Surprise, Surprise -

Well, Ryan's birthday went perfectly! :) I'm terrible with surprises, and had been dying to tell him what I got him for his birthday since... well... since I bought it!

At Ryan's request, we had a steak dinner to celebrate. While he grilled the steaks, I made garlic mashed potatoes and asparagus with olive oil and basil. Turned out GREAT!

After dinner, Ryan blew out the candles on his cake (Coldstone Creamery, "Cookie Dough Delirium") and then opened his gift. :) The look on his face was PRICELESS! I don't have pictures of that because I was using our camcorder, but it was hilarious. Apparently, he had had a nightmare the night before that I got him a picture for his birthday. All along I've been telling him how he'll be surprised, and how I know he will love what I got him, but what did he see when he opened his gift? A picture frame.

See, I bought him tickets for his birthday. 2 tickets for 5 Penn State football home games, to be exact. :) Ryan went to Penn State, and loves them even more than the Eagles. He hasn't been to one of their games in a LONG time, either. Of course, I wanted him to be able to open SOMETHING, and the tickets won't get here till late July, so I did up a little thing telling him exactly what I got him, and framed it. The look on his face when he picked up the frame out of the enormous gift bag was hilarious, like, "oh... great." As soon as he read it over, though, the look on his face could best be described as SHOCK! He couldn't believe I got them for him. :)

Here are some pictures:



All set up :)



Coldstone Creamery "Cookie Dough Delirium" cake :) VERY good!



Ryan's gift :) It had a message up at the top, the game
schedule, and a picture of the view from our seats.
I also turned 29 weeks yesterday, so Ryan also took some belly pictures. The lighting isn't that great, but here ya go:


Basketball smuggler

Uncovered--very round!
I also met with my boss yesterday to discuss my plans for after the baby is born. I let her know that I will not be coming back after she is born. Honestly, I was really nervous about telling her, but the meeting went even better than I could've imagined! She was really, really happy for me that I'll be able to stay home with my daughter... but really, really sad for the company to be losing me. She is going to place an ad immediately to fill my position, and she would like me to be involved in the interviewing process as well as in the training.

As much as I LOVE that I will be able to stay home with my baby girl, this has been the best job I've ever had with hands-down the best company I've ever worked for, so it'll be sad to say goodbye. I let her know, though, that motherhood is the most important thing I will ever do in my life, and she whole-heartedly agreed. My last day will be July 27th.

Well, I think that's all of my news for now! :) Hope you all are having a great week, and I hope it's flying by as quickly for you all as it is for me! It's THURSDAY already! Do you think we could just have short weeks from here on out? That'd be lovely. Hope you all have a great day! :)

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