Happy 24th Birthday, Heather!

I love birthdays. What a great thing to celebrate- someone's entrance into the world. I like all the bright colors that come to mind when I think "birthday," and all of the traditions that I'm so glad my family passed down. I'm having fun introducing Heather to some of those traditions, as well as putting our own twist or style on something in order to make it more "our own."
I've never been big into buying lots of stuff, but this year Heather needed some things that she's been so patiently doing without.

She's had a bright blue office chair since her Freshman year at Auburn. What little padding that thing might have once had is long gone, and you might as well be sitting on a swiveling wooden board with wheels.








So now she has a fancy-pants leather chair that will cushion her butt for hours while she writes paper after never-ending paper.

Also, back in May her digital camera decided to drink some water while we were at the beach, thus leaving her cameraless to take pictures of the puppies and the fat husband! I got her opinion on lots of different cameras, letting her think I was just curious about a possible camera for Christmas. I really threw her off when I went to Toys R Us and told her that her presents were all in the really big bag (I didn't lie, because the small BestBuy bag was inside the gigantic Toys R Us bag).

So, now she can point and shoot to her heart's content!

We're winding down now, but the party decorations are still up & the balloons are shouting "Happy Birthday" with all of their Mylar magnificance.

24's a nice number. See you there in six months!