Thursday, September 5, 2013

How I spent my birthday

It was an awesome birthday yesterday. I am now in a new age bracket and loving it :-). So far, its been FABULOUS!!!
The celebration started on Tuesday when I came home to this bouquet of fruits from Edible arrangements and a box of chocolate covered bananas, strawberries and apples. YUM YUM YUM!!! I am still feasting on fruits 2-days later.



I woke up around 7am on my birthday which is quite late for me but I wanted to get JOE ready to go to the Nanny's. I don't work on my birthday so I took the day off :-).

JOE was dropped off by her dad instead of being at home. I wanted a quiet house :-).
To kick off the day, this was my morning devotional reading from Our Daily Bread.


Definitely a special day for me :-). It was bound to be after that message :-).

After they left, I went for a long 3-mile walk. Then came home and feasted on some chocolate covered pineapples. YUM!!!



After getting some fruity refreshments, I decided to sew a skirt for JOE using this pattern I found on Pinterest. I figured it'll be my birthday gift to her since it is my first birthday as a mom :-).
It was pretty easy to follow and the hardest part was figuring out her measurement. After that, following the instructions was easy. It took me a total of about 80-minutes. I know it says 30-minutes but I had to undo a couple of seams twice because I didn't read the instructions properly.
The picture below is an example. I should have pinned it with the fabric on top the elastic and not below. I realized that after I took the picture :-).


Here's the finished product. I will put up another post tomorrow of my little princess wearing it. 


Couldn't find a plain short sleeved onesie so I used this one just to show what the complete ensemble will look like.


After sewing, it was off to the nail spa to get a manicure/pedicure. I haven't gotten one since the end of July because I have just been so gosh darn busy. It was nice to relax a bit and pamper myself :-).


When I got home, I noticed that JOE's birthday invitations and stickers had arrived. So I decided to get to work on those. 

Here is what the finished gift bags will look like.


A close up picture of the stickers on the gift bags. It reads "The Party is over, I'm officially ONE! Thanks for coming, I hope you had fun!"


These boxes will be filled with animal crackers since it is a jungle/animal themed party. This sticker reads "I really am glad you could make it!"


The birthday invite. I love the way it turned out.


Shortly after I finished, hubby arrived home with a cake and roses. This cake was DELISH! It is a buttercream frosting with chocolate mousse in the middle of the cake.




Hubby is so sweet. The roses represent each of us, hubby, J & JOE. 


We quickly changed and headed out for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. We are going to go out and officially celebrate on Saturday but since its a weekday and we had JOE, we wanted to stay close to home.


Overall, it was an AWESOME birthday! I received so many text messages, emails, phone calls, cards and Facebook posts. I truly truly felt really special. 
The day really allowed me to reflect on God's goodness on my life and all I can say is "Thank you Lord for your awesome blessings in my life!"

13 comments:

  1. that skirt was such a great DIY project! i'm impressed.
    and happy belated birthday!!

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    1. Thank you! It was a labor of love. I do enjoy doing things like this. Makes me feel like I am creating something :-).

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  2. What a great birthday! Glad you enjoyed!

    The skirt is gorgeous! You did an incredible job on it!

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  3. Oh you are birthday mates with my bestfriend! I remember reading that on our daily bread too! Happy belated birthday Hun! Xx

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    1. Thank you thank you. She must be pretty exceptional to be born on the same day :-). I am partial to folks born on my birthday. :D

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  4. Happy belated birthday! You definitely had a lovely day with lots of great gifts! And love the skirt project too!

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    1. Thank you! And thanks for visiting! Hope you'll come back. Off to check out your blog now :-).

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  5. I love that you took time for yourself to enjoy your day!! Love the toes!!

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    1. Yeah. I started doing it not too long after I graduated. I had a couple of stressful jobs and on my birthday, it seemed like being at those jobs just made me so unhappy. So I decided I deserve to take one day each year to do WHATEVER I want to do that'll make me enjoy my day and make me thankful for my many gifts from God :-).

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  6. Happy Birthday J. Such a great way to celebrate your birthday. I love that idea of taking the day off and pampering yourself on your special day. I might steal it :).

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    1. Steal away! You certainly deserve one day of pampering :-).

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