Is the title to obvious?  Yes, today (March 7th) was my birthday and it was a day of flexibility.

First off, the boys gave me the best present ever.  They slept through the night AND they slept until 7am.  That means I got a total of around 8.5 hours of sleep last night.  WOWOWOWOWOWOW  That hasn’t happened in like, forever.

Anyway, here’s what our initial plans were and then I’ll tell you how they changed.  I had planned on being up around 6am but as you heard, I got to sleep in.  The goal was to then walk with the boys to the French bakery down the street for a mid-morning incredible croissant around 9:30am.  Instead, I was on the road to my brother’s house.  I’m going to say Ryan got food poisoning last night and like any bachelor out there, he didn’t have the necessary “get well” food items like Sprite, Saltine crackers, bananas, chicken noodle soup, and Pepto Bismal so I bought him food and dropped it off.

The second part of that story was that Ryan was suppose to pick up my uncle Dick at the airport around the same time Joel and I were to have a glorious birthday dinner at the Outback Steakhouse (~1pm).  Well, you guessed it – Joel and I headed to the airport instead.

We thought that the  Outback would have the same hours at South Center mall that it does up here in Everett.  We were wrong and thus ended up at the Mongolian Grill, a good faster food restaurant.  Seeing that there was no wait for food, we had time to kill on our hands before Dick’s fight got in.  A quick tour of the renovated mall, followed by three laps around the airport and Uncle Dick was picked up and delivered home.  We had just enough time to stop by the French bakery before it closed at 4pm to pick up a dessert for Joel, myself and Malin.  There were a few remaining delectable items left so it was ok.  The babysitter was relieved of duty and we played with the boys.

The next surprise of the day occurred at 4pm.  My friend Dawnn and her fantastic daughters Katie and Ashlyn dropped by with cupcakes made just for my birthday.  We had a great time playing and Dexter spontaneously kissed Katie on the cheek without prompting.  I think this was his first kiss.  At least it was a Katie.  What a little ladies man.  Dexter also gave Ashlyn hugs.

Nicholas just loved the cup cake and DEVOURED his in a nano second.  That boys loves cake.

After they left, I opened my presents and THANK YOU Mom and Dad for the great gifts.  I think the Carry Underwood concert will be tons of fun.

Chris and Don, I love the chocolate and Joel has said I don’t even have to share.

Joel and the boys came through too.  They also got me concert tickets but to Tim McGraw.  Joel, being the forever thoughtful husband, gave me a electric pad for my feet in bed because during the winter, I’m always complaining that I can’t warm up my feet.  Nicholas (who loves eggs, and really loved camping) got me a portable plastic egg carrier for camping and Dexter decided he wanted to watch the Star Trek movie with me.

All in all, it was a fantastic day.  Thank you everyone who made it special!!!!