My 30th Birthday

The morning of my birthday, we woke up really early, I mean really early, like 1:40am. Mason had a bad dream and was calling and crying for us, so Adam went into his room to calm him down. He never returned to our room. That usually means that either Mason didn't fall back asleep or that Adam fell asleep before Mason. Mason did eventually go back to sleep, but I'm not sure who fell back asleep first.

I finally got out of bed around 6:30am and went into Mason's room to find him playing, while Adam laid in his bed. I was informed that Mason was fully awake for the morning around 4:45am and didn't want to go back to sleep. Luckily, he played quietly and didn't wake up his sister.

The kids and Adam gave me the sweetest cards. Mason even told me Happy Birthday before he began asking for breakfast. Not a bad start to the day, besides the early wake up call.

We didn't really have anything planned that day, and I needed to get some errands done. Unfortunately, Mason fell asleep in the car, which is not a good thing. When he eventually wakes up or if he has to be woken up, it is not a pretty sight. When he eventually woke up after a 20 minute snooze, he was extra grouchy. It didn't help that he woke up extremely early this morning. I knew he was tired and we tried to get home as soon as he woke up, but that wasn't fast enough for him. By the time we got home, both kids were in tears, and I wasn't far off.

Taylor took her nap, but of course, Mason wouldn't have anything to do with his nap. I was beginning to get super stressed and new that the only thing that would help would be for me to take a nap. It didn't really help, but I was determined that the afternoon would turn out better. Little did I know, it would be worse.

Our friends, Ray & Marissa, offered to watch Mason & Taylor so that we could go out to dinner for my birthday. I was trying to get ready, when Mason had the fifth meltdown of the day. At this point, I told Adam I didn't even want to go out, because I didn't feel like celebrating. However, he insisted, so I tried to finish getting ready, since we were already running behind. I hate being late.

We dropped off the kids and headed to our favorite local steak restaurant, Tahoe Joe's. By the time we sat down to eat, my evening had started to turn around. Then Adam received a call from Ray letting him know that Mason was throwing a fit about going to sleep. Of course, I thought it was only fitting, especially given the day we had. Adam didn't even get to finish his meal.

So we left and headed back to Ray & Marissa's. I walked in the door and saw our friend Rick sitting on the couch. Then everyone else jumped out and yelled surprise. I was very shocked to say the least. I thought we would be celebrating our birthdays together, closer to Adam's birthday. We have such a busy month, that I didn't want plan anything since we had something going on every weekend.

So thank you to my husband and my friends for planning this special surprise for me. It was a great end to the day.

With my girls

(left to right) Jayme, Katie, Marissa, Me, Rachel, Nicole

Singing me Happy Birthday. I can't help but laugh that Luke's hand is on Ray's shoulder.

Playing Scrubles

With Adam