What a Ride!: Celebrating...Me!

The month of May begins a 2-month long string of parties for the Britts household. (Seriously, Jim counted, and 7 out of 8 weekends we are celebrating something. And the one weekend without a celebration, Jim's mom is coming down for a visit. So we'll call that a celebration, too!) Our schedule of Festivities this year looks like this:

Sunday, May 5: My birthday

Sunday, May 12: Mothers' Day

[Sat/Sun, May 18-19: Jim's mom visits]

Monday, May 27: Memorial Day (yay for long weekends, although for a pastor's family where Monday is Jim's usual day off, I guess they don't really mean that much, ha!)

Saturday, June 1: Our 11th anniversary

(Sat/Sun, June 1-2: Senior Weekend at church, meaning Jim will be there ALL WEEKEND helping our graduating seniors put on an awesome service for the whole church.) (No, he didn't forget that this was our anniversary weekend.)

Saturday, June 8: Jadon's 3rd birthday (we're going to the county fair with friends)

Saturday, June 15: Jadon's birthday party (we postponed it so that my parents could come.) (Spoiler alert: it's a tractor/construction theme, and my dad just bought a tractor...)

Sunday, June 16: Father's Day

Sunday, June 23: Jim's birthday

Whew! Nothing like packing it in!

For my sister's and posterity's sake, I'll try to keep the blog updated with pictures (those are really the only 2 reasons I even try!) :)

Here are some pictures from our first two weekends, the ones celebrating me :)

Since becoming a mom, something has kind switched in my brain, and now my idea of a great celebration in my honor is simply a fun day with my boys (as long as Jim takes care of all the discipline and poopy diaper issues, ha!). I guess I waited for motherhood for so long that whenever I think about it, Jadon is the best gift I want.

Of course, this year, I did want another big gift...and since I still don't have a new car because we invested my car fund in hiring a script writer that Sony wanted and then Sony turned us down anyway (no, I'm not bitter!), Jim was very accommodating. So, a month before my birthday, I ordered my beautiful Canon T4i camera, and I love it! (That doesn't mean I totally know how to work it yet--still trying to figure out how to use flash!--but I'm learning...)

Then, for my actual birthday, I got a bunch more super special treats (on the more sentimental side). Jadon slept the entire night in his own bed (1st time in months...which he then followed up with 3 more in the past 2 weeks!). That means he ended up waking up really early, so then Jim "helped" him make me breakfast in bed. (Jadon was SO excited about the eggs he made!) Then, we all got to go to church as a family (1st time in years?) because Jim was preaching at a little church plant that our church has helped. That was great! Then, per my request, we had Pizza Hut for lunch (a very special treat when you're trying to eat healthy!) and brownies and ice cream that Jim and Jadon had made for me the day before when I was out at a bridal shower. And as if all that wasn't enough, then Jim gave me a card and an inflatable inner tube, with the note that he is finally acquiescing to my ~~nagging~~ hinting that we should look into putting a small pool in our back yard. Wahoo! You have no idea how long I've been working on that one!!! (The only catch is, he said "when we have more money"...which at our rate might be awhile. But I am NOT letting that deter me!) :)

Then we went over to my parents' house to feed the turtles, and it started raining. And while I am usually a solar-powered person who hates cloudy, gray days, the damp weather did not dampen my spirits at all. I had a perfect day with my wonderful family, and I felt SO blessed.

So much so that it felt weird to get celebrated again a mere 7 days later. Once more, Jadon slept straight through the night in his own bed (I have to admit, I miss the cuddles!)...which meant he was up at the crack of dawn (and tired later!)...but I seized the moment and we made banana pancakes and a new cookie recipe before church (Jim was back to his normal at-church-before-7am mode). Then Jadon crashed for an early nap, and then we went to the beach with my parents. While it was sunny and hot at our house, a mere 7 miles west at the beach it was cool and foggy, but we still had a great time.