Happy 40th Birthday Gareth! (Yesterday)

So it's a day late, but when have I done anything one time in the last year? Not often, that's for sure.

Gaby and I started out the day by baking Daddy a cake!!!!





When Gareth got home from work, he got to see the finished product! Nevermind the foil on the pizza tin, I've been too lazy to go and dig my nice cake plate and cover out of the garage. We are still no where near unpacked yet and with another container shipment coming from the UK we probably won't be any time soon.

It was a 3-layer homemade Dutch chocolate cake with buttercream frosting and chocolate ganache filling.





Here's the birthday boy himself with his little darling.



When I asked Gareth what he wanted for his birthday dinner - me to make him something special or to go out, he most enthusiastically said; "Let's go to Applebees!". He loves that place and we have a really great one not too far from where we live and the staff there are sooooo friendly and just adore Gaby. She is by far the favourite of most of the waite-staff there.

Here's Gareth and his meal.....





After we got home we had some of the cake. But first, check out this adorable onesie that a friend of mine from my mom's club, made for Gaby - for Gareth.



In case you can't read the embriodery on the onesie, it says;

"Daddy's Little English Rose"

Mary Ann from Little Lamb Embriodery (www.littlelambemriodery.com) is the same lady who made Gaby's "Gabzilla" onesie that her sweetie, Brighton got for her and she made this for us as well as a pink sweatshirt with her name embriodered on it and a little something else for a certain someone....*wink wink*

Anyhow, we just love it! She does such beautiful work. Mary Ann, thanks again, it's just gorgeous!

Gaby enjoying some birthday cake.







Then it was time to get ready for bed, but not before Daddy winds the clock for the night. Gaby loves to watch Gareth wind this thing.









Unfortunately, Gaby didn't actually get to sleep until almost 3AM. Grrrrrrrr. Once every few weeks she gets a wild hair up her rear and decides she wants to stay up and PLAY! Mommy did not want to play...Daddy did not want to play, oh but GABY WANTED TO PLAY! Suffice it to say, Mommy and Daddy are walking zombies today. And, after dealing with a headcold that has now turned into a chest cold, I'm not in the best shape. Hence the reason there have been no updates of late. I've been feeling like crap lately and just too lazy to update this thing.

And no, I still haven't figured out how to upload video from our camcorder. I will get around to it I guess. I'd better anyhow as there is nine months worth of video on that thing...well nearly 9 months. Hard to believe she is going to be NINE MONTHS OLD already come this Tuesday. She has her 9-month well baby check as well, so hopefully I can update her weight and height. I can already update her weight. SHE'S HEAVY! *lol*

She's also crawling, pulling up on everything (Daddy's chest hairs make for lots of *fun* when trying to pull up), starting to walk around the things she pulls up on, and getting into all sorts of stuff. My mum and I have a bet...she thinks (ha ha ha ha ha ha ha and again I say, HA!) that Gabz will be walking by my birthday, November 14th. I say Gabz will be walking by Christmas or shortly thereafter. I can guarantee you, if she's walking by my birthday, I'll have made myself a valium necklace. I tell ya, I had forgotten how much work babies are. How did I ever do it with TWINS???? Josh was only 18 months when the twins were born, how did I not go stark raving mad? And then the twins were 3 when Zack was born. I really don't know how mom's of lots of kids get anything done. But I tell ya, I gotta give 'em loads of credit. I sure couldn't.

Well, we've tons of stuff to do around the house. Never fear darlings, I have a few posts that are still in the works that will leave you assured that the Trauma Magnet did not leave the building! Oh no, she's still alive and well and apparently hearing voices.

Stay tuned.