Welcome 30's!!

Wednesday, January 13th, I turned 30!

I have always said that I didn't mind getting older, and as a child I could not wait to grow up and do many of the things I am doing in life...having a family, a job, freedom (which is ironically limited when you have two small children). However, as my birthday approached I found myself feeling like I should be doing something major to celebrate this milestone birthday. I started feeling down and slightly anxious for my big day with no major plans....that I knew of anyways! I first found out that my Dad and Denise were coming into town to take us out to dinner and celebrate with us. I was also given gifts from each of the kids, chosen by them. Hudson told Brian that he wanted to get me "yammies" (as he says) because he loves pajamas. Madison gave me a gift bag full of my favorite candy and a gift card to the movies. She wanted to take me to the movies and pay with the gift card herself. Today we went to see the Princess and the Frog, and had a great afternoon just spent with the two of us. It was perfect! Then Brian gave me a poem to read out loud at dinner. In the poem it first stated that he, my Dad and Denise and Renee and Stu, and our Dentist friend Jimmy, were all going to help chip in to whiten/fix a front tooth that was damaged and discolored by a childhood accident and root canal. Brian not only arranged a trip to Orlando to fix my tooth next weekend, but he coordinated with a group of my closest friends to meet there as well to have a birthday celebration/girls weekend with them!! It was a truly wonderful and needed surprise. All week I was saying that I wished my friends could be here to celebrate with me, and now we will all be gathering in Orlando to do so! They even thought I was on to the surprise, but I honestly had no clue all of that was planned.
After dinner we all came back to the house and ate cake. I put on my new "yammies" and was happy to be celebrating my birthday with family. It ended up being a special day full of unexpected surprises!
Looking forward to next weekend!

Below are pictures from our evening.