Rebirth

This weekend has been awesome so far.

Happy 33rd to me!  It's weird how getting a year older really doesn't change anything.  It is always a fun thing to have an excuse to celebrate, though.  And reconsider where you are in your life.  Although I've been doing so much of that already with the baby coming.  It seems like life's biggest changes don't come to you on birthdays or weddings or other such "turning points."  They come when you least expect them, I think.  Sneak up on you when you aren't looking.  Part of the magic of life, I guess.  Surprise!

Friday T & I ate a delectable five course meal at Slims.  Every course, tiny as some of them were, had so much flavor and complexity of taste.  It was really a treat!  Afterwards we saw Pineapple Express (really funny Seth Rogan movie) and crashed out pretty early.  Saturday we woke up early, went to Ikea and ordered ourselves a new couch.  T's so happy about it, as he's hated the hand-me-downs we've had for so long, that are way past their prime.  Afterwards, I got a pedicure and met up with my Sister & Mom for shopping and manicures.  Later on we went out with the family for dinner on Fountain Square.  It was really cool to see how active Downtown was.  There were two different wedding parties, a Reds game, and people of all kinds camped out on Fountain Square watching the game on the big screen TV overlooking the Square.  It felt like a real city that people come down to, just to hang out in.  (Go figure!)  Not some "scary" place where riots happen.  Congrats to Cincy for really improving our town.  It makes me proud to live here.

Last night we had a Rock Band jam session at our house with a bunch of friends.  T made fresh salsa with our homegrown tomatoes and peppers and I made yummy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies.  We stayed up way later than my usual 11 PM expiration time, and had a really good time.  It was a nice way to continue the birthday celebration and I was happy to have so many friends around.

Anyhoo... here's the latest belly photo.  Bump is getting ever bigger.  T said he thinks it got much larger just in the past week alone.  Who knows.  Baby Ree must be going through a growth spurt.  

I made sure to smile this time.  :)

Sending you guys lots of love.