Sunny 9 for 2006 August 31

We had a big day this past Saturday throwing Lily her 2nd birthday party. We had about a dozen couples over (friends/family) and their kids. We had polish sausage dogs and hot dogs with chips, baked beans, and potato salad and of course cake and ice cream. Basically, we all hung out and talked while the kids played.

Lily got a new swing set for her birthday. She loves it. She had all her friends out playing on it. I was a little surprised to find out how good she was with names because each time the door rang and she saw one of her friends she sees in nursery every Sunday she would say "Hi, Maddie" or whoever. I didn't know she knew everyone's name at church so well.

Anyway, she got a lot of cool gifts. The next day was Sunday and she just went from one new toy to the next and never got tired of playing with all her new things. It was really fun for her I could tell. She loves her new baby Elmo and Dora doll. She is really into dolls right now and pretending with them. She also loves her new puzzles. Just a couple months ago she has been really into the ones she got last year for her birthday. She finally gets them, so the new ones she loves to put together. She got a new Elmo DVD from Caden that she wants to watch constantly and Aqua Doodle set that she mostly just loves sucking the water out of the pen when I fill it up, yuck.

I would say her birthday was a big hit. It is kinda exhausting to put one together, but I don't have an excuse not to do something big...she is my first one and all the other kids need something to complain about when their party is not as big as the ones Lily gets I suppose. Actually, I think next year we will do it at Chucky Cheese because all those people in our little house, although it worked, it was a little crammed.

At least yesterday, anyway. I am officially a quarter century old. Sounds old to me. I guess you could classify my age in the mid-20's now. It sounds so adult. I think next year will be even more strange since I will be "over the hill" for the 20's. Hmmm, I have been out of high school for 7 years. I guess I am where I thought I would be back then. Married with one or two kids. In fact as I recall, I wanted to have all my kids (4-5) by the time I was 30 because I didn't want to have them in my 30's so I could lose the baby fat easier. Nice. Well according to that I am far behind because baby #3 is not coming for another 4 years. I don’t think I want 3 kids while we are still in dental school, not to mention I am not sure I want 3 kids at all (half joking). In all fairness, I do want 3 kids; I just wish it was not so hard to get the kids here.

Enough about kids, now onto my birthday. It was a good day. I received lots of emails, IM's, phone calls, myspace comments, blog comments, and gifts unexpectantly. It is nice to know people remembered and care. Aaron surprised me with a gift certificate for a massage...just what the doctor ordered as I am getting sore from being large and in charge. He also took me to dinner and I was totally fine with Lily coming but my visiting teacher insisted that I drop Lily off to watch her. It was nice for us because we got to spend time alone, and when we went to pick Lily up, she had so much fun with her girls that she didn't want to leave. That girl is not afraid to leave me; she has quite the social life.

Aaron gave Lily and bath and dressed her for bed; it is nice to be able to say, "you do it, it is my birthday". And we topped the night off with the movie The Rundown with The Rock. I can't say I loved the movie but it was better than expected.

I am very excited for Saturday as we are going to Cheesecake Factory for dinner with the Smith trio couples, and Lorna is going to baby-sit. Plus dinner at mom's on Sunday with the family to celebrate. Overall, it was a good year to me.