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My Birthday

This birthday was probably one of the best yet. In the morning I told Aaron that last year for my birthday, he gave me heartburn, so could he give me something better this year? He really came through with the best morning snuggles. 
He held onto me so tight and after he finished his bottle he snuggled me for a few minutes, something he rarely does anymore. 
Sammy made me chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, and took the day off from work to hang out with me. 

My mom and Brinley came over and watched Aaron so Sammy and I could go to Top Golf. I've been wanting to go there for a long time and they finally built one near us. 
It was so much fun! I actually did pretty good the first game, beating Sammy by twenty points. But holy moly, it's hard to hit golf balls! My back was starting to hurt so bad and then my arms were so tired. I scored 41 points the first game, and by the third game I scored 3 points because I just couldn't do it! Sammy did really good the second and third game, but one hour of playing with just two people is too much ha! It was funny watching everyone else play, they really seemed to know what they were doing. 
It was so hard not to order food while we were there, it smelled SO good. But we had other lunch plans. 

We went to YellowBelly for lunch, my favorite chicken place. It's a Colorado chain and the only chicken tenders that don't make me feel sick after eating them because they're healthy. They have the best smashed potato fries, and green ranch and a secret sauce that I love. I can't tell you how nice it was to just eat lunch, chat with Sammy, and not have someone screaming MAMA at me wanting to steal my fries haha! I love Aaron dearly, but dang it, those are my fries and it's hard to always eat while feeding him fast enough haha! I appreciated this lunch so much more than I would have before. 

After lunch we went and got Aaron and then headed over to my parents house. We waited for my brother to get back from school and just watched Aaron play. As we were there Sammy started sneezing more and more. It never fails, he always gets sick on my birthday. He just can't handle a whole day being about me ;) I felt so bad for him. By the time we headed home he really wasn't looking so hot. I made us chicken noodle soup for dinner, and then once Aaron was in bed we watched NCIS together because I got to pick what we watched haha! It was such a great day where I saw all my loved ones and just enjoyed it. Here's to 26!


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