Thursday, September 20, 2012

the backwards birthday



Oh birthdays, i heart you. Am i the only one? I feel as though the more birthdays one has its become less appealing to "celebrate". I don't dread turning another year "older". I still say i'm 25. hahaa. okay that's pushing it, maybe 30? hehee. Just don't ask me because i do forget that i'm 33. Nevertheless, birthdays are fun! ( and so are my bangs! i got bangs and a trim for my birthday, woot woot) We should all celebrate another awesome year, the WHOLE year :)




And so i did. a bit backwards if you will. 
- you see, i turned 33 on the 15th of this month. had a nice lunch with my family at cheesecake factory ( a huge fav of mine :)
- mr.handsome shot my birthday photo (1st photo above) on the 16th (little r was napping in the stroller next to me -off camera- so he missed this shot :(
- made my birthday cake on the 17th
- decorated said cake and shared slices of it by delivering it to family just like the cake fairy would do all on the 18th.

whew! now that's stretching a birthday celebration a bit ha!


well i wasn't going to let my birthday month go by without a cake and pretty pictures. it's such a therapy for me. i don't really know why because it does seem stressful baking a huge cake ( never done that before, i'm more of a cupcake connoisseur :) and in true ombre style. And then on top of that play with the cake and style it but i was giddy as a school girl meeting justin bieber ;P


i found this vintage napkin while thrifting on my "birthday thrifting adventure". i love making excuses to celebrate. birthday thrifting, birthday starbucks, birthday dinner etc. :) once a year ain't too bad.


oh pretty layers. extra tasty when they are in pink colors.


i triple heart those wooden buttons, satin spools of ribbon and the doily the cake pedestal is on. also a birthday thrift find. digging around pays off :)


oh my. 

everything i love in a cake. moist vanilla cake + layers of vanilla custard filling + whipped cream frosting ( even better tasting than cool whip) although thinking back now it could've used like 2 extra inches of that stuff, oh we don't count calories on a birthday week! hehee.


and my birthday flowers... awwww. he gets me. 


and little r still napping. it's what he does best :)


my first birthday as a mama. what a good year. this little guy is growing up too fast. 9 months and our lives are so blessed with him in it. the happiest baby ever. makes my heart so happy getting to know him better each day. he's pretty awesome. :)

here's to more birthdays. more love. more flowers. more pretty pictures. more blessings. more happy memories. and maybe even more naps ;)

happy unbirthday to you lovely,
(oh, we have extra cake left over for you ;)
- mama d

8 comments:

jamie said...

where to begin?
how about with how pretty you and your smile are.
love the bangs...now we are twins...(snort...let's add about 10 years to that number.)
you make all your days happy, it seems.
more abundant blessings to you.
~j

Heather DG said...

I'm a firm believer in celebrating birthdays all month long! Happiest of birthdays to you sweet D!!

Emily D. said...

Aww.. I love everything about your birthday!! And you don't look a day over 25!! I will forever tell people I am twenty-something. My aunt still tells people she is forty something, although I am fairly certain she is high fifty something.... we won't repeat that though.

I love the thrift finds you had... everything looked yummy!!

Happy Birthday!

1 said...

Happy Birthday,Debee!:)

Kimberlee said...

Happy belated birthday. Looks like it was an amazing one. Love your pics and those flowers are some of my faves. :)

Kimberlee said...

Happy belated birthday. Looks like it was an amazing one. Love your pics and those flowers are some of my faves. :)

Teddi said...

happy birthday debee the libra! your photos are so pretty. that cake looks & sounds delicious. :)

Jessica Rodarte said...

Hi! I love your blog. I went to the Queen Bee Market this past weekend, and I am so glad I stumbled upon your shop and now your blog. Lovely all around!
Happy belated birthday! It looked like it was a good one! :D