The big 3-2

On June 6 - I turned the big 3-2. Long gone are the birth "months" or even birth"weeks" but times are even better now that I get to celebrate my special day with my 3 favorite people!

When I got home from work - I had presents from David and the kids. Some of these presents included special "re-gifts" from my sweet Andrew. He found random things around the house and put them in gift bags for me. One of my favorite moments was following the opening of gifts when Andrew exclaimed, "BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!" So he took me to his room where he pondered what that last gift was... he finally pointed out a piggy bank on his shelf that his coin collection had outgrown. Such a thoughtful guy ;o)

Below are some pictures from my special evening following our dinner at Outback:

Alyssa getting ready to continue the party (note the bowl in front of her...she has already eaten 2 containers of food, 1/2 a loaf of bread at Outback AND chewed on rib bones while we finished our meal!) Jiminy!

Before we got into the cake, she let us put her in her "Rainbow Mobile" so we could do our cake festivities... Note the shirt reads how awesome her Mommy is...hehe!

Andrew helping David place the candles...they seemed to enjoy counting the 32 candles out and taking their time as though I am SOOOOO old now ;o)

Before the housefire begins....

WOW! That's a lot of candles!

I needed my special helper on this part!

My sweet boy smiling at me... And here you can kind of see the heart pendant Andrew picked out for me around the "temporary necklace chain" on my neck. I'm currently working on putting it on a chain of decorative beads. But he insisted I wear the necklace to dinner...and when I forgot to wear it to work the next day...he insisted David bring him by my work on the way to school so that he could give it to me to wear since I "forgot it" at home that morning!

Alyssa wearing my party hat that Andrew picked out for me... Even with her jammies on she is still in party mode! :)

Thanks to my family for a wonderful & special 32nd birthday! I LOVE YOU!!!