TOMORROW I TURN 31. thirty one! when did i turn thirty? last year was whisked away by a gusty baby wind. i do remember waking up a year ago today with a very high fever and intense, searing pain in both breasts. thinking it was the flu, i tried plugging along carrying for my 3 week old baby. as the day progressed, and breastfeeding became near impossible, i made an appointment to see my doctor the following day, my birthday, to find out i had mastitis. happy birthday! that was misery and i almost quit nursing at that point, but kept plugging along {my motto last year}. tommy made the most of my mastitis birthday by working from home, changing all of wrennie’s diapers, treating me to in-n-out and rockbottom brewery take-out, AND buying me 10+ bouquets of flowers {no exaggeration, our home was filled with floral arrangements in every corner}. i felt like a very special girl despite the pain, tears, so many tears, and reoccurring bouts of postpartum depression.
lesson learned from last year’s birthday: it can always be worse + your birthday is as special as you make it {unless you’re married to tommy or have my mumcakes as a mom, and it’s always, always, always special}. here’s to my thirty first year tomorrow. happy birthday to me!
oh, anthropologie sent me that birthday candle necklace along with an enticing discount…which led to this overwhelming decision. i’m definitely wearing my birthday dress tomorrow with the necklace.
Thank you Shannon and Sandy and, yes, even you Lynsey {brat!}. Sandy, I went with the yellow dress :)
March 1, 2010 at 1:37 pm
that candle is huge! did it look awkward when you wore it? wait...it's just that it's in your tiny, tiny hands. HAAAAAAAAAAA ;) happy birthday!
March 1, 2010 at 12:17 am
happy birthday :D and i really hope you bought the white one :) from a follower of all ur websites for years :) sandy
February 27, 2010 at 4:58 am
Happy Birthday! Let's hope this one is filled with only good parts this year. :)
February 26, 2010 at 10:33 pm