Thirty-Two

When I was 16, I don't think I ever considered that someday I would actually wake up and be 32, with a husband, three kids, and a mortgage. Well, here I am. I had a lovely, laid back birthday surrounded by my sweet family and I really couldn't be happier.

Even though it looks like he is either upset or in pain, Abraham is indeed smiling in this picture

I got a 12 inch cast iron skillet, and Matthew totally surprised me with a smart phone. Welcome to the 21st century Julianne! He also ordered me a beautiful flower arrangement and chocolates. The flower shop made a mistake and sent them to me a month ago, so we weren't sure if they'd come again, but they did and I ended up getting two bouquets and boxes of candy.

Matthew spent most of the day trying to get google voice to work on my new phone and I was able to take a nice little nap. There was a mix up at the pediatrician's office and they ended up having to schedule Mercy's 4 month check up this afternoon, so I took her to the appointment while Matthew prepared my special birthday dinner. He made roasted eggplant, tomato, and lemon pizza on a neo-Neapolitan crust. It was amazing. He also made a strudel dessert pizza and we had Jones' apple soda (which we both found too sweet to actually drink with the meal). I then spent the evening recovering from an unusually full belly, while the boys watched some Avengers and Matthew played with the phone. It really was a lovely day, made entirely possible by my awesome husband and with little thanks to the children who could make whining an Olympic sport.