My Golden Birthday

This year I turned 23, and what a special Golden Birthday I had!! We were in New Mexico for my birthday, so after a day of working in the hotel room, we got the party started with Tommy's family!!

On our flight down to Albuquerque, the plane was super empty so Oliver got to keep his car seat...he slept the whole time but he was also flipping his mama off the whole time so...not sure how we feel about that...

We got to go to a BBQ house in Albuquerque that was on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives called The Cube! It was sooo yummy! Tommy got a burger and it was HUGE and delicious, and I got beef brisket and smoked beans that were amazing! I felt so special walking where Guy Fieri has walked haha.

Oliver's Aunts all gave him a bath in Grandma's living room, which is the same spot where Grandma use to give Tommy baths when he was a baby. She showed us a picture of her and all her friends circled around Tommy's bucket/tub just like Oliver's aunts were circled around him; it was pretty sweet :)

After dinner, Tommy and I went shopping with Pam and Monica at Target. I've decided recently that I need to change up my style for a couple of reasons...1. I am a 23 year old now, hello mature., 2. Have you been in American Eagle lately? a little too hipster for me..., and 3. I'm a mama so I should probably look the part, right? haha, so anyway, we went to Target and I got some cute skirts and blouses to help my style out. They are way cute!! Then we also got to go to the mall that weekend (long live the birthday) and I got even more cute stuff from Express! I felt so special in my new clothes! :) I also got surprised with an iPhone from Tommy!! that's right, my first ever smart phone, I felt so special!!

Here we are at the Zoo...you can see me in one of my cute new shirts :)

We also got to go to the New Mexico Zoo while we were down there, which was pretty special since Tommy went there a lot growing up and he loves to go to the Zoo! He was super excited to take Oliver there for his first time, but, of course, Oliver slept through the whole thing...we did get him a monkey toy (his new favorite) and some giraffe play toys for the bath while we were there, so the zoo trip will not be forgotten.

Oliver loved hanging out with his Great Grandma. He laughed SOO much for her; it was adorable! And I got to talk to Great Grandma a lot while we were there about growing up in Japan and how her and Great Grandpa met, which was way cool. It was a very fun weekend with lots of love for the Oliver and the Mama :)