The Big "29"!!!

So I'm another year closer to 30! WooHoo!! I hear it's not as bad as people expect it to be though so I'm not worried! :) I woke up this morning, got Jocelyn changed and dressed and then headed downstairs to get Aubrey ready for school. She surprised me with a few homemade gifts for my Birthday. It was so sweet. One of the homemade gifts was a poem she wrote to me and this is what it said:

Mothers are so sweet

And Mothers are so neat.

I love my Mother very much...

She is a Mother you can't defeat!

Mothers are so loving

With a kind and special heart.

Nothing in the world

Can pull us apart!

I love my Mother very much!

So no one even touch.

Can't you see we are a happy bunch.

If you stop us I will make you go crunch!

Love, Aubrey

I love how she made it rhyme and I had to hold back the laughter so I didn't make her feel bad when I read the end of the poem with "if you stop us I will make you go crunch!" She also surprised me by making her own lunch for school so I wouldn't have to do it. It may sound small, but it was a gift I truly appreciated. A break for a day??? :) What a treat!

For lunch, Jocelyn and I met up with some girl friends of mine for lunch at Red Robin. Of course I didn't know that one of my friends told the waitress that it was my Birthday so I ended up getting sung to. At least I didn't have to stand up on my chair or anything embarrassing! I had a great time though. And I had forgotten that they have balloons there. Jocelyn insisted on having one the minute we walked into the restaurant. That one balloon was her source of entertainment for the next day and a half. I kid you not! :) She even cried when she had to go to bed without the balloon.

My birthday also ended up being a great day because John was finally able to come back home from being away for work in North Carolina for 7 weeks (besides Easter weekend). About an hour after I returned home from being out at lunch, I hear the front door opening. I couldn't believe it because I talked to him earlier and he said he was still a ways away. He sure did trick me on that one! I didn't mind though. It was so nice to have him back home again. We all really missed him.

And to top off my Birthday and to make it an even MORE exciting day for me, my doctor called and confirmed my suspicions: I'M PREGNANT with baby #3! :) Of course when we shared the news with the girls, (Jocelyn's a little too young still to understand) Aubrey first reacted by saying "Are you kidding?" with a huge smile on her face. You could tell she was happy once the news settled in after a few minutes. I'm still pretty early in the pregnancy but I decided to share the news with all of our family and close friends and then I'll share the news with others when I'm comfortable or around the time I start showing. I have my first doctor's appointment in May and then I should find out how far a long I am. Right now, besides feeling tired a lot, I'm doing great. John and I just couldn't be happier to add one more little one to our sweet family!

Thank you to all of my friends and family for making my Birthday a day to remember! Love you all! :)