It's My Birthday..

Note: My birthday was on Tuesday Nov. 15 but life was just too busy for me to post right away.

I just love birthday's! I not only enjoy celebrating my own but anyone else who is having one. It just is something about making someone feel special on their big day that I love. Personally, I think this goes back to my childhood. Growing up my mom always made our birthday a very special day. When we would come home from school we would always be greeted with tons of balloons and gifts waiting for us. We even had a balloon walker floating around our house.(Remember those balloons that have arms and legs and float around like people).  My mom would also have a personalized Happy Birthday banner hanging  above our fireplace to greet us.

This is not the exact banner but was just like this one. 

That same evening we were also able choose wherever we wanted to go for dinner. ( Which was always a nice treat since one of my brothers was a picky eater and we always seemed to eat at the same restaurants). Then, we would come home,open our gifts, eat our birthday cake and spend quality time with the family. These are memories that I dearly treasure and hope to continue with my own children in the future.

Now even in my adult years this tradition has continued. Except now, it's just a bit different. Different being good though. With my parents living 3 hours away I now have to wait to celebrate with them on the weekend.  My husband however, has taken over my mom's job of making sure that I am fully greeted with gifts, cake, and the restaurant of my choice. So, needless to say my birthday has now become a birthweek! Which I'm not complaining about :)

This year I had another wonderful birthday. I woke up to my husband making me a homemade breakfast. Then, to my surprise I got two flower arrangements delivered to my classroom. One was from my parents and the other from my brother Brandon and sister-in-law Anne.

The beautiful flowers from my parents

The gorgeous flowers I received from my brother and sister-in-law.

I had not told my students it was my birthday because I did not want to reveal that I was actually 29. However, they realized it was my birthday when they saw the flowers. One thing about high school kids is that they love to do anything to not take notes or do their classwork.  Which on this day, every class was distracted discussing my age and then singing "Happy Birthday"  to me.

When I got home from work I had another nice surprise waiting for me. Will had a gift bag hanging on the front door with all my gifts inside. He gave me a sweet card signed by him and Lilly saying how much they are excited about our new chapter in our lives and such (don't want to get too personal :). I also got a prenatal massage and facial which was scheduled for the next day after work at Pure Spa. Let me tell you, being 7 1/2 months pregnant and carrying an extra 15 pounds this was the best gift a girl could get!

Pure Spa in Roanoke, Virginia

I think I see another one of these in my future before Harper's arrival.

The last thing I received was my favorite chocolate covered potato chips and truffles from a local candy store, Chocolate Paper.

Absolutely love Chocolate Paper!!

Then, to finish the night we went to my favorite Italian restaurant Norberto's  in the beautiful Grandin Village area of our town and enjoyed a nice relaxing evening.  

Norberto's Italian Restaurant in Grandin Village

Needless to say, this was a perfect way to start year 29!