You've already heard about Lily's birthday. So we will skip hers :)
On Sunday the 17th we celebrated the February birthdays in my family. My mom made my most favorite meal in the universe-Roast with mashed potatoes and gravy! It was an especially delicious one that day too. We all pigged out and then do what my family loves to do-sit around and just hang out together and talk. Judy gave me a pretty turquoise necklace and earrings and Michael a BYU beanie along with a cool family home evening kit to get us started. We really need to do that with Lily. We gave Grant and Judy a fondue lazy susan thing and some soaps and lotions and Reese's Eggs. My sister Tina gave me a pretty Sister's heart necklace and Jana gave me the cutest menu board for my kitchen! Mike and Nicole got us a very appropriate gift - a gift card to Megaplex. We love going to the movies! We also got a gift card from Ryan and Jayme to go out to eat- so another date is in our future :). My parents gave us nice cards with some money! Judy made a scrumptious chocolate cake and I brought a rainbow chip one for Michael, it split down the middle though! So we put Lily's candle on one side, and Michael's on the other since they had the BIG birthdays. Lily loved the cake! She ate 2 pieces!
On President's Day Michael was so nice to let me sleep in! Then we went to Ikea and got some neat cubes for our TV stand/book case and some other fun stuff and ate at Joanna's Kitchen for some pre-birthday dinner fun. Then Sean and Brittany came over and said hi!
My birthday was a blast! First I went to lunch at Brick Oven with my mom, sisters, and my niece and her baby Bentz. Lily was there too of course and also my sister's friend Starlin. It was fun! That place is so yummy. I always have to get the salad bar and the root beer. I usually get a pepperoni and olive pizza too-which I did! Then I went home, put Lily down for a nap and took a little one myself. When Michael got home we fed Lily dinner and got ready to go out. Renee- Michael's mom stopped by and gave me one of my favorite treats-Smart Cookies! I love their flower sugar cookies. Then Michael and I went to the outlets in Traverse Mountain. It was so weird, it was EMPTY! There was only like 2 other families besides us walking around. This was a drastic change from when we went the first time when it just opened. We bought a few clothes for Lily and at the Gap I got the bathrobe of my dreams, some slip on shoes and a sweater. After working up an appetite shopping we headed to JCW's so I could have a huge Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Shake! Then we went home to get Lily in bed. After she was sleeping we watched Pitch Perfect while Michael gave me a massage. It was a great night! Michael spoiled me with gifts-as usual and went way over our birthday budget-as usual. He got me a steam cleaner which I love and a gift certificate for a massage and the book Insurgent.
Then to celebrate both our birthdays we went to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse on the Friday between both of our birthdays. Michael's brother and sister-in-law Chris and Alison babysat for us. They already had the rest of the Malouf grandkids so it was kind of a little party for Lily! Ruth's Chris Steakhouse is AMAZING! The filet just melts in your mouth. They cook the meat at 1800* and bring it out on a 500* plate. They have you hold your napkins up so it doesn't splash you. I got the petite filet with shrimp and Michael got the regular filet. We also got sweet potato casserole (It's like a dessert it is so good) and shoestring fries as well as Ruth's Chop Salad. They also brought us both free dessert in honor of our birthdays. I got the chocolate duo which is a chocolate molten cake with some custard and berries and Michael got the sinful cake which is dark chocolate with esspresso. Both were mouthwatering! They treat you so nice there too and coincidentally we had the same waiter as we had when we went on our anniversary! They had some confetti all over our table and they are constantly calling you by your name. Its a really romantic environment :). We had a great time!
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| They put this on the front of your table so all the waiters know it's your birthday. |
On Sunday the 24th we celebrated our birthdays with our brother-in-law Reynie's as well at the Maloufs. The Maloufs sure know how to party! We had yummy lasagna for dinner and salad and garlic bread too. For dessert Michael has to have the rainbow chip cake with rainbow chip frosting (Lily and I love it too) and ice cream. They always make sure to get Rocky Road for me! Present time is always a big affair as well. Renee wraps everything so cutely and there is ALWAYS an order to when you can open what. Everyone gives each other hilarious cards and we all pass them around. Reynie and Michael got to open their presents first and I was under strict orders to not open mine yet. Michael got a neat throw-back BYU hat and an amazon gift card and some nice dress pants for school/church. Finally it was my turn to open my small gift bag. Inside was an attachment to a kitchen aid! I kind of got worried because I didn't own a kitchen aid so I thought for a second that they thought I did have one and I was going to have to fake how useful it would be. But then Craig brought out a huge wrapped box and I immediately knew they were spoiling me big time with a Kitchen Aid!!!! It is beautiful and white. I was overwhelmed. The next day I had to immediately make cookies just to try it out. It worked like a dream!
The next day on Monday our friend's Brad and Amber and their kids came over to our house for one of Michael's favorite dinners- Hawaiin Haystacks. I also made his favorite dessert-rice krispie treats. So he got a #30 candle in his and we all sang "Happy Birthday" to him again. 30 is a big age to turn! We gotta celebrate it!
On his real birthday, Tuesday, Lily and I brought him some Taco Time for lunch! I stopped and got some black, silver, and blue balloons that said "The big 3-0" and tied them on a cane. He is getting old-middle aged! He was embarrassed, but it was good for him. I also brought him 30 See's Candies suckers and made a little sign on it that said "Thirty Sucks!" He liked that part :)
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| Happy Birthday! |
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| Mr. Malouf in his classroom! Happy Birthday, husband! |
Later that night Michael's parents watched Lily for us so we could eat at Michael's favorite restraunt-Buffalo Wild Wings. Michael wouldn't let me inform them it was his birthday, so no fun! But the wings were sure tasty! Then we came home and opened his gifts from me: some headphones, some waterproof boots, a couple shirts, socks, candy, and flip flops!
We had way too much fun in February! Let's hope our next child's birthday is in the summer so we can space the birthdays out a bit!
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