Kristen's 25th Birthday

Poor Tyler spent all Wednesday running around with Alex and pampering her on her birthday, only to wake up early the next morning and do the same thing to me! I was very lucky to get breakfast in bed and then both Tyler and I got the chance to relax a bit while Alex played with the plethora of awesome toys she got at her birthday party.

We then went to Tucano's for lunch and then I got to wander around the bookstore for a bit while Tyler chased Alex around trying to keep her from pulling everything off every shelf. The afternoon plans were ice cream at the park, but it got really cold suddenly so we settled for ice cream and hanging out around town. This was especially fun because Alex got her very first ice cream cone.

She picked the most beautiful colored and disgusting tasting icecream flavor at Baskin Robbins.

It was so funny to watch her take these mini licks and then grin from ear to ear.

Tyler took over the camera for a minute and caught some fun pictures.

mom and daughter engrossed in their individual ice cream cones.

Giving Daddy a smile

Giving each other a squinty smile.

Giving Daddy another smile

Alex sharing her ice cream, after confiscating mommy's.

My little big girl.

After ice cream we went to the Brady's for a family birthday dinner. We had delicious Cafe Rio type salads and I was stuffed to the rafters after that wonderful meal. Ben even made me Brazillian lemonade (which was fantastic) and Carmel Rolls for desert (I will never again believe that you don't know how to make them correctly Ben, and make them for you out of pity. Those were the best rolls ever. Now you are officially in charge of carmel rolls, forever.)

We played the name game after dinner. My favorite part was watching Devin help Alex write names on the papers. It was 100 times more adorable than this picture, which is pretty darn cute.

Alex discovered that the quilt rack doubles as uneven bars, and now loves to pull all the blankets off so she can hang and swing.

After 2 long days of super fun, she ended her day with a back scratch from grandma.

Although nothing really grand happened, I'm pretty sure this was one of the best birthday's of my life. I got to spend the whole day with people I love, doing things that I like, got to eat lots of wonderful food, and Alex even behaved. Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes and thoughtful gifts!!!

Now only a week and a half until Tyler's birthday and then we have at least a couple months to breath before the next round of family birthday's starts up!!!