5th Birthday

Heavy, Heavy Hangover thy Poor Head
What do you wish this person?

Growing up every year for our birthday the above saying was what we said when we opened every gift. You would place a present on your head and the say the above, the birthday girl would make a wish for the person that gave them that gift. It is a beautiful tradition and I need to ask my parents where they got it from. But what is fun is to find all my past birthdays and have photos of us doing that.

Well, my head is quite heavy for all the gifts and cards that Jeff has had to placed on my head and ask me that question. I am overwhelmed and do not feel worthy for the love that I have received this week. I really don't even know what to say or how to begin to thank everyone for taking the time to make, send, call, type birthday wishes.

But before I go on I must give credit to my friend Jill. Jill has started a circle of blogging women that she takes care of, watches over, encourages, strengthens and loves. Her sidebar is not like most, she knows all of their favorites, address' and email of everyone on her sidebar and sends them good mail often. She knows their birthdays too. So before everyone's birthday she emails all of us to remind us. And because of her birthday reminder my poor mailman has been very busy!
Look at what was sitting outside my front door on my birthday. Can you imagine such a thing?

The phone rang off the hook with phone calls from, Bevan, Mom & Dad, Nicole, Shari O, Jen V., VonTrammell family singers, Mindy, Jill, Becky T, Debbie, Tasha, Allison, Sharon, Heather C and her singing daughter Emma, Jill B. Julie R (who has called me every birthday for 12 years), Paige, Adam and Shalyce (one of my YW who is at college... I can't believe she remembered)
The Email system did not disappoint either...
I got a great gift from Stacy S. who typed up 100 things about me. Yes 100! I got a fun little email surprise from Holly and Emily with a subscription to MS Food and an email from a guy friend from HS who lives in the area, how he remembered my birthday is a mystery. (the whole Elvis thing does help) A Brighton ECard from my sister, love that Brighton!

I have decided in years past to love my birthdays and to make them a special day. After doing AK's scavenger hunt that was so cute, I dropped her off at school and went to Target. I am always happy after a trip there and thought it would be a great way to start the day. I found a button maker that was only $16.00 and is 18 times cheaper than the commercial one I have been dreaming of.

I then went to the grocery store and bought the makings for my homemade German chocolate cake that I love thanks to Lisa W. in TN and tacos. ( I have eaten tacos for my birthday for years) Came home and dropped my kids off at Chelsea P. house her gift to me so I could go to lunch at Cosi's with Linda and Nicole. It was so great and I love their signature salad.

I came home and found the mass off boxes on my front porch. I surprisingly waited until late that evening to open anything and it was a thrill.

The day got a little out of control with a late night for Jeff, Sally Jane throwing up in her bed and on me, news my mom was in the hospital, an unfinished cake in the kitchen and no tacos, sad Annie Kate because she had planned on doing a little birthday shopping and wanted to finish the cake. Because it being my birthday and the good mail packages abound the smile could not be removed off my face.
A million thank yous for all of your kindness on my day. Your phone calls, email, letters and boxes. It was a FANTASTIC day and I look forward to this year to be able to pay it forward and I "wish this person" each a wonderful birthday like I had today.

Take a peek at the slide show sharing with you all my wonderful gifts. You can slow it down if you want to read what each thing was. It is almost like a mini pink Christmas!