I love my birthday!

Yesterday I turned 29!
Wow, I'm an old lady.
Okay, not really. Somebody told me I looked like I was 10 the other day.
I thought that was a little bit of a stretch.

After a relaxing day (Nate made breakfast, and came home early from work - yay Nate!!) we went to Hank's Place for dinner.
My friend Jenna and her family love it - so we went!

This is my type of restaurant. Home cookin'.
I'm not a fancy restaurant type of person. I also am not into expensive jewelry.
These are just two reasons why Nate loves my birthday as much as I do.


Maryland crabcake sandwich. It was so delicious. I love the perks of living on the East coast!

Then we came home and had cake! (Don't you love what's happening in this picture?!) Svea had been waiting for cake and talking about it for days. As soon as Nate's birthday came to an end, she immediately started focusing on the next opportunity for birthday dessert.

Here's the cake story:

Nate went to a bakery after work to get cake. According to him, the selection was:

Carrot cake, some Phillies-themed cakes, and then - that cake. He asked the lady what flavor it was. She said, "Red Velvet." Nate had no idea what that was, but he bought the cake anyway.

I can't believe Nate has lived on this earth for 32 years and had no idea what Red Velvet cake was. White chocolate!! And lots of red! I said, "Did you know there's an entire bottle of red food coloring in the batter?" Nate had no idea.

But we loved it! What a treat!

Confession: I've actually eaten five pieces since yesterday. I'm telling you that cake is delicious. I might have some more as soon as I'm done here. I was trying to have a piece while Svea was supposed to be napping today, and it ended up in the closet because she kept wandering out of her room to check on me.

I was fine.

I just wanted to eat cake in peace.

That didn't really happen, so I suppose I'll have to make up for it now.

My birthday people!

Sweet Elin. I think she looks so much like Viggo in this picture!

Thank you so much for all the birthday cards and gifts :) Yes, that's JRR Tolkien!

A favorite birthday gift: this cutting board from Nate and Viggo. They MADE it! Nate has been making some incredible kitchen things lately and I'm test-driving them. So far everything is functional and beautiful. Thank you, Nate and Viggo!

My other favorite gift: a beautiful drawing from Svea. She enjoyed working on this and let me (and everybody else!) know it was just for me.

It's perfect - thank you, Svea!