My Birthday
Once I hit 25, I thought that birthdays were supposed to become pretty anti-climatic. Nothing much to look forward to except getting old, right?
Except on my 26th birthday, I found out I was pregnant with Harrison. Kind of the opposite of anti-climatic if you ask me. I'm pretty sure no other birthday I have will ever top that year and the huge news I was surprised with. And then my 27th birthday came and was also wonderful as I was all swept up in the bliss of a having a sweet little newborn. I never thought that one year later I would be turning 28...while 28 weeks pregnant with baby #2! I've definitely learned that life after the 25 mark is still pretty darn interesting. Sure, I'm getting old(er), but there is still pleeeenty to look forward to!
Today was such a nice day. I kept getting text after text of well wishes and I kept thinking, how in the world do all these people know or remember that it's my birthday? And then I remembered Facebook. Ahhh, Facebook. I came home this afternoon to an inbox full of wall posts and emails and my dear friends Tienna and Katie even wrote sweet blog posts about me! I have felt so special and loved on all day, I'm telling you. What did we ever do before all this great technology? :)
My hubby has done his part to make me feel special as well. I woke up to a big bouquet of flowers (b/c he just had to top Harrison's bouquet that was delivered on Monday - sweet, right?!), a warm and delicious breakfast, and a fully packed and loaded car for the fun day we had planned. He took the day off from work and it was so great to spend the day together as a family. I'm especially sentimental lately because I know how short the days are getting before we are no longer a family of 3 and I'm trying to savor our quality time with Harrison before the next fun and exciting chapter begins.
Speaking of technology and chapters, check out my birthday gift! I am usually way behind the times when it comes to embracing gadgets (I still don't even own an iPod, *gasp*), but I am really stoked about the Kindle. I thought I wouldn't like making the switch from the glorious smell and feel of the fresh pages of a good old fashioned book, but after playing with this for a while I really think I'm going to love it. I like that I can carry it with me everywhere and I also love the idea of having all of my highlighted notes in one place. Now maybe I will actually be more inclined to finish the books I'm reading so I can finally start on the ones I have on my to-read list!
It was a gorgeous morning and we packed a nice picnic lunch. We were a little worried that Harrison would want no part in staying put on a blanket, but luckily for us the key to that boy's heart is food. Once we broke out the grub, he wasn't going anywhere.
We tried to get a good picture of the three of us, but when we pried him away from the food the only way to crack a smile out of this little boy was to resort to the tickle method. Which didn't really get us any "smile" pictures, but I kind of think the "laugh" pictures are even better.
Except on my 26th birthday, I found out I was pregnant with Harrison. Kind of the opposite of anti-climatic if you ask me. I'm pretty sure no other birthday I have will ever top that year and the huge news I was surprised with. And then my 27th birthday came and was also wonderful as I was all swept up in the bliss of a having a sweet little newborn. I never thought that one year later I would be turning 28...while 28 weeks pregnant with baby #2! I've definitely learned that life after the 25 mark is still pretty darn interesting. Sure, I'm getting old(er), but there is still pleeeenty to look forward to!
Today was such a nice day. I kept getting text after text of well wishes and I kept thinking, how in the world do all these people know or remember that it's my birthday? And then I remembered Facebook. Ahhh, Facebook. I came home this afternoon to an inbox full of wall posts and emails and my dear friends Tienna and Katie even wrote sweet blog posts about me! I have felt so special and loved on all day, I'm telling you. What did we ever do before all this great technology? :)
My hubby has done his part to make me feel special as well. I woke up to a big bouquet of flowers (b/c he just had to top Harrison's bouquet that was delivered on Monday - sweet, right?!), a warm and delicious breakfast, and a fully packed and loaded car for the fun day we had planned. He took the day off from work and it was so great to spend the day together as a family. I'm especially sentimental lately because I know how short the days are getting before we are no longer a family of 3 and I'm trying to savor our quality time with Harrison before the next fun and exciting chapter begins.
Speaking of technology and chapters, check out my birthday gift! I am usually way behind the times when it comes to embracing gadgets (I still don't even own an iPod, *gasp*), but I am really stoked about the Kindle. I thought I wouldn't like making the switch from the glorious smell and feel of the fresh pages of a good old fashioned book, but after playing with this for a while I really think I'm going to love it. I like that I can carry it with me everywhere and I also love the idea of having all of my highlighted notes in one place. Now maybe I will actually be more inclined to finish the books I'm reading so I can finally start on the ones I have on my to-read list!
We spent the morning at the zoo and we had such a blast! We took Harrison last year on my birthday as well, but obviously at 3 months he wasn't too engaged. This year he loved it. I'm pretty sure he managed to bark out his little "woo-woo"s at every single exhibit since he seems to think every animal is a puppy. He was especially intrigued by the seal exhibit because they were playing with "ba"s (balls). And he dug the bat exhibit because there were "na-na"s (bananas) hanging from the ceiling. But I think his favorite were the monkeys. Because, well, I'm pretty sure he thinks he's one of them.
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| Whoa! Check out my friend over there! |
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| Uh, Mom? Why aren't you yelling at HIM for climbing and jumping on everything? |
Here he was last year:
And this year:
I still can't believe how big he's gotten!
Here are a few more pictures we took throughout the morning:
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| Me & the love of my life |
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| Me & my favorite boys |
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| Baby's first carousel ride |
It was a gorgeous morning and we packed a nice picnic lunch. We were a little worried that Harrison would want no part in staying put on a blanket, but luckily for us the key to that boy's heart is food. Once we broke out the grub, he wasn't going anywhere.
We tried to get a good picture of the three of us, but when we pried him away from the food the only way to crack a smile out of this little boy was to resort to the tickle method. Which didn't really get us any "smile" pictures, but I kind of think the "laugh" pictures are even better.
I really did have such a good day. I have a sneaky suspicion that I'm going to fall asleep tonight with a big, fat, grateful smile on my face!
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