My man is 33!

Yes, today is Alex's birthday. He turns 33, or 34 if we lived in China. To celebrate, we are going to be cleaning the house for the party tonight and then clean some more because we're hosting our community group here tomorrow. I'll be doing some cooking, although I did a bunch last night. Betsy very graciously took the boys to see Where the Wild Things Are so I was able to bake and frost a very delectable looking chocolate cake (picture to follow) and pumpkin bread. All from scratch, mind you. That's why it took so long. Today I have to make caesar salad, season the pork tenderloin, make spice cake cupcakes (from the box), asparagus and potatos.

As many of you may or may not know, Alex has a certain degree of excitement when it comes to presents. From my perspective, he is not able to let a wrapped present sit in the house for more than 24 hours. When we got back from our honeymoon, we had a room full of unopened presents. So, we had to open every single one of them at midnight, after which he proclaimed "There's nothing for me". Yep, that's what happens when you get married. One spouse ends up getting 'family' presents. Thank goodness, this hasn't happened to me. I have not yet received any bow and arrows or guns or hunting shirts.

This present excitement gene has made its way into our oldest child. James has an eagle eye for presents. He is, however, great at letting the real birthday kid open them. But James gets super excited while screaming "What is it? I don't know?!"

We had 2 boxes in our house, 1 from me and 1 from my brother. So, last night when Alex got home, James dragged both boxes over for the opening. Heaven forbid we wait another 12 hours!!! Alex got a great set of horseshoes and some fun toys from Cabela's.

So, Happy Birthday Baby! May we have another 33! (p.s. Alex doesn't read this)