Birthday Weekend

My parents came Friday night to stay the weekend and celebrate my birthday! They got here Friday night just after 5:00. I made pork chops and baked potatoes for supper and then afterward we headed to Wal-Mart (of course!).  Mom wanted to pick up some groceries to make me a birthday supper on Saturday and my parents were also buying me some flowers again like last year for the front of the house. Dad, Jacob and I went in search of the flowers. I found the hanging baskets that I wanted, but couldn't find the impatiens to plant in my big pots. After searching row after row of flowers and asking 3 employees (who each had different answers) we concluded that they hadn't arrived yet. We did grab some mulch and potting soil though.

Back at the house we all just kinda hung out and did our own thing. Dad was watching a movie, Jacob was in his cave and mom and I were hanging out talking about baby stuff. Lots of fun!

Yesterday morning after we were up and ready, mom and I went to the Edinburg community garage sales. I was hoping to find some good deals, but they were all super junky. Eventually we were just driving by and deciding if they were even worth stopping for. We gave up and headed back to Taylorville to go to my favorite little shop on the square and then back to Wal-Mart again since dad called and needed another bag of mulch. My daddio is awesome. While we were gone he planted all of my flowers for me and put all the new mulch down.

In the afternoon mom baked my birthday cake as I watched her lick the batter. No fair! I'm all about licking the batter. Normally I have to fear of raw eggs in my batter and dough, but I won't do it while I'm pregnant. 

Then she and I started pricing things for my garage sale. She also brought a bunch of stuff to sell! Plus she's giving me all of her profit as well....baby stuff here I come! Mom is also going to come back in 3 weeks to help me with the sale, so I'm really excited! While we were doing that, dad and Jacob went to the dump to get rid of some old mattresses and also some old shower doors that were still here from when we moved in. I read online that it was $1 per item. Well...apparently you have to buy tickets at the County Clerk (which isn't open on Saturdays) and the old dude wasn't going to take the stuff. He apparently scoffed at the fact that I read it on a website because, "You can't trust what a website says." REALLY? Anyway, some other guy sold them some of his tickets. At one point I was thinking it was taking awhile and had this thought that if something went wrong I could've seen them dumping them in a field somewhere. The funny thing was, they both made the comment to me later that they weren't coming back with that stuff even if they had to dump them in a ditch or field. Haha!

Last night we celebrated my birthday. Mom made a turkey breast and mashed potatoes for me. Yum! Then I got to open my presents. I got flip-flops from Kendra and several maternity clothes from my parents. A dress, some tank tops and some shorts and capris!

Yup...pretty soon I'll be wearing shorts with elastic. Probably not too long. My jeans are starting to get snug and I've only gained about a pound and a half which means my stomach must actually be starting to expand a little and it's not just a bunch of fat. Haha!

This is what you get when you let your husband take the pictures.

Cake!

This morning we went to church and then  had Round Table for lunch. I love Sunday at Round Table...Chicken and Rice day! Then we had to say our "goodbyes". I didn't feel quite as sad as I usually do, because I know mom is coming back in 3 weeks and we're going to Iowa in 4 weeks! I can't wait!