25 today… I think for once I actually feel different. Maybe it’s having a son, maybe it’s hitting the quarter-century mark. Either way, I’m happy and life is good! This morning Steve sent me for a 60 minute massage and a spa pedicure… ahhhhh, so amazing. I couldn’t get up after my massage, haha. And I got pink toes for spring! 
When I got home he gave me more gifts!
From him – a box of fancy chocolates from a local store downtown, Chocolat By Daniel. Yea, I’ve already eaten two and it’s taking every ounce of willpower I have to not eat more right now They use REAL cocoa, not processed “crap” you find at the store.
The next gift he said was from Ryan. It’s my favorite picture of us and then on the left side of the frame is a poem that Steve wrote, signed by Ryan Tyler So adorable, it made me cry! Steve said – you know, you’re really a mom now when presents make you cry. Haha.
The poem reads:
In mother’s arms I sleep tonight.
Peacefully waiting,
Until morning’s first light.
In mother’s arms I feel no fear.
Comfortably rocking,
Shedding no single tear.
In mother’s arms I stay a while.
Anxiously hoping,
To induce Mother’s smile.
Love,
Ryan Tyler
How absolutely perfect is that? Steve said he was a little nervous about using the word “induce” (because of my labor/birth), but he needed a 2 syllable word – that made me laugh! He’s so sweet. Best birthday ever.
This is what my desk looked like at work on Friday:
And so far I’ve gotten one of the gifts from my mom, the book Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC)
Tonight we’re going out for dinner with a bunch of friends (and brining Ryan along!) then just hanging out with everyone at our house. Best birthday ever! Cheers!
That is the absolute best book on cesareans and VBAC. I haven’t read it all the way through because I cry most times, but it is absolutely incredible. The way they write speaks right to me because they don’t put down the emotions after a cesarean and how to prepare for a VBAC.
Happy birthday, and that is a super cute poem and such great gifts!
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Happy Birthday! You have a great hubby :O)
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Very nice, Emily. The poem is wonderful! How sweet! Happy Birthday to Emily — my wonderful daughter!
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how wonderful!!! I hope your day is perfect today!
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Isn’t it sad that the book was written so long ago, yet nothing has changed. That was the most difficult thing for me while reading it. I kept thinking,“Hey, that’s what happened to me!”. The same stuff happening to us now happened to women 30 years ago. Awful.
Glad you got the book!
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cheers to 25 yrs of you!
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Happy Birthday!! I might have to try and get a hold of that book for my Aunt she’s not preggo but I want to make sure that when she gets preggo again she goes for a VBAC!
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Happy Birthday Mama!!! Your DH is the sweetest ever!!
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Happy Birthday!!!
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That is the most gorgeous gift ever! Happy Birthday, it sounds like you had a fantastic day
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