Eleanor's milestone aside, it was an eventful week for the rest of the family too. We celebrated Gavin's 25th birthday and Mother's Day. And because Gavin and I are both horrible at waiting for the special day to give presents, it was more of a Birthday/Mother's Day-week in our house.
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| Family photo on Gavin's 25th Birthday! |
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| I made it myself ... kinda. |
We celebrated Gavin's birthday a day early due to his work schedule. We spent Thursday morning being lazy and hanging out. Gavin actually surprised me with breakfast and Starbucks and we had some good family time. Birthday lunch was at BJ's Brewery before we dropped Eleanor off to Sarah for some bonding while we went to see Avengers: Age of Ultron -which was A-mazing! We followed that up with a nice homemade dinner and an intense conversation about the Marvel Universe, Joss Whedon not being involved with the next Avengers movie, the overall awesomeness of both Joss and Marvel, and the correct order of the Marvel films (for which I found an awesome infographic that displays the timeline and cleared up any disagreements). Since Gavin isn't a huge fan of cake, we had Birthday Brownies and I sang happy birthday.
Friday was Gavin's actual birthday and we celebrated with a birthday Breakfast at Mary's Gold Miner Cafe, which is our favorite spot in Folsom so far. Eleanor and I gave Gavin his presents over a few days, because I'm really bad at keeping them to myself. He may have picked out the KC sweats I bought him, but I think he was happily surprised with the latest Vikings and SOA seasons, and the new wire BBQ skewers I found -which look really cool and I can't wait for him to use!
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| Zoodle/squoodle combo with shrimp |
Our Mother's Day celebration started earlier in the week when Gavin gave me the spiral slicer I've been saying I wanted. If you don't know what that it, its a neato contraption that turns unsuspecting veggies into noodles -among other things. so far I've made zoodles (zucchini noodles) and squoodles (summer squash noodles). Just spiralize, saute, then toss with some sauce and you're good to go! I'm pretty excited about all the possibilities; I'm making sweet potato "nests" tonight.
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| Mother's Day gifts <3 |
Moving on, Gavin was a good spoiler all week, surprising me with Starbucks and breakfast most mornings, and spreading the gifts out over a couple of days -seriously, waiting until Christmas morning is sometimes brutal for us. Haha! My loot contained Marvel movies because we're nerdy like that, a new cookbook, and a beautiful bougainvillea plant. I also got to go shopping by myself! Ive wanted an herb garden for a while, so I picked up some thyme, basil, and rosemary to start, and a nice big pot to plant them in. Oh, and a hummingbird feeder that I'm very excited about too. Christina surprised me with a Starbucks gift card in my inbox. She understands my need for afternoon pick-me-ups.
We hope all the mothers, step-mothers, almost-mothers, and mothers-to-be were celebrated last Sunday (and every other day)! I never really understood what being a mother encompassed until I was one, and I discover new things about myself as a mother every day. I'm honored to have two amazing mothers in my life who helped mold me into the mother I am, just as I'm fortunate to have a fiance and daughter who love me as much as they do.
Happy (belated) Mother's Day and Happy (belated) Birthday Gavin!
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| Me and my kids on Mother's Day. |
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