Happy Birthday Alexis!

8 years old today!
Daddy works late tonight, so we had pizza for dinner and she is having a friend sleep over. They are doing crafts and playing little girl make believe.
Tomorrow night we are doing family birthday dinner...our tradition is you get to choose anything you want and I will cook it. She has scoured the cookbooks and decided on tuscan white bean soup (Giada recipe), steaks with a olive and balsamic glaze (Giada) and sauteed broccoli....she is definitely her parent's child. ;-)
We are also, finally, decorating our tree while enjoying some hot cocoa and Christmas music. It's actually cold enough here in FL to have hot cocoa!!!
And...for the grand finale...(we make big deals about birthdays at the Devescovi house!) on Sunday we are having a treasure chest party for her friends with a treasure hunt, pin the treasure on the ship, decorating treasure boxes and a treasure chest pinata...along with a weanie roast and homemade treasure filled cupcakes.
After the friend portion, our families are coming. My father-in-law's and niece's birthdays are tomorrow, so we will have a big celebration for everyone. I am making Emeril's recipe for a fresh ham, Giada's parmesan baked mashed potatoes, baked ziti, salad and bread! Do you see a running theme here....FOOD!!!

All of this rests on little Lainey staying put at least through the weekend. Now...I have never had a baby early, but you never know!