Birthday Blessings, Part 2

Here is what I wanted to post back on Sunday, but the strep throat has slowed me down a bit.  I'm sure I have forgotten to include a handful of wonderful things you have all done for me, but I'll add them when my brain isn't on medication or sleep-deprived!  :)  Thank you all for working so hard to bless me so much!

• Getting my sweet baby back early for the day (and she took a great nap after church)!


• Friends stopped by with balloons early to be among the first to wish me a great birthday!


• Lunch with Courtney and Charlie (how big he's gotten!)!


• Getting to drive Courtney's stick shift again - such a delight for me that day!


• Surprise visit from CJ, Mary and (sleepy) Naomi, with food and balloons in hand!


• Surprise visit from the wonderful Peck family, with cookies and cards in hand!


• Surprise iShuffle from Heather for all my recent workouts (and now running!)!


• So many friends coming by for pizza, soda and other yummies - great time to hang out and catch up!


• A special figurine of a mother cradling her daughter/baby from Heidi - more precious than ever to me!


• Fun candles, lip glosses, gift cards and other fun girlie things!


• Sweet and encouraging and loving cards all week long!


• Bunches of flowers from 3 different people!


• A gift of a MASSAGE gift certificate from a friend!


• Fun birthday money from a few different people!


• A zoo membership for me 'n' EJ!


• Phone calls from lots o' people!


• A surprise package from a friend's church group in Indiana (meaning, they don't even KNOW me!) with prayers, cards, encouragements, and gift cards for me and EJ!


• A sweet prayer (and visit) from the Stiles family!


• Encouraging words (one of my "faves" is "B.A." - I'm totally abbreviating, but Dave & Christy, you know what I'm talking about!!) and sweet prayers from my dear church group (and a totally hyper EJ who was cracking us all up on Mon night!)!


• Dinner with the Farleys and new friend Marilyn and children and a surprise birthday cake and song from everyone!

Thank you, THANK YOU ALL!  Wow - I keep thinking, seeing, remembering more and more blessings that came my way over this last week.  So amazing....





A few Birthday Pics:

Aren't these 2 ADORABLE?!?

Yummy lunch and fun afternoon with Courtney and our babies.

Mommy and EJ together...a gift in and of itself!

Kisses for Mommy!

Sweet "AM" and EJ smilin' with me!

Jeff and his baby girl, "KE" and EJ (she was much happier playing with Jeff than this picture shows!)