Happy Birthday to me!!

Yes today is my birthday, Happy Birthday to me! I am turning the magic number of 30....again!
Here is the story of my day...
Last night I took a "night time" medicine since I am still sick and needed something to help knock me out for the night. Little did I know that at 1:15 in the morning I would need to wake up. I woke up to the sound of one of my daughters screaming for me. As I dragged my tired body out of bed and tried to wake my brain up I stumble out of my bedroom to find Mike already with Mikayla and the poor sweet dear child is covered in throw up! Right then my brain woke up and super mommy fought off the medicine and I took Mikayla into the bathroom and helped her with a quick shower which included hair washing. Mike took care of the bedding and put fresh linens on her bed while I was with her. That is some good team work there!!

So, as I sat with my beautiful daughter on the floor of my bathroom blow drying her long hair, I looked at the clock and saw that it was 1:45 in the morning. I was born at 1:40am,30 some years ago. I thought to myself - Happy Birthday Andi. Even though cleaning up throw up is the last thing I want to do I felt so blessed in that moment. I felt blessed just to have my baby with me at that time and thought about how wonderful life has been.

I want to say I have had my far share of challenges but actually, I need to say "we" have had our challenges. I was never alone in those, God was always there with me, my hubby even through our challenges he was always there for me too. Whenever I needed my friends I knew I could call on them. I just feel so blessed for the life I have and the wonderful people in it. I love my beautiful girls so much and I am in awe over them.

Anyway, needless to say Mikayla stayed home from school and since I was still sick I stayed home too. She actually was feeling much better in the morning so we just played games together, read books, and practiced her sight words. It was a wonderful day. My parents sent me some flowers and some chocolates from our favorite florist J' Michaels and when Mike came home he made my favorite cake and after dinner we all enjoyed cake and ice cream and opened presents. It was a low key evening and perfect in every way.