Saturday, May 9, 2009

Best Birthday Ever

Yesterday I turned 25! It was a great birthday. Jake and I went out to dinner at my favorite celebration restaurant (meaning we only go there for special occasions because it's so stinkin; expensive!) Cheesecake Factory. It was as tasty as ever-and super fast. We had an appetizer, main dish, and dessert (cheesecake, of course!) and we were done in 45 minutes! Since it's in the mall, Jake's parents met us there and took both the kids for us-that way if Leah needed me, I'd be close. But both of them did just fine (heck, we were only away from them for 45 minutes!) and we had a great date together. Jake bought me some new glass liquid measuring cups and more cookie sheets (just what I asked for!) and this book:

I LOVE it! I'm pretty sure some of you in Jake's family already have this book and I could have just borrowed it, but I'm so glad I have my own because I want to make every cupcake in it! I highly recommend it to anyone who likes to make cute, easy cupcakes. Jake's family celebrated my birthday last weekend and I got some cash from Jake's parents and lots of fun cards. We are going out with my family tonight for my birthday and for Mother's Day. As much as I love the gifts Jake gave me, my favorite gift was from my kids-with no help from Jake. Really! We were all sitting in bed and I was holding Leah on my lap, sitting her up and she was facing Isaac. He found that quite funny and was just sitting there 6 inches from her facing laughing his little head off. She kept smiling at him and that just added to his laughter. And then....Leah giggled!! For the first time! It was the best birthday gift ever! We tried to get her to do it again on video, but with no luck. Ahh, my kids make me so happy and so grateful to be a Mommy. Happy Birthday to me!

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