Happy Long Birthday Post To Me

Last day to order for 2010 was Monday and I have been hard at work getting orders completed and mailed out.  It has been so much fun.  I will be taking new orders starting again in January, but for now my order list is a mile long and I just want to make sure that everything is completed and in customers hands before Christmas.  I am soooo excited about Christmas.  Josh and I have already been talking about putting our Christmas decorations up…crazy I know.  And yesterday was my 28th birthday and it was such a great birthday.

My dad sent me a ton of balloons and the kids and I had McDonalds for my birthday lunch.  They love to eat at McDonalds and we just don’t do it that often so they were stoked.

Josh and I had a birthday date/Kickball tournament.

We ate at Reb Lobster before hand because I soooo love those Cheddar Bay biscuits and we hardly ever eat there.  This was a bad choice on my part for 2 reasons:

Reason #1 Lots of shrimp before a serious kickball game is not a good idea

Reason #2  When it is your birthday, the Red Lobster staff will sing you the standard Happy Birthday song, but instead of the chocolate brownie with a little scoop of ice cream that you sooo wanted after your dinner, they bring you yet another Cheddar Bay biscuit with a candle in it.  Not what I was hoping for.  Bummed!

I was really excited about our kickball tournament and really, really wanted a championship kickball shirt for my birthday.  GAME ON!

I didn’t quite get it…one run away, but my sister-in-law Jen did give me this super fantastic birthday sash.

And then everyone turned my frown…

upside down with a multitude of jump pictures.  I heart jumping pictures and they make me really happy.

Coop couldn’t hang with his aunt!

All that jumping made my birthday kickball loss just melt away.  And all was well with the end of my birthday day!  Can’t wait for next year when I have another sweet little boy to celebrate with.

I warned you this was a long post, so are you hanging in there?  Check out all the orders that have headed out.

This first piece was order by Allison in Mississippi.  She wanted an adoption piece for her new little girl’s room.  This is the first piece I have made with the U.S. outline in the background.  So pleased to do these.  Thanks so much Allison.

This next order was placed my Angie in Indiana.  Angie wanted some great Christmas gifts including some Vietnam tees and a sterling silver bracelet.  She also wanted a classy tie tee for her little boy.  Thanks so much Angie and hope everyone loves their gifts.

This next order was placed by Sandi in Oklahoma.  Sandi is about to bring home her second son from Bulragia.  She needed two special art pieces for her little boy’s room that they will be sharing.  She wanted a 18×18 Names of Jesus and this “Brothers” piece.  I love this piece.

Sandi also needed a bunch of key fobs including a whole set with the Bulgarian word grateful.  These are presents for the nannies who have been taking care of her new little guy.  Thanks so much Sandi and hope you have an amazing trip to bring your son home.

These next two Africa tees are headed to Michelle in Illinois.  Michelle wanted two Africa tees to show some love.  And some cool key fobs with meaning.  Thanks so much Michelle.

These next key fobs were ordered by Katherin in Hendersonville, Tn and Robin in Texas.  Thanks so much ladies.

This next set of key fobs were ordered by my friend Melody.  She needed some key fobs to give to some special friends.  Thanks so much Melody!

This last set of key fobs were ordered by Emily in Knoxville, Tn.  Lots and lots of Christmas gifts headed out.  Thanks so much Emily.

This Africa tee is headed to Nicole in Oregon.  She wanted a tee to show some love.  Pretty sure this color and fabric combination is my most popular and so classic.  Thanks so much Nicole.

And lastly…thanks for sticking with me on this insanely long post…this 12×24 canvas was ordered by Megan in Illinois.  Megan wanted a special gift for her dad for Christmas and this verse is a dear one to him.  Thanks so much Megan and hope you dad loves it.

So there you have it, my longest blog post every.  Had to get my birthday pictures in, especially the kickball ones…I made promises to certain people that these would appear in a blog post.  Thanks for reading and happy birthday (yesterday) to me!