Let the Birthday Celebrations Begin

So, these pictures don't all apply to my (early) birthday celebration, but they were all taken on the same day, so bear with me.

One of my girls groups, the one that hasn't been getting together on a consistent basis, got together yesterday morning for a cookie exchange. And, really, the most important part was to see all the new babies in the group. Three of the "girls" aka women from this group became mommies (2 or them for the second time) in the month of October. The two repeat mommies made it to the groupone because she hosted. There was also a 10 month old who came with her mommy. It was great to see all the little ones and how the older little ones got along.

These are the three princess'.

Evie was born incredibly early and was in the NICU for months, she is now 10 months old and entirely to precious; then there is Amelia and then my little Goddaughter Josie. All so precious!

Here are the boys swarming around the cookies while we were all coo-ing over the girls.

Alex in the red on the left, Myles in the center and Isaiah behind the stuffed animal on the right.
On my way home I realized how frosty things were and just had to take a few pictures of the frosty leaves and liked the definition of the frost on these rosebushes.

After being at home for a time between the girls group and a fun evening with a friend for an early birthday celebration I worked on Christmas cards....dun, dun, dun.

Then, Tera came and picked me up for a night out. It was so nice to know I was going out for the evening and didn't have to plan one minute of it. Tera planned the whole night.

First we went to one of my favorite all time restaurants- Deschutes Brewery---yummy gluten free buns for the amazing burgers and homemade gingerale=an amazing meal.

After dinner we went to Tea Chi Te for tea and walked the fun NW 23rd area of Portland to see the lights.

What a fabulous day and night spent with friends. Thanks, Tera for kicking off my birthday "season" the right way!