Paul's 27th Birthday Celebration

Since Paul and I have been married I have learned he LOVES his birthday! Unfortunately because of our "summer sales" lifestyle we are never really able to celebrate like we would like because we BOTH have summer birthdays. But nevertheless, Paul loves to play the birthday card as long and as much as possible...meaning he will tell me..."It's my birthday month"... "It's my birthday week"...etc..to get what he wants or to be pampered a little bit more than usual! I can't say it always works, but I do TRY to be a good wife and show him how much he means to me by celebrating his birth!

This year was once again full of quite a few celebrations. On Saturday night, at his office dinner at Sushi (yuck), his guys got him a birthday cake and card and they all sang to him at the restaurant! Then Sunday morning, I made him a DELICIOUS breakfast and he opened his cards and gifts! He loved them all...thanks to all who thought of him! He spent the morning hanging out with his Brooklynn and laughing and playing and then later that day we went with some friends down to Galveston Island. It was surprisingly really nice. Paul enjoyed the scenery and the company and it turned out to be a great day! Then on Monday his boss, Jason, brought cake and ice cream to correlation to celebrate just a little more! I have his favorite cake, with candles, to make but figured we would do it some other time just for fun since he has had so many cakes! Monday night he was also able to open his gift I had been working so hard on, thanks to so many of you! I published and bound a book of his family and close friends thoughts and memories of him over the last 27 years! It meant so much to him...almost brought him to tears reading what everyone thought of him and lots of laughter reminiscing with all the stories and memories we all wrote as well! The main theme through out was how fun Paul is to be around and everyone just enjoys being in his presence. So true!

Need I even say how much I love this man?! I am so lucky...I count my blessing everyday!



Here are photos from Galveston: (Thanks to Jenna for the beautiful photo shopped pics)

Brooklynn calls any large body of water "pool"..too cute!

love, love, love this picture of Brooklynn...falling asleep on mommy after a long day!

18.5 weeks prego...hot and sweaty...nasty hair...nothing left to wear = ugly pic!
but Jenna helped it out- thanks!

Paul's souvenir to take home...careful on the rocks next time honey!

The bikes we rode...more of a workout than we all bargained for!

She loved the seashells her daddy collected for her!

Looks like these two (Paul and Andrew) could be twins! Jenna...did they plan their outfits? (Wouldn't be surprised if Andrew's shirt is a Northstar shirt too...haha).
Walking behind these two is funny...same height, same legs, weird..maybe Andrew is Josh and Paul's triplet...

Oh he loves the beach!

Getting so sleepy mommy!

Love precious daddy/daughter moments...

She is destined to inherit both Paul and I's ugly calves.
So sorry baby girl!

Some of the damage from Hurricane Ike last summer that hit Galveston Island head on!

Keeping the girl hydrated...her daddy is always so worried about her...especially in the heat!

At Sushi (Yuck) office dinner.

All the guys in Paul's office call him batman because they think his chest and abs look like batman's...nice compliment! Yes, I know my husband is super sexy!

The guys bringing out the cake and singing..

Paul has always looked like such a giant next to Brooklynn.

Silly girl...I love you!