Last Thursday I celebrated my 34th birthday. It was a perfect day and one I never want to forget. Work was rather slow, so I had a bit of time to myself in the afternoon. I spent a couple of hours with my camera and tripod taking updated pregnancy bump photos, which I posted last week. In case you missed it here is one of my favorite shots.
Adrian met me at home around 4 pm and we drove to my anatomy scan together. It was so much fun to get a glimpse of the little bump for a bit. During the ultrasound we discovered that baby is already quite stubborn. He or she would not cooperate for the tech, so she wasn’t able to get all the necessary measurements. Needless to say, dad did not find out the gender because baby wasn’t giving it away. We did get a great profile shot!
After our ultrasound, we picked the boys up from daycare and went to dinner at Carraba’s. Dinner was delicious and I enjoyed the time we spent together. When we were ready to pay our bill, our waitress said we were all set. Another patron in the restaurant paid our bill to thank Adrian for his service (he was in his BDU’s). My mind was blown! We have never had that happen to us and I was in tears from this kind gesture. We looked around the restaurant with smiles on our faces, not knowing who was so very kind. My heart and belly was sure full when we left.
Once we got home from dinner, we did the cake and presents bit. Adrian ordered a fruit tart cake from Wegmans and it was DELICIOUS!
I can only hope that 34 is as good to me as my actual birthday was! Here is to another fun year of living life!
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Happy Birthday! What a great ultrasound pic of your newest peanut!
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January 16, 2013 at 10:04 AM
Looks like the perfect birthday! And just think, next year you’ll have your new sweet baby to celebrate with

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Great blog. Congrats. And yay to that patron who paid for your meal…people can be wonderful sometimes!
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January 16, 2013 at 6:38 PM
Awww it does sound like a perfect sort of birthday! And I LOVE the self portrait you took! and that is SO amazing that someone paid for your meal! I’ve had that happen to friends but never to us but it always touches my heart anytime I hear about it!!

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January 16, 2013 at 10:44 PM
What a great birthday! I hope you have a great year!
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January 17, 2013 at 7:54 AM
What a terrific birthday, Mindy! And you look terrific!
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January 17, 2013 at 1:23 PM
Great photos! Looks like a good celebration. Happy Birthday!!
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Your bump is adorable. Happy belated Birthday!
Oh and so cool that someone took care of your meal. I love that.
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January 18, 2013 at 9:25 AM
Love watching your bump, you, and the boys all grow. Glad to be a part of your life, yet another year!
Happy Birthday!
I’m sure it was nothing short of perfect!
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January 18, 2013 at 11:17 PM
Looks like you had a great birthday! And your cake looked AMAZING!
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You’re the cutest pregnant lady ever! And, those green glasses are fabulous!
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Happy, happy birthday!
It sounds like a truly lovely celebration filled all of your loves!
{And your bump shots are absolutely adorable!}
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January 20, 2013 at 2:20 PM
I love that someone in the restaurant put their wallet where their heart was. I couldn’t get to your Kid Lit Blog Hop link, for some reason, but I’m glad I read this one instead, anyway! Happy birthday, fellow Capricorn! Hope to see you at the next Hop this Wednesday.
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I think that sounds like the perfect birthday!
Love the pregnancy pic too!
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