Jeff's Happy Birthday Weekend

Jeff and my brother Jason getting ready to go to the first home Eagles game today. (Yea. They're just a little excited.)

It was definitely a great birthday for him. We started Saturday with a family photo shoot on the beach. A blogging friend is starting her photog business and agreed to shoot us in Brigantine early yesterday morning. Take a look at www.maxandmimiphotography.com for a sneak peak. Kate is such a lovely person and does great work. I think we got some beautiful stuff coming. The 3 she posted of Ruby are just stunning. Can hardly wait to see the rest! We did some family shots and then tons of Ruby who just hammed it up and drew a crowd. Afterwards, we found a great breakfast spot, sat by the beach watching the ocean for a bit, then headed home. Here is Ruby loving the ocean breeze and having fun watching the waves. It was such a pretty day!

We had a lazy afternoon at home. First I took a nap and Jeff babysat. Then Jeff took a nap (as we were up REALLY early). Ruby was the only one who got rest the night b4 and didn't nap at all! While Jeff was sleeping, the rest of us got to work. We cleaned up around the fire pit and set up all the chairs. I tidied up the patio, put candles everywhere, and set it up for dinner. My brother Jason prepped the filet mignon for himself, Jeff, Anthony, and Britney. I made fish for Ruby and I.  Ruby & I made a cute card for daddy and I got all of his gifts together before he got up. Worked out great!

Rustic table set for the occasion. Ruby even got a fancy plate AND she insisted on a wine charm for her elephant cup. haha. She was so excited to help me clean up and get things ready for Daddy's birthday dinner. Such a good little helper! Should have got a pic but we were just too busy. Snapped this one much later.

Jason and I making dinner and bursting at the seams to give Jeff his bday presents.

Hubs and I sharing a hug.

Lovebirds Brit and Anthony

 We had an amazing dinner followed by a nice chat by the fire. Before heading to "The Pit" we presented Jeff with his Eagles themed gifts. First the cake. Jeff is obsessed with Carvel ice cream cakes and I wouldn't dare have a bday for him without one. This year I was all excited to find a football cake. Perfect!  Oh how I love a theme. So while preparing for dinner by bro advised me to take it out to set awhile so it won't be so hard to cut. Now I should have known better, but thought maybe his freezer downstairs was colder than mine so I listened. Went to grab it after dinner and omg....MUSH! A box full of gooey ice cream and chocolate crunchy mush! There was one hunk of ice cream in the center still solid enough to stick a candle in and through giggles we gave it to him.  He was a little disappointed as the carvel cake is the highlight of his bday each year (funny the simple things that make that man happy) but we scooped it out and ate the goo with spoons and I have to say it was still quite tasty! He was still teasing us about his sunken cake until he saw the tickets Jason scored. Eagles home game tickets complete with VIP passes, sideline seats and passes (where he gets to meet the players), and even VIP parking. Look at his face. Priceless!

 I got him an Eagles baseball hat, shirt, and rain ponchos for the both of them, and a small portable grill amongst other things. He loved them all and loved the card from Ruby where she drew her hand and mine on it and put happy stickers on the front. Turned out cute. To say Jeff was excited about it all would be an understatement. The two of them were like giddy school boys today as they packed up their goods for tailgating and fun. SO happy for my hubby! This is like his DREAM day. As for me, I am enjoying a quiet rainy day at home with the little miss. And that suits me just fine. Happy to be home and dry with my favorite lil gal while the boys get silly in the rain and eat junk food and drink beer. Most of all I am so glad my husband got to have such a great birthday. Mushy cake and all. :-)