365: Day 91- My Birthday!

4/1/14: I had a really, really fantastic birthday on Tuesday. This year I decided to bring back the "birthday month", so I've already had a couple of birthday dinners with friends. There is nothing like your actual BIRTHDAY, though!

Zoe & Silas were very sweet both the night before and the morning of my birthday. On Monday night Silas told Julia that they needed to buy me a present. She asked what he thought I might like and he replied, "maybe some lotion!".

They also managed to squash Daddy as I was on my way out the door-

At work my co-workers surprised me with delicious birthday cupcakes at lunchtime.

We had a journal club meeting in the afternoon and I arrived to find the room decorated,

complete with party hats and a tiara! Yup, I actually led a paper discussion about infant ERPs wearing a tiara :)

Derek picked me up at 3:00 so we could hang out for a few hours to celebrate. I snapped a picture of his face when he saw me walk out of the building wearing a tiara.

We went to Matt Murphy's for a drink and poutine, where he surprised me with a gorgeous pair of earrings from the Diamond Guild!

This picture doesn't do them justice!

And then we went out for an early sushi dinner.

When we got home Julia and the kids surprised me with a cake and a happy birthday song.

They checked out the party hats I brought home from work and we got a family photo.

And lest we forget what birthdays are all about... Here is my birth photo, weighing in at a whopping 10 lbs, 5 oz. I came 10 days late and my mom was in labor for 36 hours!

HAPPY 39th BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

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