One year older and... bigger too

Yesterday I celebrated my 23rd birthday. I got extremely spoiled and it was such a great day! What I wanted most for my birthday this year was to spend the day with my hubby. The last couple years for my birthday we have been moving out of state and Gabe was usually setting up his office and doing work related things, so he took the day off from studying for the DAT to spend it with me :)
The night before my birthday we had a little get together with my family and my parents BBQ'd some food and made extreme chocolate pie for dessert. Yum Yum, it was delicious! I'm so lucky to have such great parents, they are always so giving and wanting to treat all of us kids so well. We spent the rest of the night in good company playing with the twin babies and playing games.

Monday morning I got up and ready as usual and then I opened my presents. I got some new clothes and shoes, some beauty products, sweet little clothes for the baby, gift cards and money! While I was getting ready Gabe snuck off and came back with a gift card full of money to baby GAP... it made me cry :) This little dude is going to be so stylin'...

On our way out of town we stopped by the new Einstein Bagels in Provo and had a small lunch - it was scrumptious as usual. I had been wanting to check out the new City Creek shopping center in Salt Lake so we drove up there and "discovered it" as all the signs say to do. Well, I'm not so sure how I feel about the place. It wasn't my favorite... It was a beautiful area, but there were way too many people for my liking, and they were quite the strange crowd. I don't know if that is how it always is, but there were so many crazies out that day. My dear friend Abby started her new job that day right next to City Creek, so we met up with her for her lunch break. It's always wonderful to get together with my friends!

After we wore ourselves out from walking around City Creek we drove out to the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy. I love doing things as a couple that I know are going to be even more special once our little one gets here. He was on my mind a lot yesterday... The aquarium was lots of fun, the otters were our favorite and Gabe "petted" the stingrays. It was so nice to have a day where we didn't have any responsibilities and we could just be together and completely relax.

I have this favorite mexican restaurant that's called Salsa Leedos and their closest location is out in Riverton and so we don't get to go there very often. I told Gabe months ago that that is where I wanted to go for my birthday and so we did. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.... The food was delicious as always, and they were super nice to us. I got to wear a sombrero while they sang Happy Birthday to me and we got free ice cream and fudge. Too bad we didn't get pictures of that!

After we were stuffed full of food we came back home and watched a movie that we rented from Redbox and our friends the Ellsworths stopped by with pregnancy must haves for this birthday girl. I can't even explain how wonderful and amazing and much needed the day was, it really couldn't have been any better. I am so incredibly lucky to have Gabe and to be adding another to our family. He is so thoughtful and really went out of his way to make it a special day for me! Every day with him gets better and better and and can't wait for all of the other celebrations we will have together in the future. Thanks to everyone for making it such a great day!