Happy 28th Birthday to Moi :)

Alrighty, so yesterdays post was all deep and contemplative...and a little whiney...so I thought that tonight I would get into the brighter side of things.  Tomorrow I am going to be 28 years old.  Seriously...28 years old?!!! How did that happen?  Feels like yesterday that I was turning 18 and going to the Hull Casino for the first time. 

A picture of me on my birthday years ago (taken by my great friend Amber).

Of course there are always things that one would want to tweek in their life.  Is anyone's life truly perfect? Probably not.  But for the most part I choose to live my days seeing the good in things.  You won't often find me in a horrible mood, and I usually have a smile on my face (funny story:  the man that works in the Post Office at Carlingwood Mall in Ottawa only ever remembers me for my smile, and calls me that..the girl that smiles.  True story! lol).  So in honor of my birthday, here is a list of things that I am grateful for right now:
  - My super cute, super sweet, fun lovin', smiley son Liam Christopher.  Life would not be near as fun without him in it.
  - My wonderful husband who works so hard to make Liam and I happy. 
  - My puppy Chloe (who is actually 4 years old but will always be a puppy in my eyes).  She is my cuddle bug in the middle of the night.
  - The fact that Spring is officially on it's way.  My birthday is on the last day of winter...so Spring is here this week!!
  - My awesome awesome awesome family!! Every member of my huge family adds their own unique flair to the whole, so that in the end we are this amazing tapestry of colors.
  - My awesome awesome awesome friends :)
  - The fact that my niece Devyn thrived during her first week at horsecamp.  She's a rockstar!!
  - I am throughly grateful for Tim Hortons and their sweet sweet iced capps.  Mmmmmmm. 
  - My new van which still has that new van smell.  Every time I see it I love it all over again.
  - The tv show Bones.  Who doesn't want to see David Boreanez once a week?  lol
  - The smell of roses and carnations.  Love!
  - The fact that Liams little friend Addy is back from her vacation.  Love seeing them together.
  - The sound of the rain outside my window.  Right about now, I will definetly take rain over snow ANY day
  - Learning how to make felt roses.  SO much fun :)

So there ya have it.  My list of gratefuls for today.  And ya know...it's way more fun writing about things I am happy about than things I am not so in love with right now.  It's all in how you look at things right?  Here's hoping that this year brings some awesome adventures to my little family.  I hope that we can learn to appreciate each other even more, and that we can have lots of fun in the process :)