Giovi is 15

I am officially a mother of a 15 year old. It is crazy to me 15 years ago I brought home my first baby. It feels like yesterday. Giovanna has been the light of our lives since she was born. She brings so much happiness into our home with her kindness and gentleness. She is a real life Disney princess.

She had already told me she didn't want a birthday party and she would like to travel instead. We were planning on going to New York and Boston, but I guess I should had planned this trip a year ago because finding flights, hotels, and tickets to famous attractions was HARD. Everything was sold out and flights were doubled the price. And that was my lesson to never plan a trip around school break. 

The last straw was the US government shutdown. Because of that many agencies funded by the government were shutting down, such nationals parks and Statue of Liberty in NYC. We didn't want to risk traveling all the way there to not being able to visit the Statue of Liberty.

Unfortunately, it felt like everything was pointing us to stay home. Even the girls were not on their best behavior. So we decided to plan this trip to the near future. But of course I still wanted to do something special for Giovi's 15th birthday. I told her that since she didn't want a party we could just make our traditional Halloween dinner a little bigger this year and invite the Matutes and Britos which she agreed.

We used the clubhouse and I bought black chair covers and table cloths. Then I added gold and burgundy to the decoration. I also bought bleeding taper candles, flowers, and black crows for the tables. Everything turned out so pretty and classy.

I cooked chicken alfredo pasta with yellow and orange peppers, French baguettes, and salad. After dinner everyone shared one word to define Giovi. It was beautiful and very emotional for me. Then we sang happy birthday and ate cake while seeing pictures of baby Giovanna.

I baked and frosted Giovi's cake and it only took me four days lol. But it turned out really good and delicious! The first layer I made vanilla and dulce de leche and the second layer I made chocolate with coconut.

Thank you all for coming, for showing our sweet Giovi your love, and for always being there.

Happy birthday beautiful girl. We love you more than words can express.