Add Another Candle

It's that time of year again, where I gain another number onto the years of my life, where my cake becomes a bigger fire hazard by adding on another candle and the fire dept makes their annual visit to keep the whole neighborhood from burning down! You know, I've always had a hard time eating my birthday cake. Just last year I went to the doctor's office with a birthday cake problem. "Doctor, I get heartburn every time I eat birthday cake." He simply said, "Next time, take off the candles." Makes sense I guess... Anyway, I was talking to my wife yesterday about my upcoming birthday and she said "I'm giving a 'surprised' birthday party for you." I was like, "A 'surprised' birthday party? What's that?" She replied, "That's where I invite a bunch of your friends, and if any of them come, I'll be surprised!" Oh man, isn't that just mean? Haha I knew she was totally kidding because I don't have any friends. Okay, sorry, I'm kidding about that too. But at least I'll remember to take off the candles this year!

All kidding aside, this birthday got here before I even realized it was coming. Kimi kept asking me what I wanted to do and I really had no ideas. So Saturday night we went to visit my Mom and Scotty for a while. We decided to go out for a little "Birthday Dinner" at Outback Steakhouse for a big ol' steak dinner. They let me get a 9oz center-cut filet which was soooo good. We decided we'd let Makenna spend the night at my mom's house (first night away from us since she was born!) so Kimi and I could go back home and head straight to bed to get some rest. Sleep was needed so bad that we slept for 10 hours; almost half the day! When we woke up, both of our backs were hurting and it took me a minute to realize why. We were both SO tired that we didn't even move during the night and our backs were stiff in the morning! Haha

We got up, went to eat breakfast/lunch at Abuelo's Mexican Restaraunt (YUM, Chicken Chimichanga with Queso sauce and mexican mashed potatoes!) and afterward went to see the movie "Cars". Very good movie, better than I expected. Right after the movie, I took Kimi to a dayspa so she could get her feet massaged and toenails painted nice and pretty. Easy on the wallet for such a joyful experience for her. We rushed off to Ann Taylor LOFT before they closed and was able to get Kimi two shirts and a pair of lined pants for about $50 (saved almost $100 with the sale!) right at closing time. She looks so good in her new clothes and I know she loves Ann Taylor because they look classy. Good stuff. :) Afterward, we grabbed Makenna, thanked my mom for watching her, and headed home to wrap up the wonderful weekend.

And when I woke up this morning, I received a card from my dear sweet Makenna before I left for work telling me what a wonderful daddy I am and wishing me a happy birthday. She's such a good daughter, isn't she? :) And when I did get to work, my office was decorated in birthday signs and one big balloon. How nice. And tonight, to wrap it all up (as far as I know, that 'surprised' birthday party thing Kimi was talking about isn't going to happen...), we're having a steak dinner at my dad's house! Man, I love steak on the grill. It's turning out to be a great birthday, even if I didn't realize it was happening so quickly. :)

Quick past birthday memory: I've been lucky to have had some great birthday's in the past. I've visited the White House in Washington DC, DisnyWorld in Orlando, and tanned on the beaches of Cancun. And just last year I was able to go to Hawaii with Kimi's family and it was such a blast! But this year, Makenna takes the prize for the best birthday present I've ever gotten. I know she came a little early but I couldn't have imagined anything better.

The last thing I want to share with you guys today is that Kimi and I are now going to be putting up videos on our YouTube.com account. Look to the right and click on the link "View Our Videos" to see what we have available publicly. I'll add some more but the ones of Makenna I am going to reserve to just showing on our blog here. As an example, I am including a video of the first time we had "Tummy Time" with Makenna to see if she could lift her head yet. You'll just have to watch the video to see!

We're so proud of Makenna! Hope you enjoyed the video!

God bless!
Jason

P.S. If you all want to, share with me what your favorite birthday was. Any absolutely crazy or hilarious stories? Please share! :)