HAPPY 26th BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Today is my birthday, my very special day, happy birthday to me! 26 years ago I entered the world. I have a brand new appreciation for the term "birthday!" I think that day children should say thank you to their mamas as they did so much on that day :) Thank you mama!

What a fun day today. Stayed up until midnight- the official start of my birthday. Damien sang me happy birthday as soon as it was midnight. (what a sweetie) After going to sleep we woke up early in order to fully enjoy all hours of my birthday! Ate a delicious breakfast of pancakes, and tofu/asparagus/bell pepper scramble. Yum. After doing the dishes I walked back to our bedroom and found my birthday present on the bed. Damien got me the new Apple Ipad. He was so sweet and got it for me the day it came out! He stood in line for over an hour for a chance to purchase it. At first I didn't understand what all the hooha was about about but after playing with it all I have to say it...wow! The technology is amazing and definitely the future of computers. So compact and so easy to use! Thanks love!

After breakfast we packed up the diaper bag and headed to the coast. On the way there I swear we experienced every type of weather imaginable. It went from rain, to snow, to hail, to wind, to sun and back again the entire time! We drove to Cannon Beach and ate lunch at this lovely little hole in the wall all organic restaraunt. As we drove in the weather was nice and a full blue sky was overhead. We shared a split pea and a veggie soup and each ordered portabello, tomatoe, and roasted red bell pepper paninis. Oh they were delicious! After going to our car to change and feed Sula it started to hail like crazy! We sat in the car for about 15 minutes feeding Sula and waiting it out. Once the hail stopped that was it for the rest of the day. All three of us walked down to the water, walked along the beach, sat on some rocks to enjoy the view. It was however very windy so we walked back to the car. Once in the car we drove to our new favorite look out spot where we parked the car and spent several hours just relaxing, talking, looking at the ocean, and listening to the waves (we rolled the windows down). Before I knew it all three of us had fallen asleep. Then it was time to go home to a plate of beautiful pink and green coconut cupcakes that some sweet girl made (that would be me!) for my birthday! They were so tasty.

Thank you to everyone who wished me a very happy birthday. I could've have asked for anything more! It was lovely.