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So, we've had some fun activities the past couple of days. Yesterday we got together with friends to swim! Emma loves swimming so much... she gets super excited any time we say we'll be going swimming. She especially enjoys her big pink swim wings. ;) I particularly look forward to the day when Emma can actually swim on her own. She loves to be in the water but she gets frustrated if she gets stuck in the middle of the pool and can't get to the side. She screams "help mommy, help!" and I have to pull her to 'shore'.

So, today is my 25th birthday! Wow! I keep telling people that I'm a quarter of a century! That sounds really old, when you put it like that, eh? Anyway, Ben didn't have to go to his rotation shift until 2, so we spent the morning at the Science Museum in downtown Phoenix. It was fun, but extremely busy with several summer school groups or something. Emma looked so small in comparison. ;) But despite the congestion, it was a great birthday outing. I just love my little family... and we're gradually becoming not so little, especially when Becca is strapped into our big sit and stand stroller, we become quite the wide load of people! Below is an amusing video of Emma enjoying a silly spinning contraption at the museum.



Oh, and Ben was so sweet and decorated the house with several flower arrangements. I have lovely flowers in the bathroom, my bedroom end table, and the kitchen table. He said that he wanted to make a my birthday just a little prettier. :) He also made a great french toast breakfast with homemade strawberry syrup and whipped cream! In addition to all this, he is making me wear a flower lei and bow for the whole day (which you may have noticed in the picture above). He wants me to stand out enough so people will ask me why I am wearing a lei and such... this way I can respond, "Because it's my birthday!" How fun for me. ;) And thank you Heather for your thoughtful blog post. I have such sweet friends.