{"id":840,"date":"2013-02-21T05:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T05:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/21\/its-my-birthday"},"modified":"2013-02-21T05:24:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T05:24:00","slug":"its-my-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2013\/02\/21\/its-my-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s my birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I turned 31.\u00a0 As a treat to myself I requested off today and the next two days from work.\u00a0 How I love being home with my boy!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I woke up before him and took a long hot shower.\u00a0 I used ALL my lotions and scrubs.\u00a0 Then I knit while Jack ate breakfast. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8492823398\/\" title=\"Birthday morning by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Birthday morning\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8388\/8492823398_98f5ca1867_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After he helped me put the curlers away, and declared my hair &#8220;silly,&#8221; we bought cupcakes.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8491823351\/\" title=\"Birthday groceries=cupcakes by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Birthday groceries=cupcakes\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8111\/8491823351_7b710f2feb_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He easily convinced me to eat at least one right away.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8491891019\/\" title=\"Mini cupcakes are for eating right away by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mini cupcakes are for eating right away\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8520\/8491891019_7691689f14_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The nanny came over and I excused myself to a relaxing, unhurried lunch.\u00a0 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8491993021\/\" title=\"An unhurried lunch by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An unhurried lunch\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8095\/8491993021_3fbde6c8bb_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Followed by a soothing massage at the student clinic ($23 an hour is hard to beat!)<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8492373507\/\" title=\"Birthday massage by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Birthday massage\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8100\/8492373507_50a57fef11_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I got home Jack was just going down for a &#8220;nap.&#8221;\u00a0 Naps have morphed into &#8220;quiet time.&#8221;\u00a0 He doesn&#8217;t sleep every day anymore. But he will stay in his bed for a couple hours, playing and reading quietly to himself.\u00a0 I&#8217;m fine with that.\u00a0 More knitting, this time with Ron Swanson. <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8492459975\/\" title=\"Knitting and Ron Swanson by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Knitting and Ron Swanson\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8250\/8492459975_8a0f7aca0e_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben came home early and we did presents and cupcakes!<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8493836692\/\" title=\"Cake and presents by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cake and presents\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8366\/8493836692_88008911e1_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8493837622\/\" style=\"clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;\" title=\"Cake and presents by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cake and presents\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8382\/8493837622_05394d0e85_z.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8492737459\/\" style=\"clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;\" title=\"Cake and presents by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cake and presents\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8102\/8492737459_6e6dae705c_z.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8493837220\/\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" title=\"Cake and presents by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cake and presents\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8388\/8493837220_a83be014a1_z.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Then we talked to my folks on facetime.\u00a0 Mom read a book to Jack.\u00a0\u00a0 Then he went outside to shovel snow and throw snowballs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8492737857\/\" style=\"clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;\" title=\"Cake and presents by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cake and presents\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8379\/8492737857_6d4538ab58_z.jpg\" width=\"225\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8493887660\/\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" title=\"Snowball fight by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Snowball fight\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8376\/8493887660_47c735018b_z.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Our sitter came back (eventually, Brian covered for a little while because the snow backed up traffic) and we went on a real, true date.\u00a0 Dinner at Le Central.\u00a0 DELICIOUS!\u00a0 My lamb shank isn&#8217;t pictured because I forgot.\u00a0 I was in a mini food coma by then.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8494444608\/\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" title=\"Le Central dinner by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Le Central dinner\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8251\/8494444608_86d76b7721_z.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/8493343453\/\" title=\"Le Central dinner by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Le Central dinner\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8087\/8493343453_2f4be8cf6f_z.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>We picked up a few small treats at Target and came home to a sleeping boy. \u00a0 Not pictured: Watching New Girl in my jammies with my hubby.<\/p>\n<p>What a wonderful day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I turned 31.\u00a0 As a treat to myself I requested off today and the next two days from work.\u00a0 How I love being home with my boy!\u00a0 I woke up before him and took a long hot shower.\u00a0 I used ALL my lotions and scrubs.\u00a0 Then I knit while Jack ate breakfast. 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