We celebrated Andy's birthday this weekend. We started off by splurging at a local international market and purchasing Andy's favorite blueberry muffin mix. So, Saturday morning (before Andy headed in for a full day's work at the office) we enjoyed some muffins. We have discovered that Rachel likes blueberry muffins almost as much as her daddy does! :) The benefit of making them Saturday was so we could enjoy the rest of them this morning. 
Saturday night we went into Amsterdam and had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. We couldn't break tradition! :) So, we enjoyed some good, old American food. Andy was even willing to let them sing to him so we could all share a free dessert. He claims he did it for Rachel. :) We all enjoyed the ice cream topped with hot fudge, whip cream, and a cherry. After they sang to Andy he commented how it's been a long time since he's done that in a restaurant. I guess your little ones bring out the kid in you. This afternoon we opened up presents and enjoyed some cheesecake. Rachel was so excited to help her daddy open presents and blow out candles. She's been talking about his birthday for days! 
I'm surprised Rachel didn't spoil any of Andy's presents before he opened them. She went shopping with me and I was just waiting for her to say something, but she did good and didn't ruin any surprises.
There's one handsome 31-year old sporting his new sweater. I actually did pretty good this year - I think Andy approves of everything he got! :) Although we are going to have to do some exchanging for sizes - I still don't do very well with the way things are sized over here. 
Here's Andy's cheesecake. Despite the way it looks, it still tasted good. This was another splurge at the international market. Rachel helped me decorate it on Saturday afternoon and by Sunday afternoon it hadn't fared well. Oh well, luckily Andy's not high maintenance and it still tasted good!
We didn't do 31 candles, we just shaped the candles into a "31".
Saturday night we went into Amsterdam and had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. We couldn't break tradition! :) So, we enjoyed some good, old American food. Andy was even willing to let them sing to him so we could all share a free dessert. He claims he did it for Rachel. :) We all enjoyed the ice cream topped with hot fudge, whip cream, and a cherry. After they sang to Andy he commented how it's been a long time since he's done that in a restaurant. I guess your little ones bring out the kid in you. This afternoon we opened up presents and enjoyed some cheesecake. Rachel was so excited to help her daddy open presents and blow out candles. She's been talking about his birthday for days! 
I'm surprised Rachel didn't spoil any of Andy's presents before he opened them. She went shopping with me and I was just waiting for her to say something, but she did good and didn't ruin any surprises.
There's one handsome 31-year old sporting his new sweater. I actually did pretty good this year - I think Andy approves of everything he got! :) Although we are going to have to do some exchanging for sizes - I still don't do very well with the way things are sized over here. Here's Andy's cheesecake. Despite the way it looks, it still tasted good. This was another splurge at the international market. Rachel helped me decorate it on Saturday afternoon and by Sunday afternoon it hadn't fared well. Oh well, luckily Andy's not high maintenance and it still tasted good!
We didn't do 31 candles, we just shaped the candles into a "31".We had to take video of Rachel singing to her daddy. I don't know who was more excited about his birthday - Andy or Rachel??? :) It was fun to celebrate Andy' day. He certainly appreciated all the phone calls, birthday cards, and well wishes.
3 comments:
Happy Birthday Andy!!
Makes fatherhood worth it! You have two wonderful women in your life. We couldn't be happier for you. Love you.
Happy Birthday Andy...(yesterday) ;)
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