The Best Birthday Ever!

I met Don shortly after my birthday last year, so this was the first time I got to celebrate my birthday with him. And what a wonderful day he made it!

We got me a Wii Fit and it's been lots of fun playing the balance games this week. We went out to dinner the evening of my actual birthday. Don took the night off and then came to work with me on Friday to help me with my conference presentations. It was fun having him around for most of the workday! Saturday we went with Megan, Matt, and Wyatt to see "Monsters vs. Aliens" in 3-D. We had been talking about going up to Ikea to get some storage stuff and some plants and I thought we'd head up there, but Don insisted on going home and cleaning (which was on my list to do anyway, but we spent all morning watching Spongebob instead). This should have tipped me off, especially since Don was only focusing on cleaning the living room when I was thinking we'd do a bit more work on the bedrooms. Anyway, we went up to Ikea (we hit the 100,000 mile mark on the Toyota in the process). Then we came home and there was a surprise party waiting for me -- balloons, streamers, and everything! We ate pizza and cake and played Wii games. Wyatt made a new friend in my brother Doug, and we had lots of fun!

I'm not sure how I'm going to top that for Don's birthday -- we'll be in North Carolina then.

8 Amazing things about my husband

1. His smile - it was the first thing that attracted me to him.

2. He owns more books than I do, and I'm a librarian!

3. He puts up with nursery kids using him as a horsie on a weekly basis.

4. He can make instant friends with strangers, and in several languages to boot.

5. He still enjoys jumping on the bed and playing air guitar.

6. He can do this weird thing where he pops out his shoulders. I can't describe it, but it feels funky when he does it while holding my hand.

7. He inspires me to be a better person.

8. He puts up with me - enough said!

Friday night with Wyatt

Tonight we took Wyatt to a movie and brought him home with us for pizza. Afterwards Don and Wyatt had a wrestling fest and some quality computer game time. Here they're playing a Pirates of the Caribbean game. I think Wyatt wore his Uncle Gonny out!