lives. It would have certainly been less interesting without this one to keep us on our toes!