Mommy’s Birthday Dinner

| September 19, 2016

It’s birthday party time! Well, not exactly. It was time for my birthday dinner. Sam was excited because there would be cake. She has her priorities, you know. Before everyone arrived, there was time for some portraits of the girls.

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My two best girls. 🙂

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And also an anniversary picture of Mark and I! Seventeen years strong. Hard to believe. Time flies, doesn’t it?

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It took  too long for our little family to be, but here we are! I can’t imagine life without our little munchkin.

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For my birthday dinner this year, we went out with the family to Miller’s. The food was good, but boy, it was quite a disaster, service-wise. It is worth noting that, despite that, Sam was so remarkably well behaved. She just colored, and played, and talked to us without asking to play on my phone or anything. She must be growing up. She did bring her camera with her though, so taking some pictures amused her for a while.

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When we got home, we had some time (not a lot) for the kids to hang out. Ryder always likes Sam’s toys. He serenaded us for a while on her piano/microphone.

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At last, it’s cake time! The tired children perked right up for that.

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Sam wanted to do most of the pictures. She even took a nice video of everyone singing happy birthday. I like this picture because you can see Sam taking photos.

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Ryder and his babysitter. 😉 She follows him around and makes sure he doesn’t get into trouble every time they are together.

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Finally I opened my presents. Sam took this picture of me in my new sweater.

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It was a great birthday! Thanks everyone!