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<\/a><\/p>\n(Dress I bought after seeing how beautiful my friend Molly looked in it<\/a>!)<\/p>\n I was left out of the planning, but thoroughly enjoyed my gluttonous dinner at Mickey & Mooch<\/a> in Huntersville.<\/p>\n Unpictured: a bottle of wine, crab cakes and oysters. A birthday feast indeed!<\/p>\n We were up and going on Saturday morning to make sure we had all our ducks in a row for Hailey\u2019s party.<\/p>\n There is just something I love about homemade cakes, in all their imperfect glory.<\/p>\n I went back and forth on whether to throw her a party, and in hindsight, she probably would not have missed it after our family celebration on her actual birthday, but she did end up having a blast!<\/p>\n We kept it small and had it at Acrofitness<\/a> where the staff was incredible! They set up, cleaned up and led the kids through all sorts of obstacles and silly antics.<\/p>\n How often do you get to do pushups with Cinderella?<\/p>\n At the end, Hailey came up to me unprompted and planted a big fat kiss on my cheek, along with a big hug. She loved it.<\/p>\n And it was really fun for us all to watch.<\/p>\n Since it was my actual birthday, the fun didn\u2019t stop there. After a nap for Kaitlyn, Hailey and me, we headed out to Eddie\u2019s<\/a>, which had the Wake the Lake event going on.<\/p>\n The atmosphere was upbeat and the weather was phenomenal. We sat outside, ate great food and soaked up all being together while watching contestant after contestant bite it on wakeboards.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n