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This past Thursday was my 31st birthday. Shelby rushed down the stairs that morning & bounded into my bathroom to wish me a happy birthday. She was so excited for my birthday, and it really was the perfect start to my day! About five minutes later as I was pouring her a cup of milk, she asked me when I was going to be a grandma. ;)  So that was fun, ha! Thursdays are a school day for us, so Hadley & I did our typical routine while Shelby was at school...a quick trip to HEB (or some days, it's Target if we're feeling crazy!), home to unload groceries, take out the recycle, unload the dishwasher, & playtime. :)  After we picked up Shelby & ate lunch, the girls were SO excited to eat a cupcake! Shelby had helped me make birthday cupcakes the night before.

This picture cracks me up! Shelby aways tilts her head when she poses for a picture, so apparently
Hadley thinks she's supposed to do that, too! Ha!

After the girls' naps, we met Derek for dinner at Bigz on his way home from work. Usually the highlight of Bigz for the girls is getting to play outside on their big field, but we didn't realize that my birthday fell on their weekly karaoke night. ;)  Right after we sat down to eat, they announced that it was karaoke night and they were inviting singers of all ages up on the stage. Shelby might have let that go, but the announcer took it one step further and mentioned that they had a lot of Disney songs if any kids wanted to perform. Shelby immediately decided she wanted to perform. We didn't think she would go through with it once she got up there, but she loved it & wanted to do it again. ;)  When we were leaving the restaurant at the end of the night, they told her they have karaoke every Thursday so she could come back and do it again. Shelby looked at them so sincerely & said: "Sorry, I can't come. I've got school on Thursdays." ;) 





After dinner, we came home for baths & then enjoyed our second round of birthday cupcakes. Shelby wanted to put 31 candles on my cupcake, but when we insisted that wouldn't work on a cupcake she had the idea of putting three candles on one side & then one candle on the other to represent 31. :)

After cupcakes, we opened up my birthday cards & a package from Auntie Em--her wedding video! Shelby was ecstatic to watch the video! Every time she saw someone she knew in the video (which was every five seconds), she would get so, so excited! It was like a celebrity sighting every.single.time. "Look! It's Grampy! I see Emi, I see Emi!" It was hilarious! Becuase she enjoyed it so much, we let her watch our wedding video the next day which proved to be just as fun! Although, Shelby couldn't understand why she wasn't at our wedding. ;) Then as we were sitting down to eat, Shelby asked if I missed my "old family that I used to live with." I asked her what she meant, and she said "You know, Grammy, Grampy, and Emi." I thought that was such an intuitive question for her to ask & just so sweet! Then of course she asked where we lived when I was with my old family. I assummed she knew that since we go to GA rather frequently to visit everyone, but much to our surprise she said: "Did you guys live in Mexico?" What?! :)

I had such a great day on Thursday with Derek & the girls. And then to top it off, Derek & I got to have a date night last night! :)  We went to dinner, saw American Sniper, and got Cold Stone for dessert--a perfect night! It was a great birthday & I'm looking forward to what this year holds! Thank you to all of my friends & family for the birthday love! :)