Made with love (and drool)

This past Thursday I turned 32. The boys helped me make a birthday cake (including decorating the top). They helped me organize the ingredients, and counted the eggs; making sure I put the right amount in. Mainly, though, they helped with the mixing and then delighted in each licking a beater. In the picture below, they are about to help with adding sprinkles to the top. You can see the excitement on their faces:)

Ryan, Josiah, and Aedan putting sprinkles on top.

There Aedan goes putting his fingers in his mouth in between sprinkle applications. At one point, Aedan actually did drool onto the cake, but I didn't catch it on camara.

Josiah's turn...fingers in the mouth!

For over a year now, I have been wanting some type of storage bench or something to put all of our shoes in. If you've been to our house, then you know that there is always a mess of shoes when you walk in the door. It has been driving me absolutely CRAZY. I have been looking on the internet now for weeks (and even longer then that), knowing that I was going to spend birthday money on one. I thought I found one at Target a long time ago, but recently discovered they no longer had it. I've been comparing prices and reading reviews...and have been trying to find what I want.

Ryan and I went out to Olive Garden for dinner Thursday night. (I crave their food right now:) Next, we headed to TJ Max to look around. Needless to say, some of my SANITY has been restored. We found a bench and it was pretty much what I wanted....yay!!! I no longer have to look at the pile of shoes in our house! I look at our bench, and love it...I am sooooooooooo glad to have it:) Thanks to everyone who sent me birthday money! We had a great dinner, and I found a bench for our shoes! I still have some more money leftover, and plan to spend it on some nursing things (clothes) I need for the baby...and maybe a haircut next month as well. Thanks!

Josiah, Aedan, and I on the bench!

Aedan lounging