looks who's 30!

we had a pretty special birthday around these parts yesterday as my lovely husband finally turned 30! these are the 4 glorious months of the year where we are the same age and i feel just a little bit less like a total coug.

so what do you get for the man who lives with very little (very happily) and every time you ask him what he wants he says things like "more sleep" or "to live stress free" ? these are attainable things yes but not really ones that can be wrapped and given as a bday gift. SO with an effort to force him to bed earlier and to help alleviate his often heavy mind (band stress, hello?!) i tried to think of what i could get for the man who gives me everything all of the time.

i came up with an idea on my walk home monday night and while Jimmy was off at band meeting #4,786 of this year, i set to work and brainstormed 5 possible presents. the idea was a choose your own birthday adventure. open all five envelopes and choose which ever present tickles you in just the right way.

turns out he chose option #1, my original birthday present idea: new shoes. these won over $100 clothes shopping spree, $100 at itunes or Starbucks, his next cell phone bill paid for (with the caveat that the saved $$ goes to something he wants not another bill) and a trip to Long & McQuade worth $100. so wednesday we head out to buy Jimmer whatever new shoes he wants. I predict 2 months of happiness before he claims they are falling apart. oh, how sweet those two months will be!

it occurred to me i was responsible to represent the whole of our little family so i gave a voice to the little sea monkey since he/she can't quite send a card yet. this had us both in tears. this baby has totally turned us into a couple of softies! it has also, i believe, made us be the closest we've ever been in four years. SEE what i mean about going soft?? geeze!

i took a half day off of work yesterday to spend the day with James after he got home from work and managed to sneak a bday cake and some bday beers into the fridge for him to enjoy last night. We ended up not going out for dinner as per the original plan but ordered in and ate in bed. hey, the man gets what the man wants on his birthday! i was definitely not opposed to lazy tuesday pj party. 

tonight we're going to watch the Raptors dominate the Bucks in what can only be described as the Great Hot Dog Dinner Anticipation of 2012! well, that's what i'm referring to it as anyway. technically, it's a bday jam.

happy birthday to you jimmy - i love you and your stupid face! xoxox