Hi.

Dear Baby,
I hope you learn to laugh at yourself. I hope you aren’t afraid to be yourself. I hope you love the little things in life. I hope you get your dads smile :). I hope you laugh at my cheesy jokes. “Why do potatoes make such great detectives?” I hope you never forget your greatness. I hope you ignore bullies. I hope you become a loving person. I hope you respect your elders. I hope you grow tall & strong. I hope you will never forget that I will always love you. ♥♥

My husbands birthday is coming up in a few days. For the past few years we’ve always just celebrated it as a two in one kind of deal. You know the “you’ll get your Birthday present on Christmas.” Shameful; I know! But this year I did something different. I agreed we wouldn’t buy each other Christmas presents but instead we would go get ourselves a brand new TV! So therefore Christmas is taken care of. All I needed to do this year was give him a gift on his bday & I would have broke the cycle. So I have been stashing money over the weeks & managed to save up 500 bucks for him.. but 200 is gone cause I’ll  admit it. Its hard to save money that is just sitting in your underwear drawer. FYI I didn’t spend the money on myself. I spent it on both of us. Supper, Movies, Treats, you know the typical date stuff. We have to keep the romance alive ;) & do it now before baby comes! So I don’t feel bad about spending some of his birthday money as long as I spent it on him also. Well anyways, I got to thinking & realized if I waited till his bday to give him his money he would end up spending it in Saskatchewan on Junk since the nearest city will always be an hour away. So I failed miserably I caved in a told him he could have his birthday present. I am happy though. He went shopping & bought things that aren’t useless. I just wished I thought this out more thoroughly… Now I have to ask him for money to go buy his birthday cake. Birthdays During the Holidays Suck.