Spaghetti for Me

My girls, Jenni and Lola

Today we celebrated my 31st birthday at the Roseland household. I hinted several times to Jenni that I've been wanting her home-made spaghetti and meatballs. So what better day than today, right?! This year was the first birthday I was actually planning on doing nothing. But Jenni insisted and this sounded perfect. Plus Jenni understands how important school is to me so I knew she wouldn't mind if I needed to cancel on her last minute. Thankfully I was able to get all my school stuff done so I could sit back and relax. The food was DELISH and as always the company was great! I couldn't have asked for a better birthday.

Yep that's the face of a 31 year old- OH BOY!

Enjoying me some wine. I needed it :)
Jenni even snuck 31 candles on my "Better than Sex" cake. Believe it or not Jearel actually baked this for me. It was pretty close to being better than sex too. SOOOOO GOOD!
I had to hold back my hair from the big ball of fire.

Blew them all out at once- Like a Pro!
The Creels... Candis, Camden, and Michael

Me and J

Me, J and little Jay. I love my family

Frank and Chrissy

The whole Swisher gang.

The host's, The Roseland family.

~Thank you so much to everyone who helped make my birthday so special~

Sarah, Vanessa, and Noah- I had so much fun drinking wine and cathcing up on Thursday. I always stay way too late and have way too much fun!! Thanks girls for my gift card, pizza, yummy dip, and my special birthday brownies. I love you girls.

The Creel's- It was good to see you guys today, especially Camden. Thank you for making the drive out and for my coffee bean jack pot!! I will enjoy that for sure! I love me some good coffee. And Candis the card was very sweet, it does feel like years.

The Swisher's- Thanks for kicking it like the old days. I know we don't get as much time together as we would like, but I love every moment we have. As always it is good to see the kids. Thank them again for my gift card ;).

The Roseland's- I don't even know where to begin. I can't thank you enough for this extra special birthday afternoon. Everything really was so perfect. We sure were missing Lola and Kyan. Jay had a blast with them today. I love you guys!

MOST OF ALL- Jearel and Jay- You two are my everything. How you put up with me I am not sure, but I am sure spoiled. Thank you for the shopping moola and the yummy cake. I love you both so very much.

Thank you to all my friends and family for the cards and sweet birthday messages that showered me all weekend long. I am very lucky to have such wonderful friends and family.

Love you all!

Captured on Camera

Jenni came out for a night!! Anyone who's know Jenni, she hardly EVER gets out (at night). My brother insisted on meeting me out since my birthday is today and this would be the first year I didn't make any plans. School is crazy, so I knew if I made official plans I would be even more STRESSED. My mother-in-law was kind enough to take Jayla Friday so I could have some un-interrupted study time. But after my brain couldn't take it anymore I met my brother, some other friends, and JENNI totally last minute. We headed up to my favorite neighborhood bar, Sammy's. I was only out for a few hours, but it was well worth the break. Thank you to everyone who keeps pushing for me to get out and do something.

My brother, Adam and Joe Golden

Here's my proof!! Jenni and I.
Jenni, Adam, and Me
I love them!!

Again more proof... I love this girl!!

~Jenni steal away and edit, but I couldn't wait to post- hee hee~

Mommy's Girl

Jayla loves to snuggle, kiss, and give her mommy big hugs.

I couldn't have asked for anything sweeter than these moments. I am sure there will come a day that she will run to her daddy instead... until she realizes daddy will chase all the boys away :).

A DAY WITH GRANDMA...

... and a day with out a nap. Lets just say that Grandma Riley (Jearel's mom) always wears Jayla out. They keep busy that's for sure. Yesterday I went to pick Jayla up after school and was told she just would NOT nap, she was having way too much fun. So as you can imagine she passed out in the car on our drive home. This was at 6 pm, so instead of putting her to bed I tried to wake her up, then I just laid her on the couch making all sorts of noises until she finally woke up. Well that was a mistake because she cried for 2 hours straight, until she finally passed out again.

I have never seen her this exhausted. It was cute, until the crying began.

She was in such a comatose state that even her eye stayed partially open.

Thank you to Grandma Riley for always watching Jay. I know she has so much fun with you. We love you!!

A Very Special Dinner

Jearel's younger brother, Tyler, was in town. He enlisted into the army 6 months ago. Jayla was very attached to him since the day she was born. Uncle Tyler has so much love for Jay. She gets a little weird about men in general, but never with with Ty. It took all of 2 seconds for her to realize who he was and then she was hooked all over again. We really miss having Tyler around, but couldn't be more proud of him. Hopefully he will be back in November so we can get a little more time with him before he gets stationed over seas.

Uncle Ty and Auntie Amanda loving on Jay.

More kisses for Jay (she likes to give kisses)
Jayla found a new friend to share her toys with.

Jay and Papa (Jearel's Dad)

Papa took Jay to see the horses and doggies. I think Jayla talked his ear off the whole way. She is such a jabber jaw.

Jay is Papa's first grandbaby and boy does she have him wrapped around her finger.

Jayla with Nahla and Max (I secretly want to steal these dogs. They both are so sweet and beautiful. They love Jay too)

Thank you so much to Dawn (Jearel's step mom) for the yummy dinner and gathering all the troops together so we could see Tyler. We had a really good time and love you all so much.