Birthday Bliss

With family trips and having summer birthdays for the Hubby and I we have had a very full summer. The birthdays came and we did a pretty good job celebrating each other's existence. A big THANK YOU to our Mothers who are the real Hero's of birthday's. They are also those that are the most forgotten but we want to let you know that we are so grateful for nine months of growth in your bellies, the hours of labor and recovery. We hope that you truly have recovered by now.

The Hubby's birthday comes first even though I am almost one year older. We celebrated the way he wanted to with a relaxing day off of work. Birthday Waffles in the morning, what better way to start the day. Quickly fallowed by presents. I know many of you won't believe this but he did wait (or should I say HAD to wait) till his birthday DAY to open any gifts. This has been an issue in the past. Playing nerdy games and napes followed throughout the day. We had arranged for a baby sitter for the lil'one so that we could hit a movie but that little guy got sick and so we stayed in and rented a flick. (notice how that rhymed?)

Hubby had to go into work the morning of my birthday unexpectedly but hurried home to delight me with the best present in the history of the world. Yes, he took me hiking, just the two of us. A good friend watched the lil'one so we could have a little freedom. Yahoo! We live in such a beautiful area and this was our first adventure into the mountains. We tried to take some pictures but as you will see they did not turn out as well as we would have hoped. The hike was amazing and I can truly say that it was just what a new member of the 30 plus club needed.

An other good friend took me out to lunch and then watched the lil'guy while the Hubby and I finally made it to a movie. The new Batman movie. It was such a fun birthday and couldn't have been better even if I was turning 29 again. How says you can't have fun after 30. I have discovered it just gets better with age.

MONSOONS?!

So we new that the valley gets monsoons but we had no idea that they would hit us up here. When the first monsoon hit while the Hubby was home for lunch this is what we found when he was headed back to work this is what we found. Yes that would be the playground overflowing and draining on to the only path that leads to the parking lot.

So the Hubby changed out of his Shoes and socks, preparing to take on the building flood. I have never been so glad to live on the second floor. Look how deep it is already and he was only home for thirty minutes. Lovely!

Lil' guy was amazed by the rain and thought it quite funny to see his daddy winding his way through it. Can you say like father like son? (Its a foot thing)

Lil' guy loved playing in the rain and proceeded to get soaked to the bone. Nothing a warm bath couldn't fix. But it definitely was a Kodak moment.

Just look at these stink'en cute footprints.

Yahoo for the beloved rain. Since this flooding started, drains have been installed. lets hope they work.