a big red bow {30}

today i am 30, and chase is exactly 8 months old.

a birthday for us both!

{it did not snow, BUT sean did get me a sweet beach cruiser bike with a big red bow. all set up in the garage this morning for me to see as we ran off to church. if only i could go out and ride it in the snow! 

i can't wait to take her for a spin. today is just too cold and windy. he also made me orange rolls for breakfast, and is currently at this VERY moment making me a special surprise birthday dinner. YUM!}

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i have always been a saver of birthday presents.

if i get a gift card,

i will save it for 6 months or more.

i love to have it sit in my wallet or in my desk drawer, 

reminding me that i still have something really great from my birthday waiting to be used.

it's like i get another present and have another birthday 6 months later.

genius, i know.

i love the feeling of knowing it's sitting there,

waiting for me.

right there at my beck and call.

i love to wait all day to open my presents at the very end.

especially cards!

i save them for the VERY LAST:)

after everyone has left,

everything has been unwrapped,

then and only then will i open my cards.

in the quiet that comes at the end of the day.

when i was a little girl,

i loved to sit and watch everyone open their presents at Christmas,

making sure to get a good solid stack of my own going next to me.

not b/c i wanted to open the crowning last present,

but b/c i always want the day to last a little bit longer.

to soak in the magic a little bit more.

b/c when the magic of the day wears off,

and you get a cold,

or lose your favorite glove,

stub your toe,

wake up on the wrong side of the bed,

and you're just having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad kind of day,

you can pull out that stashed away birthday gift card or birthday money present.

for a very good,

very happy later on birthday day.

and then the buzz of your birthday is back again in a jiffy:)

thrilling!

absolutely thrilling.

just like it will be every time i ride my sweet new beach cruiser bike.

!!!!!!!!

{did i mention he took max and brennan with him on the adventure to buy it. what a guy!}

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HAPPY 8 month BIRTHDAY baby man chase ray!

i don't know how we ever survived without you before.