The much awaited... bounce house birthday:)

My birthdays usually consist of flowers, a new outfit, and a wonderful dinner with my husband. I love our birthday tradition and have to say that I felt totally lucky that he was back in NC on March 8th this year so we could do it again!

However, this year was very, very different for me because it was my 30th birthday!!!!! So after a month of total mid-life crisis in February and after my sweet husband spoiled me once again on my actual birthday.... I decided to top this year off with a real birthday party - complete with a bounce house, giant cupcake, tutu, and martini bar...

The day started with early preparations of pre-mixing martinis and baking cupcakes.

Then... the bounce house arrived!!! I purposefully planned for the bounce house to arrive a couple of hours prior to my guests because I wanted some time all to myself. For those of you who don't know, I am obsessed with bounce houses. I love them and really feel that they should not be considered exclusively for children. So anyway, I spent about 2 hours prior to the arrival of guests just playing around, sitting, napping, and simply enjoying my personal bounce house!










The rest of the day went as a typical birthday party would... visiting, laughing, eating, drinking... so much fun was had that I forgot to take that many pictures.

At the end of the night, I have to say I realized WHY 30 year olds do not have bounce houses for their birthday parties. WOW -- my back, legs, and even arms??? hurt from the bouncing - my back being the worst of all! We also realized at the end of the night, that we had eaten so many of the other cupcakes, that the giant cupcake had not been touched:)

So today, after church, Becky and I sang Happy Birthday -- and we dug in. Notice I am looking a lot less festive the following day -- this is mainly due to the back issues...

Despite the soreness... I did find myself today goggling how much it would be to actually purchase a bounce house to keep....... because I am still obsessed with them!

Thank you to all my friends who shared the day with me:) It was wonderful!