Wow, I can't believe that it has been three years since both Stacey and I were pregnant and waddling around together down in Riverside betting who would have their baby first....!!! (More like me threatening stacey to wait until I had mine before she popped. lol) Time sure does fly!! 

LMAO, she made it work though!



Full House


My short butt hung these all.by.myself! ;)


Just asking for the smoke alarm to go off


They LOVED the balloons more than papa, of course :)


The birthday boy!

When cory got home, he had surprised me with a cake with pink candles and pink writing on it that said, "Happy Birthday Erin", on it and a beautiful card to match :) We went out to eat at Burger King and that was SUPER delicious .... meanwhile my good friend Angel called and we decided to hang out since she was on vacation this whole week anyways. lol.  We took my car back home so I could get changed and do my hair and then Wanda called right as we got in the door. She wanted me to come over and when I did, she surprised me with a bouquet of pink roses and a very sweet card! I was so touched :)

After that, we headed down to the far walmart (the one that is 5 miles away since that was on our way to Angel's) I ran in and for the first time, bought my own alcohol :) lol. On my way out, I go to start my car and it won't start....well, it does but then it just chugs and dies! I am in tears thinking the fuel pump we JUST put in a few months ago is bad. Finally, after about 5-10 minutes of fiddling with it, we got it started and RUNNING long enough to get it home! Thank God!! We load up the kids in Cory's car and run on down to Angels.

As soon as we walk in the door, Angel says she has a surprise for me.....her and Ryan are going to take me down to the bar (Pepe's) and treat me to my first legal shot. LOL. I kind of didn't want to go since Im not a huge shot drinker and was a little nervous. Cory stayed at their house with Brandon (he lives there too) and watched the kids. When we get there, we each drink the same thing....a shot of patrone. I did the salt, shot, and lime and it actually was pretty good! I thought we were going to get ready to go but they insisted I get something fruity to wash it down with so they got me a cranberry juice with vodka in it. YUMMM! It tasted like Kool-Aid! (That is so dangerous  LMAO) By this time, Angel realizes that she forgot her phone at home and Ryan left his, too. We KNOW that the guys back at home are getting worried and pissed at the same time since we have been gone for well around an hour now. We  say screw it and hte bartender made me my special birthday drink. 

You know what it was? Irish cream with whiskey in it, straw in the center and whipped cream going up the center with two round balls on the sides....I got a penis shot. LMAO. We were cracking up so hard when she brought it over to us. We tried to get pics but the place was so dark it was hard! i drank that and by the time I stood up, I felt a LITTLE dizzy. On our way home, we got some burgers from Stater's to grill up. When we walked in the door, I got "the look" from cory and he wasn't too jazzed that i was gone for 2 hours. so much so that he said I get to watch the kids since he did it long enough while he went and played pool. Later, they tell us that they say that since we hav ebeen gone an hour, they were going to call Angel's phone and see whats up.... it rings next to them. They try ryan's phone, it rings on the coffee table!!!! LMAO..... sorry, I thought that was funny. 

I put Mecah down to sleep since it was 10 and she went down quick. Meanwhille Jake was happy munching on some puffs they had and went in the garage to watch us bbq and play pool. It was around 11:30 when we finally headed home and i was exhausted. I had a GREAT 21st birthday! Now I just can't wait for Sunday to go to Magic Mountain!!!!

Cory is finally almost home. I have had a great day with the kids so far (though jake made it apparent that he was very frustrated with me by glaring at me like I just ran his little puppy over all.day.long) lol. i got the kids dressed in their cute clothes, did their hair, and they are looking all schnazzy for a night out on the town. (well, an early night of going to Ross and Walmart followed by a wonderful dinner I don't have to cook at a fast food place) Believe it or not, these are the times I cherish. . . being able to spend a day out with my family, no tv, no computer, no nothing. Its actually pretty great. I realize that I gave up so much to upgrade to even better. I was brought into a great family (well, threatened...lmao, jk) and even though I miss *my* family, i can't complain about the ones I have now. I still think about how my mom used to wake me up on my birthday with pancakes and a candle in the middle singing happy birthday while I ate breakfast in bed. Or how I would get to pick my b-day dinner and i always wanted liver and onions....no joke. That is by far my favorite thing to eat. Every year, my grandparents, aunt, cousin, great aunt, and great uncle would come down to our house and we would have a bbq of tri-tip and all the fixin's followed by birthday cake and presents. The last year i spent with them was my 18th birthday... I still remember that my cousin (7 at the time) made me this cute red necklace and put it in a jewlery box for me. When I opened it, I cried because it was something that he did for me. Our family is very small (at least that of which is in America) . I actually share my birthday with Kai. . . he lives back in Germany with his probably now wife Mika. Alittle off topic but I just remembered it so I had to share. lol. 

You know, every year that I am gone from home, it gets easier to reflect on memories without wanting to break down and cry. This was the first year where I didnt'! lol. While i miss my mom and dad a lot, i wouldn't change my decision to  be with Cory and have two amazing, wonderful children. Thats it for now....i will post pics later of Mecah and Jake and everything else from dinner!