Happy Birthday to Me!!!

I celebrated my 30th birthday 2 weeks ago. I had been "hinting" strongly to Beau for about 10 years that I really wanted to do something special (aka: a party) for my 30th birthday. He never gave me any kind of idea that he was going to do anything though unless you count all the vague lies!
About a month before my birthday we got our request to pick the date for our next Baylor theater night. The play happened to be showing the weekend of my birthday. I told Beau we could go Friday night or Saturday night (Saturday was my actual birthday). He told me he wasn't sure but he knew we couldn't do Friday night because he had something, but couldn't remember what it was. Lie #1. Well a few days later I got another email notice and a voicemail. I texted Beau and said he had to tell me which night. He told me Saturday night which really seemed weird. But I booked the tickets anyway.
Skip forward a few weeks. Friday morning the 2nd I said to at least tell me if I needed to cook dinner. He said he wasn't sure. Oh my...I started getting upset. Every time I asked him anything he told me another lie. I knew he was lying because he's no good at it and I knew there was some kind of party (a family member who shall remain nameless gave it away a little bit) but had no idea when or where it was.
I kept myself occupied, though, by straightening up the house (since I wasn't sure if I was going to have company or not). But by 5:30 I was getting really upset. The kids and I were hungry, Beau kept telling me not to cook dinner and he was still outside working in the yard!
I was sitting in my bedroom trying to occupy myself with facebook when I see Beau come in thru the laundry room door - straight ahead of where I was sitting. But I noticed he left the door open, which is a big no-no because the cat will get in. Right about the time I started to ask why he left the door open I see it slowly shut from the outside on its own. Hmmm....then I see a figure quickly come thru the door and "sneak" into the kitchen. I now knew something was up. I walked around into the kitchen and heard Beau say to the kids, in the living room, "What's going on here?!" So I walked into the living room and there is Aimee!



It was a little awkward because we saw each other right by the dining room table but couldn't get around it because Beau was on the other side with the camera. I was really shocked though!! Aimee has never been able to come see me by herself! I love her family, but I love girl time even more!!!

She told me to grab a few things and we were going to dinner...by. our. selves!! We left Beau and the kids and went to dinner. After dinner I told her I wanted to go get ice cream, but she told me we had to make a stop first. She insisted on driving my car and pulled out her google maps and started driving.

We ended up at my sweet friend, Erica's...and Lori Anne was there too!! 3 of my closest girlfriends all in one room!! I was just missing Mandy, but I had talked to her for a long time that day and knew she was feeling pretty pukey - she's in her first trimester. I filled the girls in on all the lies of the day and while I was talking away in walked Mandy!!! Yay!! What a wonderful surprise! We talked, laughed, played games, laughed, and laughed a bunch more till 1 am!! It was the BEST birthday present! Aimee, Mandy and I headed back to my house and went to bed. But I was so happy it took me a LONG time to calm down and go to sleep.

The next morning Lori Anne brought us some amazing cinnamon rolls and kolaches for breakfast.

Later, we left Beau and the kids again and headed out for some more girl time. We went to a couple kid-unfriendly boutiques and had some great pizza. Mandy had to leave later that afternoon, but Aimee said she could stay a while longer. She reminded me I needed to take another belly shot so we headed outside. She took the belly shot from my last post, then asked if we could take a self portrait.



Of course I couldn't be too serious...

It never gets old...

Then I promised her I would take a good pic...






Oh well...

I love Aimee trying to be a smart-elek. The worst she can do is stick out her tongue...ha!

About the time I thought Aimee needed to leave she started going off and making secret phone calls. Beau had been gone for a few hours on an errand that should have only taken about 30 mins. I figured something else was up so I just went with it. A few minutes later people started showing up! Beau came in with a ton of my favorite Greek food and we had a wonderful dinner with some of my most favorite people. None of by siblings or in-laws could make it, but I got a lot of phone calls and had a great time, though I missed them!

It was great...Beau (and Aimee) did a great job planning!

I found out later, Beau said when I started asking so many questions he came up with the strategy to just tell me a different lie every time. Not a good idea to continually lie to a pregnant woman...especially when you're no good at it! Ha! What a great birthday!