Better late than never, right?

My birthday was a couple weeks ago. I turned 29, and apparently I am starting to develop a bit of a complex about my age. I know it's totally stupid, but I have some strange fear of turning 30. I've heard so many people say that their 30's were the best years of their lives, so I'm looking forward to what the future brings, but I'm just nervous about the big 3-0.

Anyway, off on a tangent again...so, my hubby took me out for a wonderful dinner at Maggiano's because Italian is my fav and then the next weekend, my in-laws were in town and wanted to take us all out somewhere for my birthday. We went to a local Italian place I had never been to and it was awe-sum! After dinner we went to my brother-in-law's for cake. He knows someone that makes amazing cakes. Let me stress that again...a-mazing! This cake was beautiful, and tasted even better than it looks. I totally forgot to freeze some, so we were forced to eat the entire 1/2 cake in a few days...bummer! Man, it was good. These pics don't do it justice, but it was Strawberry with white chocolate icing. Sinful I tell you, just sinful.

3 layers of mmmmmmm.....

The next day was Mother's Day & we had lunch with my parents here at our house. The weather was beautiful, so we grilled out steaks and spent some time in the sunshine. Later that day, the little one took a nap & I found myself with time to myself. What to do, what to do...sit on the patio with a glass of lemonade and finish the book I was reading won out over cleaning. It was the perfect end to a wonderful Mother's Day.

My big girl helping to set the table for our yummy lunch.

Posing with Gammy & her "fancy" Picture Frame

3 generations on Mother's Day!
I'm SO blessed to have the best Mother on the planet that taught me what being a Mother is all about, and continues to encourage me daily. I also have a wonderful Mother-in-law that I am SO incredibly thankful for and couldn't have asked for a better family to have married into. My little one is very blessed to have these remarkable women in her life. Hey, maybe their influence will counteract all the damage I do to her. I heard a comedian say once that he feels like part of his job as a parent is to give his kids something to tell the therapist one day HA! I'm doing my part :)