The Big 3-0

This weekend I turned 30!  Woot!  Woot!  I think turning 30 is supposed to be depressing and I am supposed to feel old right about now.  However, I do not feel old and I DO feel super blessed and thankful for all the amazing, loving people in my life, so 30 is feeling pretty great!!

Adam promised me a four day extravaganza to celebrate and he did not disappoint.  I don't know what I did, if anything, to deserve such a wonderful husband, but I am now 100% convinced that he the best husband of all time.  Hands down.

Our festivities began on Thursday night where we went to dinner at an undisclosed location with undisclosed people.  Adam tried to trick me into thinking we were going to Chipotle, but it was actually Centro with a couple of my dearest friends.  It was just pure fun!  Great conversation, great food, great people.

  

I guess I didn't take any pictures on Friday - oops!   I came downstairs in the morning to find Adam sitting in his chair reading.  I was so confused!!  Haha! Adam took the day off work to spend the day with me.  We went to La Mie for breakfast and watched, "the Help" in the afternoon.  The only downside of the weekend was that I was sick pretty much the entire time.  However, it was really, really nice that Adam was home while I was not feeling well.  If you are a mom, I am sure that you understand that is doubly not fun to be sick when you have a little one to take care of.  It was such a blessing to have Adam home to help me take care of Amaia and allow me to even take a nap!!  Friday night we went on a date and it was a wonderful time to just talk and enjoy one another.   It was lovely.

Saturday was my actual birthday and it was actually one of the more uneventful days of the weekend.  It was sweet though.  Adam took me to World Market and let me have free reign to buy whatever I want - within reason of course.  Well....go figure, but I couldn't really find anything when the pressure was on.  I only got one small vase.  Every other time I go there I want to buy everything in sight.  Then we went out to coffee and to lunch.   

My and my little sweetie at Caribou.

I had the afternoon to myself and then we met Adam at church that evening.  Our typical Saturday.

Now, let me just say here that I already felt like this was the best birthday ever on Saturday morning.  In fact, I am pretty sure that I even said that to Adam.  Sunday, we had our typical morning routine...breakfast, coffee and face to face time during Amaia's nap.  After that I was under the impression that we were going over to Adam's parent's house for cake (cake made my Adam's mom is something to be very excited about in and of itself!) and a "special guest" was going to be there.  Well that was the understatement of the year! I was blindfolded and walked into a room of almost all of my dearest friends and family to a surprise party.  I had no idea!  I wish that I would have taken better pictures, but I didn't really think of it until after the fact.  Looking around the room there were so many details, just for me!  I feel...sort of embarrassed/overwhelmed as I recount this.  I felt so loved and so blessed by my family and my amazing husband and friends.  The food included all of my favorites: crepes, pretzel m & m's, chocolate galore!, scones, chocolate crinkle cookies, salted caramel chocolate cake and more!  There were pictures of me all around and even a slide show playing.  There was even a quiz all about me!  It was absolutely perfect and I feel like I cannot say thank you enough to all of my dear friends. 

Several people had left by the time I made everyone take a group picture with me.

 Amaia's friend Lainey (daughter of my dear friend Sarah) clearly shares my love of chocolate!

 Some of the decor in mid tear down mode.

From what I hear my dear, dear friends Allison and Julie had A LOT to do with this.  Ah....these girls....I have no words....they are soooo wonderful.

And now....I have enough chocolate to last me for the next 30 years!!  Of course it will not last me for even close to that long, because I don't have the best self control in this area.  Do you want some chocolate?  I have A LOT!  Please come over and help me eat it!!

I also have beautiful flowers gracing my tables.

They are making the letdown from the weekend and little bit easier to bear.