today is my smoking hot husband's birthday. He got home late from a business trip and crawled into bed long after I had fallen asleep. But soon a scared little girl came upstairs to see me, discovered him and instantly attached herself to him. Then another little girl woke up shortly after that, pattered into our room and also insisted on cuddling him. So I slept rather well actually. But I'm afraid daddy could hardly move since he was pinned on each side by a cuddly little girl.
The girls woke up around their usual time and immediately pounced on him with birthday hugs and kisses which continued throughout a pancake breakfast. (someday my girls will be shocked to learn that most people actually don't put chocolate chips in their pancakes. sad but true.) Eventually daddy had to go to work. Despite this Butterfly insisted on having a birthday tea party this morning and kept asking for me to go get daddy for the party. I tried to tell her he was working and she was pretty upset, arguing sadly "but it's his birthday!"
So to celebrate, we helped take lunch to his office and celebrate with his friends there with sandwiches and root beer floats. Unfortunately he has scout meetings tonight so the rest of our celebrating will have to wait for another day.
One of my favorites of his birthdays was his 25th. I planned a surprise party with many family and friends in attendance and was thrilled that we actually pulled it off. He pulled into our driveway and was genuinely surprised to see the backyard full of people. For his cake, I had made a gray, round cake and decorated it like a quarter (for his quarter century birthday). For a gift, I picked out a dual weave climbing rope (when I had gone to the store, the salesperson looked skeptically at the high heels and skirt I had worn to work and suggested I didn't know what I was talking about. I suggested he shouldn't stereotype.) I was thrilled that we were able to pull the party off as a surprise and got to have so many family and friends with us.
Another most memorable of his birthdays was his 26th. His birthday fell on Mother's Day and also happened to be the day we were able to bless our first daughter. It was a wonderful and memorable experience for us all as he was able to officially give her a name and a blessing, which is a sacred ordinance in our church. After church we enjoyed another backyard bbq celebrating baby's blessing, Mother's Day and his birthday.
So today is his birthday and off to a good start, but presents and cake may have to wait until the weekend. I teased him I'd have to go to Costco to start buying candles in bulk. And for presents, I apologized once that I always give him sports stuff or tools. He laughed and said that's because I'm awesome. Sometimes it's just a hard guess of what he would actually want. But being as wonderful and gracious as he is, he's pretty easy to please.
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