Erica's Birthday

The Tuesday before my birthday, the Young Women came over and surprised me.  They brought cake, cheesecake, onesies they decorated for Ty, balloons, and a card.  

Darby, Lenzci, the creeper balloon, and Isabella

They wrote a song in the card, which they also sang:
"Happy Birthday to you!
We really love you.
You're amazing and really grumpy,
But it's okay 'cause you're cool!"
The grumpy line is an inside joke :)

Then on my birthday morning, Marcus pulled out some presents.

Of course Chase had to help open them

It was a beautiful Brighton bag that I had basically been coveting.  There are pictures later.

It was a Sunday morning, so we were all home for breakfast together.  We had the fancy breakfast of Pillsbury cinnamon rolls -- so good!

Chase enjoyed his breakfast too

Chase had also gotten a present from Mimi and Grandpa when I opened the box from them.  (I got a really cute shirt!)  Chase opened a Big Brother gift of a Build-A-Bear Stuart the Minion.  They're BFFs!

The three of us, Chase, Stuart, and I, watched Despicable Me together.  

And we also played Donkey Kong on the Wii for a little bit, which was another gift from Marcus.  We were given a Wii from one of Marcus' coworkers awhile back, and now we officially have two games!

Ty slept through most of the morning festivities.

It was a great birthday week.  Then on Wednesday I headed back to Connecticut to teach.  My new bag was able to have its inaugural trip, and I must say, it did a classy job.  I felt much more professional (and cute) with it.

The Bag on the 7 train

The Bag on the MetroNorth

Definitely bag success :)  And birthday success.  Here's to being 28 -- if that's the right age.  I can't remember.  haha