My fourth 26th birthday

I can't believe how long 26 lasts! :)  Okay so we actually celebrated my 29th birthday yesterday and it was a great day!  It was gorgeous weather- sunny and in the 80's- so we went swimming at our pool with Marci and her kids... and they even made us lunch and brought pool toys that kept Lucy entertained.  Then Ryan was able to skip some afternoon meetings and come home early, so we went out to dinner at Red Robin for my free meal.  After we put Lucy to bed, we ate my current favorite ice cream (double fudge chocolate brownie) and some cookies and relaxed while watching some episodes of Suits (our latest show addiction since we're all caught up on White Collar).  Also, Lucy slept well, which I consider to be the best present of all considering she was up for every waking minute the night before! It was fun getting cards, texts, emails, fb messages, and calls from family and friends all day too!

 If you're wondering why this picture of me and Ryan is blurry, it is because I cropped my belly out, which required some major zooming.  You'd thank me for it, though, if you saw the original. :)

 Ryan still takes the cake for the best gift-giver.  He made me picture books from some of our trips to major cities we have taken in the last few years (I also informed him that he is now in charge of being our blog book maker since he did such a good job with these and since I'm still working on year 1 from 2009), and he also got me some new, comfy pajamas because let's be honest, I'll be living in them for a few months post-baby.

Ryan volunteered to make me a cake or treat of any kind that I wanted, but he's been working so late lately that I just wanted to buy some ice cream and have some time to spend with him, instead of doing my own thing while he made a cake.  It was worth it.

Overall it was a great birthday!  I have such wonderful family and friends that make it that way, so thanks everyone!!