candles for mark.

[sorry this post is so late]

so...

before we get to the man of the hour

i have to put in my two cents

in a way...its forcing all of you to look 

at this...cause the more interesting stuff is ahead, haha

well, marks birthday "marked"

my 9-month pregnancy milestone

i am officially 9-months pregnant and i feel like she should

have come like 5 years ago!

the countdown till April

if you remember the explanation 

from the earlier blog >>>

alright so first,

since we are talking 30 years here for mark

i thought it would be fun to post a few favorite pictures of mark when he was little.

i love these pictures...
wasn't he so cute.









and now (this little boy)
 at [30] 
 has a job, lives on the central coast of ca, has a son, a daughter on the way,
and a wife.
wow, we are so blessed by God.
and we[marks family] are so thankful for him
and who he is to us.

and he is so good looking too!
{minus the nerdy camera bag around his shoulder}

alright, on to the birthday bash.

[well not much of a bash...we will probably celebrate more in future we have a couple more family birthdays in the future that we can really celebrate at a later time...preferably after this baby!]

^ mark was not that really 

wanting to be in pictures...so i didn't get very many!

[this cake is one part german chocolate and one part chocolate]

the rest of us in this house dont like coconut! so i compromised with part chocolate!

the cards on the gifts.

this next picture is hilarious
it is a picture of the 
card marks parents sent
to him for his birthday!
i thought it was so funny i had to post it!

^ the outside

and the inside  v

so true huh?

...i will be so proud of jesse when 

uses the toilet!!!haha, i love this!

so, in conclusion

marks birthday was very nice

we may do some more celebrating in the future

but for now we had a great time.

in case your interested he choose

his birthday dinner:

steak[tri-tip](tried a new marinade it was really good)

veggies (i did kabobs on the grill)

and twice baked potatoes....[so pregnancy brain got that best of me and i forgot thats what he wanted...so i made a rice dish because he normally loves rice and requests that...

so he came home and said "where are the potatoes..ooops!]

oh, and of course bread.

lastly, here is just a snipit of marks birthday video...yes we will begin documenting our family birthday song to see if we ever improve!