Happy Birthday to the Best Husband Ever!

This past weekend was a BLAST as we celebrated Brian's 26th birthday! I decided to plan a weekend of sorts because April is always my birthday month, so I figured Brian could at least get a weekend, right!?! It started off with him getting off work early on Friday and bringing home some Sushi for lunch. I'm not a fish fan, but I have definitely been trying because we are so close to fresh fish and everyone says it's better on the coast. Hasn't changed my mind yet, but I'll keep trying:) Then we headed to Stew Leonard's, Brian's most favorite place in Norwalk. If you remember it from my previous post, it is the World's Largest Dairy Store, and just a fun place to go grocery shopping. Thad is deathly afraid of the mechanical cow inside, but we are trying to get him used to it. After that I sent Brian to the driving range because I watched Sophie for Hanna and Tracy for Hanna's birthday which was on Friday. Weird side note: I must get along very good with Leos (Brian is a Virgo on some calendars, but I truly believe his is a Leo because of this). Hanna and Heidi have the same birthday, August 20th and Brian's is the 23rd...weird! Anyways, Sophie and I made a cake and banner for Brian and Hanna and we had a mini surprise party for them. Well, it was just a surprise for Hanna, but it was super fun and she was really surprised. I freaked her out when I opened the door and yelled "surprise" really loud!

 When baking, the batter or dough is my favorite part, so I let Sophie in on the fun:)

As you can see, the party was a huge success and our friend's Lisa, Moroni and their little guy Noah came over to help us celebrate! I made Teresa's German chocolate cake recipe and I have to say that it was pretty delicious!

To continue the birthday weekend I set up for Brian to go golfing in Greenwich with guys in the ward. Golfing is not as accessible or affordable back here, but if you go with a resident of the city it can be a pretty good deal. 

So the guys went golfing: Jake-Mike-Brian-JT (the man who put it all together)....

 And the girls went to the beach, OF COURSE!! Kristin and Lizzie are in the pic, but I never got a pic w/ my camera of all 4 of us, so there ya go. Lizzie and JT are married and the ones that live in Greenwich and put this all together...they are SOOO awesome and I'm so glad Brian could do this for his birthday. This beach was so fun because we rode a ferry over from Greenwich and it was just a fun little island. Thad was very brave and went down to the water on his own several times. He loves throwing rocks in the waves and having the waves roll over his feet...what a cutie!!

We took Sunday off for celebrations, but started early Monday by making Dad breakfast:

And I also planned for Thad to wake up at 6:45 so Dad could see him before he went to work;-) It worked out great and we had a fun morning together!

I didn't document the evening very well, but Hanna and Tracy babysat Thad while we went out. We went to dinner at a yummy Indian restaurant in South Norwalk (SoNo) called Coromandel. We loved our meals and went to walk around SoNo afterwards to check out the little shops and grab some dessert, but EVERYTHING was closed! It was only 6:30p.m., but I guess they don't get enough traffic to stay open every evening. So we trekked around and found a yummy ice cream parlor and just chatted. We rented a Red Box and headed home...we are such an old, married couple! ;-) When we got home, Brian had some surprises from family waiting for him:

My parents sent him a fun card with lots of funny quotes in it with a bottle of cologne from Abercrombie and Fitch. Brian's parents sent him a book, The Silence of God, about a Russian family in the church. Our families are so sweet and I know he really enjoyed the things he got.

As you can see, we had a fun weekend and I truly think Brian enjoyed himself. It is so fun to celebrate his birthday because I get to do/buy him things I usually wouldn't be able to. He is such an amazing husband and makes Thad and I SOOO happy! Love you tons, Brian!

P.S. I'm so sad I couldn't celebrate with this girl too:

I know she is coming in a couple of weeks (WAHOO!!!!), but I would just love to have been close to celebrate with such a wonderful friend. I know she had a wonderful weekend and she really deserved it! We will definitely show her some celebrating when she comes to CT! Love you, Heid! (