Happy Birthday Hubster!!!!

Today is the big day...My hubby wubby of over 4 years is the big TWO-SEVEN. It is incredibly weird for me that he is this old. I know he's not that old, but this is the 1oth birthday I've celebrated with him...The first being his EIGHTEENTH birthday! (everybody knows that we've been together since I was 14 and he was 17 right?) To give you a little taste of what we looked like at 15 and 18...(only a week or so after he turned 18) was Blake's senior halloween party. He went as Hugh Hefner and of course...I was a playboy bunny...my shirt said "playmate." For some reason, this was the best I could come up with?!! HAHA! I'm aware that my hair and eyebrows are out of control! Random thought* Isn't that weird that at this time, Hef's new girl friends(the twins) as of now were 9?!!!!!! SICK!

So today, Blake had to leave like super super early for work...well super early for him/us at like 6am so I hardly remember him leaving. I remember mumbling happy birthday and that's pretty much it. I really wanted to cook him breakfast, but obviously that didn't happen. Blake called around 11ish to see if Colt and I could eat birthday lunch with him. To which I replied, "YES!!! If Colt would ever wake up!!" So finally about 20 minutes later Colt started making noises, which I normally ignore because he goes back to sleep, and I ran in there so I could get him dressed, fed breakfast and head to eat bday lunch with daddy!

Colt helping daddy pick out what to eat (Can you tell where we are dad?! :))
Colt eating cornbread...kind of
We then headed to the grocery store to get stuff to make dinner as well as daddy's favorite cake!

Speaking of CAKE...
I made a german chocolate bundt cake...THE EASY WAY...Yes, there is an easy way

Here is what you need

I know you are wondering why there are two cans of icing there...We'll let me just tell you my secret... my little secret is to add one can of icing INTO the cake/box mix. AND THEN add another can on top!!! YUMMMM Let me know if you try it!! Cause it is GOOOOOOOD!

Before the icing on top...perfection!

And after with 27 candles!

I cooked Blake's favorite meal upon request which we all know is meatloaf and mashed potatoes...I mean seriously...is there anything better than homemade mashed potatoes?! Besides cake and cookies...I think not!

Make a wish babe!

Since we almost ate over 2lbs of meatloaf and an enormous amout of mashed potatoes (and I did throw a can of green beans in the mix)...We shared one piece of cake. Its true... believe it or not. Even Colt enjoyed a few bites.

Happy birthday babe! I can't tell you how awesome it feels to have grown UP with you let alone grow OLD with you! You really are my best friend, my rock, my life, my hero, my provider and my joy...people always look at me in wonderment asking how in the world could we be together since we were that young...I really don't have any other answer, reason or example to tell them except for our wonderful parents. Yours having been together since 15 and 14 and mine having been next door neighbors their whole life. To this day, I still get butterflies when the garage door opens knowing that you are home. Did I mention you were the best dad ever!? *Sidenote...We all know Blake has been out of commission since THIS accident and he is now fully back in daddy action as of tonight!!!!! He changed his first diaper since August!!! Glory glory hallalujah!!!!

Babe..I know you don't celebrate your birthday as much as I want to or even care about it as much as I do but my mom always made birthdays a big deal for me and Haley and from now on we will too. I want Colt to find as much joy in other's birthdays as he does his own...It means cake...YAY!!!! :)

As I'm writing this, fixing to hit "publish post"..Blake walked by the couch saying, "are you going to remember your underwear this time?" I am still laughing out loud...you see, last week I packed up Colt and I for the ranch, left the house, made it 15 minutes from home and realized I had forgotten my underwear for the weekend...HAHAHAHA!!! So Colt and I turned around, came home and were just a tad bit late meeting daddy for our weekly trip out west. The answer to that Blake is YES...I have already packed and I packed THAT first! :)

Happy birthday babe....and a big thanks to Gertie and Poppy for raising such a wonderful, respectful, hardworking, hunting fanatic, fishing maniac, workaholic, ADD, father of the year, never sits down, family loving, amazing son that just so happens to be my husband and best friend.

Love, Ab