another year older and wiser (3-9)

My birthday was a little not exciting - but in a great way. For some reason birthday's for me are often fraught with emotions and feelings and reflection and blah blah blah - that it ends up that I have a special occasion cry at least once and don't even really get to enjoy myself. But this year . . . it didn't happen. It really didn't. 

I mean it started off a little sketchy. Greg made me no flour no sugar pancakes which took (and I kid you not) about an hour for him to make. It took him so long that I really had to bite my tongue. Of course, later on that afternoon while I was talking to the Toddcat I critiqued the whole situation so that Ross could hear it - and laugh. Because really - it was ridiculous. He couldn't find the salt. He couldn't find the baking soda. You would have thought that he had never even been in the kitchen before.

And then Henry refused to take his morning nap. What in the? He sobbed in his crib as if he had burned himself. Greg went to the nursing home for sacrament and I decided that Henry wasn't going to fall asleep so I went and got him. And you know what? It was the best decision I made all day. I mean it. I ended up just playing with him. I mean really playing. I laid on the floor and raised him in the air on my feet (airplane!) and he just giggled and giggled and then would drop his binkie out on me and I would scream as if it was the scariest thing in the world. And this would make him giggle more so then he would blow a raspberry and spit would get on me and again - I would scream as if this was the grossest thing in the world (which it kind of is). It changed my whole approach and thought of the whole day. I really realized that my birthday has nothing to do with receiving things and stuff but instead is all about how great my life is. And you know what? I feel really really really blessed to have such a great life. With so many great friends and family. Anyway - my birthday was great. Fantastic. I didn't get swept away on a trip to Paris or anything like that - but instead I just basked in feeling loved.

And because every post deserves a pic - a flashback - oh I love him.