Quick Weatherford/Granbury Trip

On Tuesday we drove up to Weatherford for Mimi's (Tay's grandmother) 90th birthday. Unfortunately, I was so distracted while keeping Aiden from destroying all of the decorations in every one's homes and being semi-behaved at the restaurant that I forgot to get a picture of the birthday lady and her great-grandson. Anyways, the birthday was nice, and low-key. We had a good time seeing everyone.

Before the party, we went to Mimi's to "surprise" her, let her know that we were in town, and to give her some time to see Aiden before everyone met at the restaurant for dinner. She asked why we had come up during the middle of the week, and how that must have been difficult for us. I told her that it wasn't everyday that you have a 90th birthday, and that we wouldn't have missed it. She promptly looked at me, and said to not remind her about her age! We all had a good chuckle at that.

After the birthday party we continued on to Granbury to stay with Nana Randee and Grandad. Ever since Aiden was promised a ride in the boat the next time we went up to see them, it is all that he has talked about (well that, and yucky mushrooms). So as soon as everyone had eaten breakfast the next day, we all braved the wind and low 60 degree weather, and went for a ride in the boat.

Here is a picture of their fun little place right on the lake.

After the boat ride, Aiden took a nap, Tay and Randee went shopping, Allen and I fished for a little bit, and then I went for a nice run while Allen took care of some emails. We finished the day with a nice lunch out, and then headed home. It was a fun trip.

He's 3!!!

Aiden had his Birthday Party this past Saturday. We had originally planned to have the party in the backyard with just a couple of his young playmates, but the weather dictated otherwise. Due to the rain we had to move the party inside. We also had a lot more people show up than we anticipated, so off I hurriedly went to the store for more snacks, drinks, and cup cakes. It was a mad house inside, but all of the kids had a great time, and I think that most of the adults left headache free.

The Elefun has been one of his favorite gifts. It was a hit during the party, and Aiden played with it by himself for most of the rest of the evening.

His actual birthday, Sunday, the kiddo had some special Daddy time. We went to the park, and had a lot of fun.

Looking back at it all, I just can't believe that the little guy is 3. I love you kiddo.

Cool Birthday Gift

Tay got me a special car rental for a day for my birthday. It was supposed to be one of my dream cars, a BMW M5, but the rental agency's only one was in an accident this past weekend and was unavailable. So, I was upgraded to a Maserati. Sweet!

The little guy enjoyed it too!

I was, however, strangely fine with getting back into the truck. It was a little stressful driving around a car that was worth almost as much as my house.

The End Of A Season

Well, Annivalenbirthtine Day has come and gone, and Tay is now 29! I must admit that this little exercise has done me some good. I have a greater appreciation for how wonderful a wife I have, and I am much more willing to celebrate things for her. She even convinced me to throw her a party. My introverted self doesn't always look forward to having my house invaded and crowded, but we always have fun anyways. To continue tooting my own horn, I also cooked dinner for her on Sunday, and took Aiden all Monday, so that she could have the day to accomplish some things around the house that she has been wanting to do.

A good friend of mine mentioned at the party that I am extremely lucky that my wife's birthday falls on Valentine's Day because Hallmark advertises the day for me for a month prior. There is no way that I can forget! I'll have to think on that more next year. It still wasn't enough to convince me to buy Hallmark brand cards this year... : )

Below are some pictures of the beautiful and extremely yummy cake I had one of Tay's friends make for the party.

One of the funniest events around the party was how Aiden was so excited for birthday cake for mommy. We had told him that we would be having a party and that he would be getting birthday cake. He asked about it all day, and when it was delivered he had the hardest time waiting for the party to actually come around. We caught him once having pulled a chair up to the counter with fork in hand about to start digging in! Below are some shots of the culprit during one of the many instances of telling him that he had to wait longer...

Happy Annivalenbirthtine Day

To give you an update on the how Annivalenbirthtine (see http://b-striebro.blogspot.com/2010/01/9-years.html) experience is going, I'll mention a conversation that I had with Tay this evening. She told me that complaining to the guys about Valentine's Day would still count as complaining. So, to clarify to anyone that thinks that they may have overheard anything along those lines, let me just say that I was merely reporting on the progress that I have made, and expounding on the appreciation that I am developing for that holiday.

I mention this because we are in the height of the Annivalenbirthtine season with only 14 or so more days until the big day. So this weekend, to celebrate, Tay's birthday gift was done a little early.

We said goodbye to a faithful friend who had kept us safe and happy for the past 9 years.

And said hello to the new and improved version!

Happy Birthday, gorgeous!! I love you!