it's here! birthday princess day!

whee!

as i was getting ready in the bathroom, the hub (who was all showered and dressed for work) popped in and put this on me:

and then after he left for work, the bean and i went into the sunroom to find this:

and along with cards from the ILs and the hub's grandparents, there was this one from brother wan, sitting on the table with more confetti:

we actually had birthday princess dinner last night, because MIL couldn't come down to hang out with the bean tonight. that's cool - that only means i get to have more birthday princess dinners. tonight with the bean, and perhaps this weekend with the teen. whee!

and i've already received a handful of fun e-mails - one from my mom, from my friend amber, and these randoms:

full recap of last night's dinner later. here's a teaser:
man, i love my birthday. it's the happiest day of the year.