Birthday fun for me!

On March 1st, I celebrated my 36th birthday! Wahoo! I remember as a kid thinking 30 was really old...haha! Now, hey I'm still looking younger than my age and AARP hasn't been calling me to subscribe to their services. So that's a good thing!

When Dan came home from work he surprised me with a beautiful cake! One of his co-workers fiancee makes cakes on the side and she made one for me! It looked so good and smelled delicious...Thin Mint Chocolate Cake! We couldn't wait to dig into it later that evening.

We went out to dinner and has such a wonderful evening. We headed out to a new place we haven't tried yet...Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro. It's located on the Boardwalk so it was relatively close by. Also being that it was a Monday, we were able to walk right on in and get a table.

My cake! Yummy!

We started out with some drinks...Dan: a Jolly Rancher martini and Me: a Sex in the City martini! So tasty and went down smooth. Abby had her usual water in case you were wondering but she did want to say, "CHEERS!" She loves saying that when we get our drinks!

My "Sex in the City" martini...smooth!

We decided to order Abby's child-sized pizza since she was getting hungry already. Boy, that was huge! We all could of had that pizza! It was pretty yummy...we nibbled on what she didn't eat.

yep, we checked to make sure it was CHILD SIZED!

Shortly after, our entrees were brought out and they looked very delicious! Dan ordered the Rosemary Grilled Shrimp and I had the Crawfish Ravioli. Both dishes were outstanding! We didn't talk much after that...just ate! :)

Doesn't that look yummy! Crawfish ravioli!!

Dan's yummy grilled shrimp!

After our meal, I somehow found room for one last nightcap...a mojito! Hey, cut me some slack...it was my birthday after all! :) After that we headed on home to cut the cake!

Abby and Dan sang Happy Birthday and we blew out the candles! Then we dove into the cake...

I opened up my presents and got two wonderful gifts! My limited edition "Hall & Oates" CD...love those guys! And a lavendar/vanilla reed diffuser....my new addiction!

What a fantastic evening! I felt like a queen that night and couldn't of asked for better company! Abby asked me, "mommy, when is the next party??"... haha! Well, Daddy's is just around the corner!