Celebrating the Birthday Boy

 

Thank you so much for celebrating Ryan with me on Monday! He loved reading his messages – those on the blog and those texted and emailed to us. Thanks for reminding him he’s so loved!

            I thought I’d give you a glimpse into his birthday, which was a pretty fun day, I think. I was going to make him biscuits and gravy for breakfast, but he was still really full from Sunday, so we scrapped those plans. (I told him it made me sad that he had oatmeal on his birthday!)

            He went to work, but he had a good day, and I was glad for him that it was such fun.

            After work, we went out to eat at his favorite Chinese place. It wasn’t super busy in there, so that was nice. I offered to drive home, in case he wanted to go into a food coma, but he said he wasn’t in any danger. (I still remember the year we went to the bottomless meat pit for his birthday, and I fell asleep on the way home and COULD NOT wake up the rest of the night. So embarrassing.) We took the scenic route home so we could enjoy the countryside. I realize that makes us sound very old, and I’m okay with that.

            When we came home, he “opened” his gift. I realize that regionally, this is called many different things, so maybe you call it cornhole or maybe you call it a beanbag toss, but whatever you call it, he’s wanted one for a long time. Some of you might remember that back when he worked in therapy, his hospital had tournaments a couple of times every year, and he loved those! So that’s what I got him this year, but I did not think through what it would be like to wrap a gift of this size. It’s not possible. (At least it’s not possible when you’re trying to wrap on your own with a puppy for an assistant.) So I taped copy paper to the front of it and wrote my own message. He loved it.

            Lexi was very interested in the game and wanted to try practicing right then. This will be a perfect backyard game for us this summer, I think. I also enjoy playing, but I am terrible at it, so he should win easily and often!

            I’d made a chocolate/peanut butter dessert for him, but he was too full to eat it that night, so he just posed with it and had some for breakfast the next day instead.

            We headed to the couch to watch a movie (On a Wing and a Prayer, which you can find on Amazon) and called it a good birthday.