A Wonderful 30th Birthday!

For some reason I forgot to tell how my 30th birthday started off, a precursor to the rest of my great day! A good friend of mine sent me a lovely gift on Friday, a Willow Tree sculpture entitled "Happiness". It sits in my windowsill over the kitchen sink so I can look at it ALL day long! Thank you again! I love it! On Saturday I woke up earlier than I wanted to, but that's to be expected with a baby in the house. But my husband did convince me to go back to bed for an hour plus! Finally some much needed sleep. Then he (and Tennyson) woke me up with breakfast in bed, including my husband's amazing, made-from-scratch hashbrowns! He also bought me the new, live Josh Groban cd/dvd! I was oh so excited about that! Then in the afternoon we headed to the park for my birthday cookout.......

I have officially left behind the 20s and ventured in to a new decade! That's right, yesterday I turned 30! My family had such a beautiful birthday party for me at the park, and the weather could not have been better! It was the most wonderful birthday I've ever had and I wouldn't change any of it (except to have those family members and close friends that weren't there to share in my special day). Any party with fried chicken and southern sweet tea has got to be good! And my mother spent all morning making my favorite cake, German Chocolate! Too amazing for words!

I received lots of sweet and funny cards, a cookbook and a beautiful necklace from my parents, a spa gift certificate, that I am sure won't stay with me long, and a little plaque with my favorite scripture verse. But, I have to say, the most exciting gift I received was a new lens for my camera from my whole family! I can not wait to learn how to use it, which will be even easier since they also purchased a manual and a UV filter lens to go with it! Thank you! THANK YOU!

So far 30 feels just like 29. I just felt so loved and blessed yesterday having some of the most important people in my life around me on my birthday, especially my incredible husband and our sweet boy. I always wanted to have a baby by 30, so I just feel so fulfilled and overwhelmed with joy to have Tennyson in my life.

Thank you everyone who helped to make my birthday so memorable! I love you!!!

Click on the slideshow to see more photos of the day, including lots of Tennyson, of course!