My Birthday

Yes, I'm 29 now! My birthday was on Monday, 7/7. Crazy, because I don't feel 29. I don't really know how old I feel, but not almost 30. Besides noticing bags under my eyes this last year, I don't think I look 29 either. I had a great birthday this year. Marc and Ella were so excited about the presents they got me that I actually opened them a day early. Marc got me an ipod nano, an arm band to hold it, and the Nike ipod chip (it goes on your shoe and works with your ipod to calculate your mileage and calories burned while working out). I was definitely surprised with the presents, not what I was expecting at all, but I love them!!! Here are some pictures from opening my presents (with Ella helping).
For my actually birthday my day was the same as any other day, but it was good. I went to the gym like normal, Ella and I had lunch at home and she took a good nap. Then we went and picked Marc up at work and headed out to Oak Brook mall to eat at the Cheesecake factory. We had a gift card, so it was an easy option for going out. Plus it's a nice big restaurant and easy to bring Ella there. She was really good during dinner and we had a lot of fun. Here are a couple of pictures from dinner.

Ella's new silly face!

Two straws!

After dinner we drove to our friends house to pick up a playset that they were giving us. It's a Step Two climber with a slide, and Ella is really excited about it. We need to wash it off still and put it together, but I'm sure we'll be getting lots of hours of play out of it.
It was a good birthday as usual!