Top 12 Reasons 29 Is My Favorite Birthday Ever

12. All my favorite people in the world got to go to my favorite restaurant, Izzy's and everyone enjoyed their meal I think! Birc, Daddy, Mama, Granddaddy, Aaron, Anna, and Savannah and I all loved our meals!
11. My mom and dad had a tasty and beautiful birthday cake made for me that was just my color-purple!
10. My husband picked up on the fact that I have a birthday week, not just one day. Therefore I have been spoiled every day and feel so lucky![flowers for my office, car washed, being woken up to opening a bday gift, picked up some glitter nail polish for me so my toes and fingers could look like a party, etc.]
9. My birthday fell on a Wednesday so I got to go to work and see all my awesome kiddos and co-workers.
8. My kiddos all made me adorable birthday cards and my co-workers spoiled me with homeade cookies, Hot Tamales (my favorite candy), a mexican restaurant gift card, and a certificate for a pedicure at my favorite spa!
7. My in-laws got me a very nice gift card to my favorite clothes shop and are taking us out tomorrow night to an awesome steak restaurant, Arthur's, for dinner!
6. Birc brought me lunch from my favorite sandwich shop, Lenny's, and we got to eat lunch at home together.
5. Savannah slept for 13 hours straight, only waking once the night before my birthday, so I could feel rested up to celebrate!
4. My parents picked me out some awesome and super trendy shirts to wear with my skinny jeans as well as a side-cross necklace I'd had my eye on. [AND a Benji to pick out another something sometime soon!)
3. My granddaddy made the trip even thought it was a late night, and brought a sweet card with something extra in it!
2. Anna and Aaron were both thrilled with my restaurant choice, even though it is located past Mississippi Avenue! And they brought me an awesome cookbook from Williams-Sonoma, a perpetual birthday calendar, some yummy honey-herbal bath salts, and some super cute shirts that match pants I already have!
1. I am a mama on this birthday for the first time ever, and my baby girl TOOK HER FIRST STEPS ON MY BIRTHDAY NIGHT! And my whole family got to see it too-even her Great-Granddaddy!! She took at least 18 steps by herself tonight-I officially have a walker! (which means I need to re-evaluate the baby-proofing.)

I feel so lucky and blessed, and I honestly feel guilty for everyone loving on me so much.  I didn't even put in my top twelve, all my facebook posts, emails, texts, blog posts, and calls I received from wonderful family and friends but those just added to the greatness of my birthday.  I can't say thank you enough to all of you guys that made it special for me! I love you guys!

I'm sorry there's no pictures with this but I'll share those tomorrow.  I took none and let everyone else do the picture-taking, so could you guys send them to me (you know who you are)? Then I'll share them on the blog! I can't believe my baby girl walked for the first time on my birthday! What a memory!