I am truly spoiled by this family of mine and all my dear friends. I received so many kind messages today with fabulous birthday greetings.

 

B and the girls treated me for a delicious lunch today:

 

7 years ago, for my 30th birthday, I was very, very pregnant. All I wanted was a piece of pineapple upside down cheesecake. We want to the Cheesecake Factory, had lunch, ordered the piece of cheesecake and….they were out. They were out of pineapple upside down cheesecake! Annabelle was born 3 days later….I actually went into labor 2 days later….so I repeat, I was very, very pregnant and very, very large, and very, very uncomfortable and I just wanted that cheesecake. Yes, I may have cried when my order was rejected. Yes, that really happened. B begged our waiter to go check again and see if there was just one more piece left. He also asked if someone recently ordered a piece if he could please buy the piece from them at a premium. Yes, that really happened.

 

7 years later to the day, with our two little beautiful daughters with us, B bought me a piece of pineapple upside down cheesecake. That’s a pretty great gift and if you’re wondering why it took so long….I can hold a mad grudge.