Giggle's Zoo: birthday

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Bubba Gump Birthday dinner

I have to say, my birthday this year was AWESOME!! I thoroughly enjoyed the lazy morning -even though I got up with the kids while Lion slept in- and I made my own (an everyone else's breakfast) - Homemade from scratch Blueberry Waffles - I DID get to pick breakfast and I *could* have asked Lion to get up with the kids... but then, in the afternoon, we headed out for dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co!!!! If you haven't been there, it. is. AWESOME GOOD EATIN! LOL. As soon as we got seated - very fast because we came for dinner early - I took a quick video of us at the table

... 11 people.. it was expensive, but it was OH SO YUMMY!!

Many big huge thanks to Mom - Eclectus - and Dad - Tiger- for picking up the entire bill!!

We got appetizers (2 orders of super yummy Hush Puppies - & I don't *like* hush puppies- and 1.5 Lbs of Cajun Shrimp), then our dinners (I got Bourbon Street Mahi Mahi!! totally FANTASTIC)

AND desert (we all shared 2 orders of the Choc Chip Cookie Sundae and 1 order of the Georgie Mud Pie).

Then cause it was my birthday, and practically everyone at the tablet told the waiter... they "sang" Happy Birthday to me - they "made" me stand on a chair

and *shake my boo-teh*... lol, since 2 people in our group took videos of it... here's Penguin's - might as well make a fool of myself on the internet too!

Another decade older, and deeper in love

turned 30 today!! wow... when I woke up this morning, my first thought was "I need coffee" then it was... "hey, I'm 30 today..." and I began to think about my 20th birthday...

10 Years ago today:

Lion and I were 6 months preggers with Tortoise... we were both in the military, living in an apartment just outside of a major military base in my home state. We had been married just under a year...

When I met Lion, I was only 18, technically still just a baby - but I wouldn't have thought so then!!! I thought that I wasn't interested in being a Mom... after seeing the devastation brought to my parents after the death of my older brother and younger sister in a car accident when I was 14 (yes, I was in the car too, but that's irrelevant to this post), I knew that it was only a matter of time before God called home someone else I loved.. and I didn't want to feel the loss of a child, losing a sibling(s) is bad enough... I didn't think that I could handle the pain of losing a child... Lion knew it was just fear talking though!!! and Thank God he did too.. cause I can't imagine a life where I'm NOT Mama Roo!!

In ten years, I have been given SO much to love!! Lion and I have 5 (and Koala's still in the oven) beautiful, very different, children that alternately make me laugh and scream (but even when I'm screaming, you can feel the love ... HA)... with Lion came a wonderful family that I'm proud to be a member of... and I love them all dearly! And great friends that feel like family! With all the love has come very little heartbreak... the loss of our pregnancy last December certainly has a lasting impact, but God has given us the confort and strength to move on - and now we have another gorgeous baby we will be oh-so-happy to meet THIS December (God in his infinite wisdom gave me this baby and made her due very near the anniversary of the loss of Baby Gabriel). He who knows all things has my not-so-little-family in his hand, and I pray he continues to bless us --- Thy Will Be Done. I can't wait to see what the next 10 years will bring!!! Here are pics of the kids taken over the last few months: