a happy birthday.

so, here's the thing about birthdays... i feel so fortunate every other day of the year, that it's not a huge deal to me to have a lot of hoopla and fan fare on the actual day (i may be singing a different tune at a milestone birthday again... so don't quote me on it). but i wanted to share a really enjoyable birthday weekend with you...

i was feeling under the weather on thursday and friday, so saturday was more of a rest and recovery day than a day to party. but p and i had such a good day together just to two (three) of us, hanging out and spending some time together. i was in my sweats most of the day... and p took the day off work, so there was no pressure or anywhere for us to be (thanks nk!). we relaxed, spent time, watched football and just enjoyed the company. it was really, really nice.

sunday afternoon grandmama fongo prepared a feast of food - lasagna, salad, toasty bread, and MILLION dollar cake (i'll have to get the recipe from her so i can post it up here. it's delicious). and d put together the cute, but MANLY, workbench for baby that received for christmas from grandmama and grandpapa fongo. it's adorable... it's got a working vice, a drill, a saw, and even a phone! come over and try it out some time...

here's that millon dollar cake...

and the best part about it all, is that p's birthday is just 10 days after mine! so we get a full 10 days of birthday hanging out every year.