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Jenn’s 31st Birthday 2010
(a.k.a. Happy (Belated) Birthday to me!)
After all of the thrill and excitement of my Celebrating 30 Years in 30 Days posts, I figured I wouldn’t leave you hanging until next year before giving you the edge-of-your-seat details from my 31st birthday on Thursday.
Cool Daddy invited the Cool Fam over for some cake and birthday festiveness.
There was a veggie tray.
The meat-eaters slipped some meat in there 😦
There was an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen.
(Clearly our DQ hires from only the country’s finest ice cream cake decorators)
I’m not sure who “Jemm” is, but I’m sure that she’s truly outrageous.
(Truly, truly, truly outrageous)
(Clearly our DQ hires from only the country’s finest ice cream cake decorators)
I’m not sure who “Jemm” is, but I’m sure that she’s truly outrageous.
(Truly, truly, truly outrageous)
Here’s what it looks like all lit up!
There is no meaning behind the 8 candles…that’s what we had so we went with it.
(It’s a good thing that there was only 8 of them since I could barely blow them out. I think I need to exercise or something.)
I had already blown out the candles when my sister said, “Oh, I missed it!” (She was busy taking pictures of her adorable son…like anyone cares about him on my birthday!) So I told her, “Here, I’ll pretend to blow out the candles and you can take the picture!”
Then we got out Adaline’s old jumperoo to pass on to her little cousin.
He loved it and she loved showing him all of the toys on it.
Adaline had a dirty diaper and this was the reaction.
I wanted a picture of me with my little sweetie pie on my birthday.
She did not.
This is the best one we ended up with.
She did not.
This is the best one we ended up with.
And this is her smiling only a few minutes later.
(What a snot!)
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st-30th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
You can take a look at my 1st-30th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Jenn’s 30th Birthday 2009
(a.k.a. Happy Birthday to me!)
This is it…the last post in the Celebrating 30 Years in 30 Days series 😦
TODAY is my birthday!
I’m 31. Woo-hoo (I guess)!
Today I’m going to share my 30th birthday with you.
Check back this weekend to see a post about whatever 31st birthday festivities that may transpire today.
I had been telling Cool Daddy for months that he better plan something big for my 30th birthday. We’ve never been big on celebrating birthdays, but I figured that the 30th birthday was worth some sort of celebration. He really had no idea what he was going to do, but once he selected a theme (a surprise to me) he ran with it. My mom took care of the food but other than that he did everything. My daughter was 2 months old at this point and I was breastfeeding and cloth diapering. Needless to say I was pretty sleep deprived, but I was excited about my party.
We actually ended up with three “celebrations” (one for each decade that I’ve been alive). The day before my birthday we went to Cool Daddy’s parent’s house where they had a cake for me.
That weekend was my Totally 80s party!
Cool Daddy decorated my mom’s house and told the family to come dressed in 80s garb. He had an 80s Diva costume for me to wear and an 80s Pop Star blond wig. As you’ll see in the photos, the dress didn’t fit me (I just had a baby!) and the wig ended up looking more Goldilocks than Madonna. But that’s not Cool Daddy’s fault and he gets and A++ for effort.
On the table he placed the place and napkins so that it said “80”. He also scattered the table with Nerds, Pop Rocks, jelly bracelets, and stickers of My Little Pony. He put a “chair cover” over my chair of honor because chair covers are a running joke in our family. When we got married I wanted chair covers for the reception but for many reasons ended up not being able to get them. Anytime someone says how perfect my wedding was I say, ”Except I didn’t get my chair covers.”
My favorite part was the 80s phrases. He just wrote different 80s phrases and words on neon paper and taped them to the walls. If I had been doing this I probably would’ve printed it on the computer so that it looked all fancy…but I actually like it better in his handwriting. If we would’ve been having this party in the 80s we wouldn’t be printing things out in snazzy fonts…you’d make it yourself. It made it seem a little more authentic as if it was the 80s when we were having the party.
My cake says “Don’t have a cow Jenn, just chill and have a really rad 30th birthday!”
Here’s the gang me, my sister, my brother-in-law, my cousins, and Cool Daddy.
THE END.
I’ll be starting a few new series in October.
Details to follow so be sure to stop back!
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st-29th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
You can take a look at my 1st-29th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Jenn’s 29th Birthday 2008
(a.k.a. Happy Birthday to me!)
2008 was a rough year. My dog became very sick and needed two blood transfusions. Fortunately he recovered and is still doing well today. I also became pregnant for the first time and I lost the baby a month before my birthday. Just 5 days before my birthday my HCG levels were back to zero and I had just had an ultrasound confirming that the miscarriage was complete. My sister’s wedding was four days after my birthday. It was a pretty busy month and a stressful year.
The family got together on my birthday to have some ice cream cake. Nothing special happened, but the most memorable part of the day was the video. We had finally bought our own video camera and I thought that we should start filming birthdays and holidays again. I don’t know why my family was so confused but people kept randomly singing Happy Birthday. Like, I wasn’t even near the cake…it was still in the other room. So then mom comes in the room with the cake and they start singing again (although mostly everyone is laughing), but Cool Daddy didn’t have the camera on yet. Finally he gets the camera on but he kept saying “where’s night vision? I can’t see anything!”. Then we discover that he was filming with the lens cap on (yeah…it would be hard to see). So I’m half laughing, half crying…and they start singing Happy Birthday again! Now any time that Cool Daddy has the camera we ask him, “Is the lens cap closed?”.
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st-28th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow!
You can take a look at my 1st-28th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow!
Tomorrow will be the last post in the Celebrating 30 Years in 30 Days series.
I hope that you’ve enjoyed my trip down birthday memory lane.
Jenn’s 28th Birthday 2007
(a.k.a. Happy Birthday to me!)
On my 28th birthday I was complaining about how no one cares about your birthday once you get older. While I was working (from 1997-2003) I spent most of my birthdays alone.
I would get the day off of work but everyone else still had to work, so I’d be by myself 😦
My birthday was on a Sunday that year, so after church
Mom stopped by the store and then threw this together for me.
This cake was a totally awesome ice cream cake that my mom made. I had actually destroyed a pan of brownies and wasn’t sure what to do with them (I’d put a bunch of raspberry jam in the batter and they never did cook right), so mom put them in her freezer and eventually used them as the “crust” for this cake. Soooo yummy!
Mom got me a plastic tiara and a scepter that lights up.
She also got fake ugly teeth for everyone.
Hours minutes of enjoyment!
The candles in the middle cake were really cool. The flames burned different colors. Be sure not to drag the singing out too long, 28 candles on top of an ice cream cake doesn’t last long.
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st-27th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow!
You can take a look at my 1st-27th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow!
Jenn’s 27th Birthday 2006
(a.k.a. Happy Birthday to me!)
While I don’t have any fancy party to show you today,
I do have a generous heap of randomness ever-so-slightly related to my 27th birthday.
Just 4 days before my birthday the fellas from the church came to tear down my mom’s garage.
First it looked like this:
And then this:
And finally this:
On my 27th birthday mom and I went shopping.
While we were in T.J. Maxx I found my long lost twin.
A pumpkin with crazy oogley eyes just like me!
While we were in T.J. Maxx I found my long lost twin.
A pumpkin with crazy oogley eyes just like me!
And then we found a Santa Claus that was taller than my mom!
(Which isn’t hard to do since she’s less than 5 ft tall!)
(Which isn’t hard to do since she’s less than 5 ft tall!)
5 days after my birthday Cool Daddy and I flew down to Florida to visit my grandparents.
We went to Old Town and had another photo taken at Instant Ancestors.
We went to Old Town and had another photo taken at Instant Ancestors.
While we were waiting for the photos to process or print or something like that, I spotted my twin again!
All these years, I thought it was the same exact pumpkin.
However, while gathering the photos for this blog a secret was revealed.
Upon closer inspection I realized that the pumpkins, although similar, are not exactly the same.
Let’s take a closer look, shall we?
Pumpkin 1 has green legs while Pumpkin 2 has a purple skirt!
Pumpkin 2 has a green leafy something above its left eye while Pumpkin 1 does not!
And lastly Pumpkin 1 appears to have some dimension to her features (slightly cut-out nose/mouth)
Pumpkin 1 has green legs while Pumpkin 2 has a purple skirt!
Pumpkin 2 has a green leafy something above its left eye while Pumpkin 1 does not!
And lastly Pumpkin 1 appears to have some dimension to her features (slightly cut-out nose/mouth)
while Pumpkin 2 appears to have said features only painted on.
So what does it all mean? Triplets!!! Oh yes, ma’am.
My name is Jenn and I have two Pumpkin sisters!
My name is Jenn and I have two Pumpkin sisters!
When we returned home from FL I had another fun day out with my mom.
We were embracing fall in all of it’s autumnful glory and
visiting fruit markets where we purchased interesting looking gourds.
We were embracing fall in all of it’s autumnful glory and
visiting fruit markets where we purchased interesting looking gourds.
Then we went to this little local place for lunch. I ordered a yummy sounding sandwich that was supposed to have roasted red peppers on it. I was half way through my sandwich and snotting all over myself with a sweaty upper lip before I realized that there was some sort of hot peppers (and not roasted red peppers) in my sandwich. I then preceded to go home and have a bad cold for a week.
And now you may go about your day. Enjoy.
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st-26th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow!
You can take a look at my 1st-26th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow!
Jenn’s 26th Birthday 2005
(a.k.a. Happy Birthday to me!)
In 2005 I was volunteering at my old high school as an assistant choreographer for the marching band dance line. There was a football game on my 26th birthday, so that’s where I was and what I was doing. I don’t have any pictures of it, but I do remember some of the girls bringing me cards, balloons, and flowers, and poking fun at how “old” I was.
A month later I got a digital camera:
A month later I got a digital camera:
And while I didn’t go totally picture-crazy right away, I did start documenting a little bit more of my life (picture-wise). Now I take 20 pictures a day (at least) of my daughter. Hopefully she’ll never have to say “I don’t remember when we…”
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st-25th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow!
You can take a look at my 1st-25th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow!
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