Where has the time gone?

Thirty years ago next week I  went out to lunch with my sister and a friend of ours on a glorious Tuesday afternoon.  I was 9 months pregnant (I felt like I was 11 and a half months pregnant).  The waitress had just put my plate down in front of me.  Mmmmm...clams in a spicy broth. I was starving.  Then it happened.  I knew something was  - different. I excused myself and went to the ladies room where I discovered my water had broke (if you're squeamish, don't worry - that's as bad as it gets).  Not quite sure what to do at this point, I sat in a chair and thought about it. I contemplated the fact that within 24 hours I would now have a baby. And I got scared.  Some ladies came in and they asked when I was due.  "Any minute" I replied.  They thought that was funny.  Little did they know.  After a while my sister came looking for me.  When I told her what happened she took charge.  Helping me up, she said "let's go!"  She tried to tell the waitress quietly that we needed to leave in a hurry, but the waitress took one look at me and decided to share my dilemma with the rest of the diners, to my embarrassment.  At that point I wasn't in labor, but 5 hours later, I was. Six hours after that, I got the first of the two greatest gifts I could ever receive (the second one came along five years later).

So this past weekend we had a "surprise" party for the most wonderful (almost) 30 year old daughter in the world.

We started in the late afternoon.

And partied into the night.  Birthday girl on the left with her lil' sistah.

That cute little cake is just one of the many millions of things I have learned from Pinterest!

The next morning, with her new baby, Oliver (in her lap) and her boyfriend's  lovely dog, Creasy.

Another fabulous weekend. Hope yours was wonderful too.