Loved!

There’s nothing like a birthday to feel all special and loved! Thank you to everyone who took time out of their day to wish me a happy birthday. All the texts, Facebook and Instagram messages and phone calls were cherished.

I planned on baking myself a cake yesterday, but that didn’t happen. I’ll save it for this weekend. I did however get taken out to dinner by hubby and son. I also got a new sewing machine I can’t wait to play with and ended the day with a little knitting in bed. I was happy, content and oh so thankful for this life I live. Here’s to my 48^th trip around the sun!

Birthday!

Today starts my 48th trip around the sun. Life is so fleeting and I want to celebrate getting a year older, twirl around in a hot pink tulle skirt and enjoy every 525,600 minutes of this 48th year.

The older I get, the more I realize I just need the simple things in life: a comfy home, good food on the table and surrounded by the people that I love. 

Forty-Seven

“The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.”
~ Arnold Bennett

4/52 ~ Self Portraits in Black & White ~ Happy Birthday to Me!

Yesterday I celebrated 46 years on this earth.

46 years.

Happy Birthday Elijah!

Valentines Day in our household is spent celebrating a birthday. Elijah Valentino - mine and Fonzy's Valentines baby!

Being the last baby, it seem he grew up the fastest. 14 years have flown by! A few things have remained constant since he was a toddler. He still loves sweets, candy, cakes, you name it! And he carries a ball with him AT. ALL. TIMES! This is his current ball, which he bounces all day long. If he is up, he is bouncing a ball.

Being a Valentine baby is kind of hard. We normally don't go out on his birthday because all the restaurants are packed with Valentine dates, so he normally has a low key day. I try to make what he wants, but it's not always a success. This year he wanted red velvet cupcakes. So red velvet cupcakes I made. Not sure why he wanted them, since he wasn't even sure how they tasted. He was surprised they tasted like chocolate...kind of. For birthday breakfast I always make him heart shaped pancakes. He got heart shaped french toast and bacon this year. For dinner he wanted a Philly cheese-steak which wasn't cheesy enough for him. I bought him a bunch of candy, so I won with that. You win some, you lose some.

Happy Birthday Elijah!!! We love you to the moon and back!

42

Today I turned 42.

This morning while laying in bed, listening to Fonzy and the boys make me breakfast, I thanked God for my life. For all four of my boys, for the man he gave me to share this journey. For the joys, the heartaches - all of it.

I love this life I have. It's mine. All mine! And I plan to enjoy it to the fullest!

Here's to my 42nd year! I plan to make it the best one yet!


My breakfast in bed