well, I had a very nice birthday this year. first I stopped by my old employer to say hi to everyone after they woke me up with a happy birthday call :)

After that stop I went down to see my mom. She showered me with gifts and then we went out and got some yummy mexican food. After I left her I went home to study for my last final, which I took at 4:30. After I got home from that I did this :)

This is a different day, but that is what I did. Hank was on my belly and then jealous Bella came up to snuggle too. You can't really tell but Bella was actually sitting on Hank's lower half.

My mom was nice enough to hold a birthday party for me at her house :) These are all the pictures I was able to take before everybody was gone. I'm still getting used to having a camera and I often forget to use it :(






One of my gifts was this cute cute elf costume for Hank :) He totally hates it, but these are the two best pictures I was able to get.
Merry Christmas everyone!

happy birthday to mee!

so, I may be jumping the gun on this post by about an hour and a half, but I have such a great occasion that I simply can't wait! 

below is a picture that i took of myself tonight on my new birthday present from blake!

he surprized me with a camera yesterday and I am super excited about it. the thing has a really cool setting that will automatically photograph when it detects smiles. the following three pictures are the result of my experimenting.


Blake gave me the gift in the cute bag . Everyone in our family had representation but hank, so blake drew him in for me :)
(notice the clipped ear, haha)
this is the camera that i now have.

this is the mixer that blake and i got for christmas from blake's mother :)
these are the gifts that i've wrapped. 
and what entry would be complete without little hank and bella :)

Hank is getting very big. As you can see from this picture, he is almost the size of a full grown boxer! (just kidding, it's just the perspective. could you imagine?)
and this is a typical pose for bella :)