34!

It's hard to believe I am 34 tomorrow! I don't feel any older...although I'm sure I look it. I used to hate my birthday being in the summer as a kid because all my friends were away on summer vacations and I could never have a real birthday party like they did during the year. But my mom always came to the rescue. Moving so much growing up made making new friends difficult anyway. I always felt misplaced and didn't really fit in. And of course, I was never sure how long we would actually stay in that city so what was the point? I just kind of floated my way through. Yet my mom would just make my day special. I still remember how she took me to the park to picnic on our bikes. It was so fun (and very hot). She always made the best cakes (which I loved) and would make me these yummy graham cracker icing sandwiches. Oh my goodness they had so much frosting it would curl your tongue. But it was my birthday and I was allowed to get sick off the sugar (she knew I would eat that and anything else she gave me-hence my nickname was the human garbage disposal-hmmm...doesn't sound so good now that I think about it). So when I see all these people getting depressed around their birthdays I still get excited about my b-day. I guess I'm still a little kid at heart.

Craig is picking up my birthday present my mom bought. She sent me a gift card to buy a new mixer (mine was a wedding gift from my Grandma and on it's last leg). I am so excited!! He's going to wrap it up and I will be posting pictures so Mom can see my present. I know it's just a mixer but to someone who loves to bake it's like getting a ferrari (ok maybe not exactly-but close).
Another little present was Craig helped me highlight my hair yesterday and it turned out pretty good. I think it looks good for spending around $10 compared to salon highlights costing $2oo (I have a ton of hair). Craig is trying to get me to get a haircut for my birthday too. I just hate being away from Annaliese since I'm breastfeeding. I have to pump and store and...uggg....just thinking about it is stressful. But I do need my haircut. In fact I want to get it cut short. I haven't cut it short since Trinity was a baby. I think I need to lose more weight before though otherwise I will look like a pumpkin head (big and round faced). And my hair is getting curlier with each child I have and I'm afraid it will look fro-ish. I wish I knew how to work with curls I just think I look so 80's-ish -you know crunchy curly hair. I always liked my friend Nicola's soft curls...they never looked dated just romantic curls. Oh well...I can see I need to think about this some more before I schedule my appointment. But who knows I may be posting a new picture sporting a classy short sometimes fro-ish bob. It's just hair and it grows out.