Lovely Day, Lovely Life

Oh, my goodness, what great friends I have in all of you. Thank you for all the happy wishes! I had a beautiful day. I am one of those people that loves my birthday. I mean LOVES it. I like to celebrate for a week...I love the hoo-ha, the parade of gifts, the phone calls...I look forward to it for weeks.

This year was very different. Every day, since Ty, has been a dream come true...truly...that my big day really paled in comparision. He's like 100 birthdays every day. I woke up, yesterday, with so much gratitude in my heart for Rebekah. She gave me the best gift I could ever receive. At least once a day, Ben will look at me and say, "Can you believe someone gave us their baby?" It's surreal...even after 2 months. I'm not sure it will ever sink in (I hope it never does).

Rebekah has changed my life forever with this sweet, sweet baby boy.

His presence in our life forces us to be better. Better people, better parents. He has given our lives so much purpose...I can't even formulate the fullness. My little Ty-Guy was so sweet yesterday, it was as if he knew it was my birthday. He slept 7 hours, ate and went right back to bed - giving me the opportunity for a long hot shower and lots of "get ready" time, took good naps, snuggled, and never made a peep!

It was such a perfect, lazy day! Meeghan and the kids brought lunch and we had a picnic on the porch. Later we snuck out for dinner and a movie.

We went to see Julie & Julia, which I loved. It would be a hard movie to recommend because I related to both characters in so many ways...someone outside my life may not find it as endearing. I found it amazing. Both Jules try to find their place in the world and use cooking as a mechanism to finding their true selves. There's a very brief scene that ripped my heart to shreds...when Julia finds out her sister is pregnant. Her infertility is never mentioned on screen, but a barren heart knows. I wanted to jump from my seat and hold her...tell her there's hope. I most related to Julie. She's a writer at heart and so bad wants to be published....She writes a blog through the movie and all the details surrounding it made my heart smile...there are so many parallels in my own life. Ben laughed out loud when Julie's husband stormed away and said, "Do NOT put this in the blog." I can't tell you how many times I've heard those words...Such a great boost of inspiration for me, as I, too, dream of writing a book. It was a perfect end to a perfect day. I hold out much hope for my big two-eight year. If nothing else, I'm finally a mom...

...and nothing could be more lovely.