Happy Birthday Mom!

Today we celebrated my 28th birthday!  Hard to believe how fast my 20's are starting to slip away! :(  I know it is so cliche, but having Cammie has made each year since go faster and faster!  She fills every day with so much love that we seem to pack them full and they go by so very fast.  Anyway....for my birthday all I wanted to do was spend the day with some of my favorite people.  We started the day with a trip to the zoo.  Chrissie and Ellie joined us for E's first trip to the zoo, along with Danielle, Luci and Riley.  We had a great day for the zoo and made sure to see all of C's favorite animals including the giraffes, elephants and monkeys.  I don't think I will ever forget that zoo trip as we saw the tortoises "hugging" and one of them burped on the other one...according to Riley.  :) 

Cheese!

C and her favorite animal...the giraffe...she is looking at them in amazement! :)

Love this picture of the two girls....holding hands while Luci points out the warthog to Cammie :)

Next we had to head to the vet to pick up Zoey's medicine.  I accidentally spilled all of Zoey's liquid medicine down the sink when I knocked the bottle over the previous day. Talk about literally throwing (or in my case pouring) money down the drain. :( Although I had planned to head over there and refill everything before we left for vacation, I certainly did not want to spend my birthday there.  Thank goodness they were super speedy and we were in and out in a matter of 15 minutes!  Camryn even weaseled a trip to McDonald's out of the trip, since there is one located right across the street from the vet.  


After spending a little girl time with my bestest friend, I met Chris and Camryn at SIGS for gymnastics. I love watching my girlie during her class! She has learned so many neat things and her coordination and strength continue to improve!  She can hop from one object to another, pull her feet up to the uneven bars, do a forward roll all by herself, is working on her backwards roll and climbs a ladder just to name a few.  


***Sidenote: While I was at Chrissie's, Chris and Camryn tried to sneak out and get me a birthday card and cake.  He says they were gone maybe 15 minutes and in that short time Brohdi got on the counters and ate all of the cupcakes I had made yesterday. :(  He completely demolished 2 storage containers filled with 13-15 cupcakes wrappers included....Crazy dog!  I don't know why we love him..must be his underbite. :)

Once gymnastics was over, we headed to the store to get Chris a new phone.  His Blackberry completely died the day before. :(  He had just told me how great his phone had been and how he never had any problems a few days before....I told him we were doomed from that day on.  My dad kept teasing us about Chris getting a new iPhone on MY birthday.  Go figure!

Finally, it was time to head home and celebrate my birthday.  My mom met us at our house with pizza, cupcakes and a Coke Zero from Chick-Fil-A....she sure knows me and always knows how to ensure I am taken care of on my birthday! :)  Chrissie, Nick, Ellie, Danielle, Joe, Riley and Luci came over to celebrate with us...ensuring my day ended absolutely perfect.  :)