Weekend of Birthday

The weekend is over and Ben is now into his first week of being a 30 year old. I have to say that we have celebrated well. Beginning with Hawaii, then his family coming in for the weekend, dinner in the West Village at MAS Farmhouse (where the Obamas ate), surprise party in Tribeca at Silver Lining, walking through Central Park, and finishing with homemade carrot cake and blueberry pie! It has been so much fun. I wish we could have birthdays every week!

We had a wonderful experience at MAS and would suggest you go and do the 3 course tasting menu or just let the chef pick for you!

 Incredible chocolate goodness

 Such a pretty day in the park

Happy 30th!

We're back from Hawaii and it was one of the best vacations ever taken! I can't say enough good things about Kapalua. However, I'll get to the trip next week since today is a very important day. It's Ben's 30th birthday!! That's right, I'm married to an older man. He's no longer in his wild and crazy twenties but now in his responsible thirties and about to be a father. And a great father I know he'll be. I hope you're having the best birthday to date my love and I can't wait to spend the next 70 with you! Happy Birthday!!!

Wondrous Weekend

I'll be celebrating the weekend with lots of these!!! (I might have started on Wednesday night)

I hope y'all have a great weekend!

Dinner and Shipping

A follow up to yesterday's birthday dinner post - we had the dinner and thoroughly enjoyed every bite! Not to mention the incredible view. It was all that people said it would be. The food, the ambiance, the service - just right! It was definitely an experience and a great memory for the books. Here's a little overview through pics, although they are nigh-time iphone pics so just take that as a blurry warning.

On another note, did you hear about the FREE SHIPPING Mother's Day Sale?! Get your mom something to show her how much you love her fast! Or, Moms out there pick something out and send it to your son,daughter, husband, etc. Speaking of which, my mom gets in town later this morning!! Hope yall have a great day!

My Birthday Boy

Today is Hubs' birthday!!!! It's his last year in his twenties. So we'll have to live this year to the fullest (not that we won't be doing that every year.) How are we going to celebrate you ask? We're going to a place right across the Brooklyn Bridge called River Cafe. We tried to get in back during Christmas but it was booked for a solid month. We've heard fantastic things about the restaurant. Besides the food, the views of the city's skyline are suppose to be amazing! This will be the first time since back when we were dating that we really "did up" one of our birthdays. And of course there is no one I'd rather "do it up" with than Hubs! Happy Birthday to the most incredible guy I know. I can't wait to spend all your other birthdays with you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Birthday Love

Like I said at the beginning of this month - this is a month of very special birthdays. Today is my Mom-in-laws birthday! She is such a fun woman and great M-i-L. She has a great sense of humor which always makes traveling to their house fun. And she has a great sense of fashion which makes shopping with her amazing. She also loves her family well! (Not to mention she raised a pretty awesome son!)

Happy happy birthday, Sally! We love you!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Birthday Wishes

Today is my sister's birthday! I am so thankful that God decided to send me into the Spencer family not only because I have incredible parents but also because I have such an awesome cool older sister! Granted while we were growing up she bossed me, little drama queen, around until she couldn't boss me anymore. But after that stage we became best friends. She's one of the most fun persons to be with because she has such a great outlook on life and is always up for anything and everything. She's always happy in a very genuine way and always "real." Her laugh is absolutely contagious. I hate how far away we live from each other and miss her so much! Happy 31st birthday sis!!! I love you!

Some old pics

Did I mention that I put even more pieces up on the website?!

Gonna Miss Them!

Man am I going to miss my Chapel Hill girls!! Last night we got together for some wine, baked goods and chit chat. It was great as always! They even made some amazing cookies and pound cake slices. Did I mention that they put candles in the slices and sang Happy Birthday to me?! They're so sweet and I'm seriously going to miss them so much! We have more than a surface level relationship and we know each others hearts... which is nice since we're going to be living all over the country. We'll be able to pick up where we left off no matter how long it's been since we've seen each other.

On a different note, Hubby surprised me by sending me to get a mani and pedi today for my bday and then I another dinner surprise is coming tonight!!! I'll fill you in on what happens tomorrow! I can't wait to find out what he's planned!!

This is what I would like to do today with my little guy in the pic! Spencer is just so darn cute!

This cake reminded me of one that my mom made when I was little

Happy Birthday Little Bud

It's our little buds birthday today! It's crazy to think that this time last year I had had my bags packed for 2 weeks waiting for Sis' call saying she was in labor so I could jump in the car and make the 9 hour drive to meet our new nephew. The text message came around 9:30 am and I met the little bud around 10 that night. He has completely changed our family's world! He was such an adventurous little boy from the beginning and his adventures have just continued to grow. It's been so fun to see his personality come through, and boy does he have a personality! He is the happiest baby I've ever known (which is a complete 180 from the first month or so of his colicky life.) I can't wait to see he and his cousins play together! I can only imagine how fun they're going to be. :) Happy Birthday Little Bud!!! We love you very much! ( Warning, there are a year's worth of pics below)

From the very beginning...

Meeting in the hospital

Arrived home and a bit confused

Dad is so comfy

3 months later and still like sleeping on chests

4 months and still loves the football hold

Teething on the cup

ribbit ribbit (6 months)

7 months and meeting Great Grandpa!

7 months and already playing golf with dad

9 months and loves pulling out everything in cabinets

10 months playing in the dirt, a regular pastime

Partaay!!!

Doesn't this just melt your heart?! It does mine but I'm also his Aunt so I'm a bit biased. We got this adorable invite in the mail when we returned home from our overwhelming NYC trip. I can't believe this little guy is already turning 1!!! Time flies (after the first crying month) haha Seriously though, little Spencer has changed our family's world. His bday is actually next week but his little party is this weekend. I am absolutely devastated that Hubby and I can't attend. I have searched and searched for affordable plane tickets but it seems there are none to be found! If anyone has a ticket for this weekend and wants to trade it for jewelry - I'm game! :) I can only imagine how fun and cute this party is going to be... lots of hide and seek, playing in the dirt, walking with hands in the air and chasing chunky little thighs. I hope that Sis takes lots of video and pics and then actually puts them up on their blog!!! (Yes, I believe that was a public call-out of a much needed blog update sis.) I can't wait to hear about their fun 1 year old party!

Thankful:

Skype

Happy Birthday!

It is my sister's birthday today and wanted to wish her a Happy Birthday on as many places as I can! I hope it is great!