While I had meetings most of the day yesterday, Lou & I managed to sneak in a great birthday lunch at NADA while Carissa secretly took Josie all over town to get everything for my surprise party! While I was at my meetings, they decorated the house, colored cards, blew up balloons, etc and I came home to a really fabulous surprise!!! This is what I found waiting for me when I walked in...
Here is Josie's card - check out the coloring and where she "signed her name" on the bottom right.
And, thanks to my wonderful husband, I had a super awesome new camera to capture all these moments! Here are some photos from last night. After such a big, delicious lunch - we had nothing but Graeters for dinner. What better way to top off an already-perfect birthday than by sharing a pint of black raspberry chip!
Here is Josie lining up all her dinosaurs for a birthday-cookie feast!
Cuddling with Josie...
Replanting the flowers in her cheerios...
Rolling around in all the balloons...
This is hard to explain, but I'll just say it started with reading about the new "sand cats" in the Cincinnati Zoo magazine and ended with Louie holding Josie's pet sand cat which she determined only eats red balloons.
She was laughing hysterically at the story she invented!
By the end of the night, she was definitely over having her picture taken. But, hey, I have a new camera and she's the perfect model. But, she came up with a creative solution...
All in all, it was a great birthday - starting with our night out on Saturday while Carissa watched Josie gratis (thanks Sisis) and ending with what will be another special day this Saturday that will include a penguin breakfast at the aquarium and a night out with family and friends. 33 is certainly off to a great start. Let's hope this is just a preview of all the wonderful things this year will bring!
