B+C+B+C+B+C: 24 hr party at my crib. Heavy drinking involved. B.Y.O.Boob. Appropriate clothing optional.

Monday, August 9, 2010

24 hr party at my crib. Heavy drinking involved. B.Y.O.Boob. Appropriate clothing optional.

Last night before "going to bed," (said in quotes because really - we never to actually go to bed. We just transfer the napping-feeding-changing routine to our room for the night) Brian asked if I wanted a cake for my birthday the next day (today). I responded of course - because I really like the fact that I still look pregnant and I always want to stay this way.
I told him a foot and back rub would make me infinitely happier than any colorful combination of sugar and lard that he would pick up at a bakery.
But mom, overhearing this, wasn't about to let my birthday go uncelebrated in the socially accepted traditional manner.
So she made me a cake.
A fruit cake.
A fresh fruit cake:

I love that lady.
So.... I'm 26 now. I have 3 kids. Under my belt I've also got a couple houses, a MPH degree, a fabulous hubby with a solid career, some world traveling, a few marathons, an ocean sky dive.... Point: it's been a full and fun 26 years and I'm so looking forward to the next.
Many thanks to everyone sending their birthday greetings my way. I feel very loved (emotionally. Physically I'm still a train wreck). But it's been a very happy day.

15 comments:

Unknown said...: Happy Happy B-day!!! Congrats on the babies-and an awesome life full of blessings from houses to hubby to health!
Lorri; August 9, 2010 at 2:51 PM
BBS said...: This post is hilarious!! So my love for bakery cake is my downfall! Happy b-day Chelsea!!! Tell your mom that her fruitcake is adorable!; August 9, 2010 at 3:25 PM
Unknown said...: Happy Birthday! Your cake looks like the nummiest cake I've ever seen. And I nearly fell off my chair (good thing I didn't, I probably wouldn't have been able to get back up) when I read your post title...B.Y.O.Boob...Seriously LOL.; August 9, 2010 at 3:31 PM
redrockmama said...: Happy Birthday! What a lovely fruit cake for your mama to make for you. How thoughtful (and healthy!)

We'll see you tomorrow!!; August 9, 2010 at 4:38 PM
Marilyn said...: Happy Birthday. The cake is a great idea. You certainly haven't lost your sense of humor (from the title of this entry).
I hope you get feeling better. Thank goodness for moms, huh. My oldest daughter Natalie and her husband are off to Florida for a week to celebrate her 40th birthday. She wanted to stand on the beach to experience this major birthday! Guess who is tending the kids? Actually Melanie is helping a lot too.
You have achieved major accomplishments in your young 26 years! You have a right to feel very proud.; August 9, 2010 at 4:45 PM
Mandy said...: Happy Birthday! LOVE the cake! I hope you got your foot and back rub. I LOVE cake, but I'd give it up for a good foot rub! ;); August 9, 2010 at 5:02 PM
The Parenting University said...: Happy Bday, Chelsea! I'm such a forgetful VTer! I told myself the other day that if was your bday and was going to bring something over. Why is it the end of the day and I still haven't been to your house?!? I'll drop by sometime this week with some bday wishes (without my kids, of course!). I'll be there to help when your mom leaves!
-Cindy; August 9, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Lisa-Lou-Who said...: I was thinking about you today and wanting to come over and visit but I thought you'd appreciate it more if I came on a day when my family wasn't recovering from the pukey flu. I think it is about the last thing in the world that you want to deal with right now.; August 9, 2010 at 9:03 PM
Amy Hunter said...: I'm so glad to hear you've got your mom there too! Happy birthday to you! Your babies are gorgeous. I must hold them asap!; August 9, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Unknown said...: I hope you got your foot and back rub! Your cake looks absolutely divine! I am so in love with fresh fruit right now that I am all but licking the screen of my computer!
Happy Birthday!!!; August 9, 2010 at 11:16 PM
The McClellan Clan said...: happy birthday my computer friend:) I hope it was awesome- Im sorry you had pain to take your attention off of your awesome day!!; August 10, 2010 at 12:52 AM
Julie said...: Hey Chels hope your bday was filled with lots of baby balloons (haha..diapers!!) just kidding glad to know your day was great! can't wait to come visit those cuties!; August 10, 2010 at 8:25 AM
Mary said...: Happy (belated) Birthday! May your physical self catch up to your emotional self quickly.; August 10, 2010 at 3:57 PM
Melanie said...: Happy birthday! I'm glad it was a happy one! You have so many blessings! Congratulations! And I just love your mom! She's such a fabulous lady!; August 10, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Jami & Mark said...: I know my response is delayed......who knows where my mind was that day? Probably in surgery.....regardless.....no excuse.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! You look incredible, and I hope that foot rub keeps going for days!!; August 12, 2010 at 9:48 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Monday, August 9, 2010

24 hr party at my crib. Heavy drinking involved. B.Y.O.Boob. Appropriate clothing optional.

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