Happy Birthday to ME!!

So as all of you know today is my birthday. I have been kind of sad because I wasn´t home and I wouldn´t be able to spend my birthday with all of my family and friends... but guess what?? Well you are going to have to keep reading to find out. So last night at midnight Natalie walked into the living room with a little cake and Pooh candles.

24!!! WHAT?? Man, I´m old.

It was so sweet! So we ate a little of the cake and went to sleep. I slept ALL night without blowing my nose or waking up because of a runny nose!! I couldn´t believe it! Obviously washing my sheets worked. At least I hope it did. Oh AND to make the night more exciting I found out that the cord to Natalie´s laptop fits in my DVD machine and so I watched a movie!! So anyway, back to my birthday. I woke up around 1030 got up for a little while then Natalie and the baby took a nap so I did too. It was real rainy this morning so it was just a nap day. So I got up from a nap and Natalie´s mom came over to pick up Jamie. She told me she was coming to pick me up at 3 and for me to be ready... WOOHOO! I was excited. So I took a shower and got ready. She came over at about 345 and we drove to her house, which is only about 3 minutes from Natalie´s apartment. So I was expecting Natalie and MAYBE her brother there... so I walked and was super surprised when a few more people were there, Natalie´s friends. This is the group. L to R: Anne, Natalie holding Jamie, Caro, Dirtje, ME, and Christos (not sure about the spelling on that one.)

This was Jamie when I came in.Caro, the grillmaster (Christos), and Natalie´s mom. So we had dinner, which consisted of sausage, turkey, chicken, veggie sausage, and green bell peppers on the grill and salad. Mmm, tasty. This is the table before we ate. Little bags of gummi bears and smarties (m&m type chocolates) Sorry this picture is sideways, I can´t figure out how to turn it cuz everything is in GERMAN!! Anyway, this just shows how little the gummi bears were. So cute!After we ate we played a fun game, where we all were a person and we had to try and guess who we were. I was James Dean, which I couldn´t guess cuz I don´t really know him that well. Notice our party hats with yellow post its. Caro and Christos are engaged and after dinner he held Jamie. He rocked her to sleep, it was so cute. He wanted to hold her a lot and wasn´t afraid, like a lot of men are, of tiny babies. Natalie´s mom even made a chocolate cake out of SCRATCH for me!! It was such a fun night. I got a bottle of wine, a night at an ice hockey game, and a pillow! (I´ve been wanting to buy one) So even though I wasn´t sure what to expect today, it was totally above my expectations. Thanks to everyone for your birthday wishes and if by chance one of the party goers from tonight read this, thanks for celebrating my birthday with me!
This is a beautiful view from Natalie´s parents house. I tried to get a close up but my camera ran out of batteries. So maybe some other time.