Forever 29

The birthday celebrations have finally come to an end (Camie and I always like to see how long we can drag them out!) and now life must go on without anymore birthday cake or GNO. I had a great birthday. I told Mike that I really wanted PF Changs for my birthday dinner, so we made the trip to Omaha and the Meikle's were kind enough to join us (is it the picture, or are our heads that much bigger than theirs?). We had a great time and completed the evening with The Great Wall of Chocolate, a first for me! My actual birthday was dreamy! Mike was home all day long, with no church meetings at all! I took my first Sunday afternoon nap in years and didn't change a diaper all day long! Can you believe it? Mike was a gem!

Mike let Andrew pick out a gift for me in the dollar spot at Target. He was so excited about the idea and I'm now the proud new owner of a plastic cup with whales and sea horses on it.

As I was typing this blog yesterday afternoon, the mailman rang our doorbell with one last birthday gift! My sister Rachael sent me the best gift...a pair of used earrings! This may sound totally silly, but Rachael owns a pair of earrings that I have been in love with for the last two years (she's in love with them too!). We have both looked relentlessly for them in stores and online, but have come up empty handed. I called Rachael screaming and laughing and asked her where she finally found them. She replied, "They're mine, but I'm giving them to you." That's my sister Rachael. She wore them every day the week before she mailed them to me and said she got so many compliments. Her response to those compliments was, "Thanks, I'm about to give them to my sister!" She said most people looked at her so funny, like, "Really, you can't buy her a new pair of earrings?" But one lady got it and got all sappy about two sister loving the same pair of earrings. I loved these earrings before, but now I love them even more!