Happy Birthday To Us!

Another year older.

Almost.

Steve's birthday is 2 days before mine.

We celebrated with my mom and sister over the weekend. 

Now that my mom moved home, we have a "village" and help with the kids. I'm not sure I'll ever get used to having her nearby. It's really weird. 

I still feel "bad" for leaving my kids with my mom for more than a few hours. She loves having them and they love being with her and staying at her house, so I don't know why I feel guilt or something? I feel like I'm dumping my kids on my mom when I know it's actually quality time spent together. 

I never had that.

Anyway. I know I have to get over the guilt because it legit is beneficial for all parties involved.

So my mom takes the girls for overnights probably once or twice a month. 

Even though Steve and I did not celebrate or go out, it was still nice to have a night to ourselves.

I dropped the girls off at my mom's Saturday afternoon and then brought Steve coffee at the shop.

It was a quiet day all around. 

I went home and sat in the quiet until Steve got home.

It was like 3 hours of just...quiet.

And then Steve got home and we got to sit in the quiet. 

Sunday morning I got up and did my workout before Steve got up. I knew he'd want to sleep in (knowing we didn't have kids in the house - he REALLY got to sleep in!)

We got to have a lazy morning before heading out for breakfast at the local diner. 

I also ate a part of his chocolate chip pancake. So good. 

We then took the opportunity to run to the feed store to grab more chicken food. 

And then?

THEN?

We went home and napped.

This is how we celebrate our birthdays now.

We went to mom's for dinner and to get our kiddos! We got there around 3pm and I helped my mom cook and get things ready for dinner. My sister and her boyfriend Rob were also joining us. It was nice to have a full house! (Although, still no one outside of our "bubble", if you will). 

We put the game on (we planned on having an early dinner so we'd be home in time to watch the Bills game at 6:40).

We all loved the prime rib from Christmas, so we decided to do it again!

This rotisserie was such a good purchase. 

My sister making her geometric salad.

Perfection.

#sisters

It's not a birthday without cake! 

I love him.

We wrapped up dinner, helped clean up a bit, packed our goodie bags to bring home and packed the truck. 

And then the truck died. 

The alternator went apparently.

Fuck.

THE BILLS GAME. 

Thankfully my mom has no plans tomorrow (and my sister is home anyway) so we literally hopped in her car and left.

Because she spends so much time with the girls, we already had a car seat installed for Ava and a booster for Mila in her car. 

SO thankful that things worked out! 

And we made it home around 7:10 and got settled in to watch the game.

I'm so glad we got to spend this year's birthday with my mom and sister! Next week we go to Steve's parents to celebrate.