Delight in the Unexpected!

I have pondered writing this post

for weeks now.  The time has finally come and you

should prepare yourselves for some pure joy in this entry.

Here is a wonderful story of my birthday.

Now mind you my birthday is a day I look forward to always, 

but this year even more so as I invited some of my

closest lady friends to come for desserts.

I spent the day in the kitchen. 

On holidays this is my favorite room to be in.

I view holidays as a "free" day to do what I want

and I usually end up creating deliciousness

as the kids frolic in the backyard or happily play indoors.

Only sometimes do the kids interrupt my bliss.

So a tiramisu was made with the help of my friend Melissa.

Strawberry and Rhubarb came in from the backyard

together in the form of a pie.

And what would a gathering be without my favorite

peach kuchen?

During dinner someone rang the doorbell.

This is not a normal occurrence, as most people 

walk right it.  It was a friend from church delivering

a dark chocolate birthday cake his wife had made me.

The evening weather was divine and so we

gathered around the picnic table with

the above mentioned yumminess.

My dear friend Webb blessed me with some very 

kind words as a birthday gift, and we sat and kibitzed.

Then we moved our conversation to the fire pit.

We proceeded to laugh until our

bellies grew sore and our souls overflowed.

I wanted to capture on camera all the friends that came

that night to remember the fun.

So into the living room we went and Mat took our

picture a few times.

Here's the picture after he said, "Say cheese!"

Mat took a few more pictures just to be sure he 

captured everyone well.

Here is the picture taken when Mat said,

"Say Amy Dawson's pregnant!"

Well this was funny because it took a bit for my friends

to react to what Mat said.  After 10 seconds of 

staring and smiling, someone said, "Is that true?."

After answering that what Mat said was indeed correct

the fun began.  I was so happy that Mat was ready 

to catch it all on camera.  This is what happened. . .

I love the reactions.  Pam with her hands covering her mouth is great, and

Gigi in the back being loud most likely.  Everyone was 

overjoyed as are we.

And so I proceeded to give details of importance such as

my age which was (as of my birthday), 34.

However, when I gave this I answered the question,

"How far along are you?".

That was not correct as I was only 9 weeks along.

So we laughed on and on.

Here's a moment from the beginning of the story:

Being somewhat surprised at the outcome of this

test I took a picture.

So there you have it the Dawson baby #5 is on it's 

way, due to come into the world come January 2012.

Favorite thing:

a campfire in the morning