Queen Mom & Princess Shantel: SWEET 16

So, how do you celebrate your 16th Birthday when you're a patient at Duke Children's Hospital?
Well, with a very fun Karaoke party of course!!!

Shantel's Birthday is on Nov. 11th so we had her party this past Saturday in the lobby of the Children's Health Center. Our theme was music and fun......and did we ever have both!!!!

Mr. Skid is a professional Karaoke man. He was just AWESOME!!! Mr. Skid does karaoke every Thursday night on the children's unit. He has this incredible mixer and interacts with the crowd with singing himself. I think Shantel is his biggest fan! She loves Thursday night Karaoke and Mr. Skid knows what she sings and has it already cued up. Thank you Mr. Skid for being a part of Shantel's special day!

Now I have to tell you about Spencer. He works in Radiology. Spencer was like our Master of Ceremony. All I can say is he is the most hilarious, funny, energetic, fun, happy, creative, entertaining person I have ever met!!! Thank you Spencer for getting everyone in the party spirit!

You may be wondering about the three cakes. They each have a story. The middle cake is Shantel's and we put a picture of her being silly at home playing her guitar and dancing around. The cake on the right is her "babies" cake. Shantel had only lived with us for about 6 weeks before her 13th Birthday. One of the things we did for Shantel when she came to live with us was to think of something that was special and just hers. We came up with going to Build A Bear on each birthday. So her bears have the same birthday as she does. The cake on the left is Molly's, Shantel's dog. Molly we rescued so we don't know her age so we guessed with the help of our Vet. Molly turns 3, and you guessed it, her birthday is on Nov. 11th. So three cakes is our tradition.

Here are some pictures of our sweet girls 16th special day. Thank you all for making it so very, very special!!!