Our Birthdays

I love that John and I have our birthdays exactly one week apart.  It is neat for me to imagine both of our mothers carrying us those 9 months and what life must have been like for them....and imagine if they'd lived near each other and have known one another...but they didn't, and they lived in vastly different regions of the country. But, I still think it is pretty neat that our lives began at about the same time.

The week after Colorado I got to celebrate my birthday by going out to dinner with two of my friends, Kathryn and Stephanie.  We had a really quaint, fun, outdoorsy appetizer/wine dinner at Veranda Restaurant at the Rancho Bernardo Inn.  It was delicious and the conversation was equally satisfying.  That is now the second time I've been there in the last 2 months, and I'm growing rather fond of it.  Minus the poor service.

Anna did a great tribute of John's life over on her blog.

A week after my birthday celebration, John and I had a night to ourselves as our dear friends the Carters kept Chase overnight.  John had had a hard week, so we just stayed local and went to dinner at a new restaurant near us and then wandered around some stores.  John loves browsing at Barnes & Noble.  I was able to poke around at Michael's and Sears.  Saturday morning was nice to wake up and not have to tend to Chase's immediate needs.  John was able to sleep in and was able to read.  I talked John into buying himself a Seaworld pass because it was such a nice day and knew that Chase would love to go there with her daddy.  When we picked her up, John told her about our fun surprise.

We had a great morning there.  The sun was shining.  We saw the Shamu show and lots of animals.  John and Chase climbed all over the Sesame Street playground and also got to ride a couple of the rides.

These are the sweet cards that the Carter girls and Chase made for John:

Another year of life gone by.  Last year was tough at times, but I can see that we have grown.  And who knows what this next year of life holds?