Happy Birthday, Muffin

Yesterday was Brian's birthday. Poor thing, I didn't even have a card for him or anything. It was such a "sickly" week at this house last week, and this week-end was so crazy-busy that there was no time for shopping. He understood and he was fine with it, but I still felt bad. The girls drew him some adorable pictures, and I am going to take them shopping on Wednesday to pick out his gifts from them. We both let them pick something out themselves for our birthdays. It keeps it very interesting. Annelise usually picks something that she can use, too- like a movie that she likes or something like that. I think I am going to get him a gift certificate to the spa for a couple of massages. He is going to need them when we start building this house and the lakehouse. He has accomplished so much in his 36 years- most of it without any help from anyone. I am really proud of him. Sometimes I can't believe that we are both in our mid-30's. It seems like just a couple of years ago we were just getting married! I hope that he has a really good week and a wonderful year. My parents had a get-together for his birthday and my brother-in-law's birthday yesterday. We grilled burgers and had a yummy cake that I swear may have just been butter with icing. Then when we got home yesterday afternoon, I told him to just do whatever he wanted and I bathed the girls (usually his job) , fixed their dinner and put them to bed. He chose to just surf the internet, which he thoroughly enjoyed. It is rare that he gets to do that uninterrupted. I think we are going to celebrate his birthday on Thursday night, since Tuesday is soccer and Wed. is church. (And the girls won't have his gifts by tonight....) I'm going to make orange-glazed pork chops, one of his favorites. Tonight, it will be pot roast, mac and cheese and mashed potatoes. Oh, we did have fun at the Sunday school social this past Saturday night. Wish UNC could have pulled it off, but it was fun. Our friends and us are the only ones with kids older than 4, and most of the other people had babies. We got sitters and chose not to bring ours- that was a good decision. A couple of the other moms were a little surprised when Megan and I seemed glad that we weren't going to have any more kids. I just thought to myself "Just wait until you have another one, and especially when you see what it is like when they get a little older..." Oh, yes, they will eventually understand the glee we had over the vasectomies. Love my girls, but I know when I have reached my limit! There were several couples that we did connect with, though, so it wasn't bad. We'll see how it goes over the next few months. Well, I need to go do some "stuff" around the house- as always! Happy Birthday to my poopsie.