Birthday {recap}

What they don't tell you as a kid is that sometimes you have to work on your Birthday when you grow up. This is what the 30-somethings chapter holds. Ugh! So, I took a half day just in spite of the fact that I was NOT going to work the entire day. :) However, this Birthday was special because of my amazing husband. Billy is always sure to go out of his way to make my day spectacular. We spent the morning together and then off to work we went. When Friday rolled around our plan was to celebrate (more)...which means shopping, of course! I was told I could buy anything I wanted that day. Dangerous, right? Here is one of my new favorite things we picked up while shopping...



My favorite, Ray-Ban

Now, I'm looking forward to the summer days much more and not just because of the beautiful FL weather. :)  ALSO, thank you to those who took advantage of the my Birthday {31} sale! Your items will be available soon. I will be in touch.

Birthday Sale {magic # 31}

I want to offer a stamp SALE in celebration of my 31st Birthday today! Everyone loves a good sale, right? So for today only, January 5, until midnight all stamp orders placed will be only $31! That’s almost 10% off regular price. Be sure to message me with your information and stamp style # (choices 1-6 below) at Trendyinkdesigns@yahoo.com before midnight today!

(*stamps are regularly $34; there is a $5 flat shipping fee for all orders needing to be shipped*)

A New Year {already!?}

I printed out something at work today and noticed on the bottom of the paper "1/4/2011" and that's when it truly hit me, it's 2011! It has taken me four days (I may be a little slow) for this to sink in.  I cannot get over how fast time is moving. I still haven't even blogged about our Christmas and what a wonderful Christmas it was! Tomorrow in celebration of my Birthday, I will have a SALE on one of my hot Trendy Ink Design products. Until then I will leave you with a few pictures from the past couple of weeks...

 Dinner with friends - a few of them are missing from this picture but it sure was nice to catch up! 

Christmas Eve after the Candelight service at our church,

Billy & I enjoyed the Yule Log! I love-love the Yule Log! :)

My favorite guys! Billy and Oliver on Christmas Day at Moms.

Poor Oliver was getting a "talking to" since he wanted so badly to play with the presents (AND chase Sophie). :)

Be sure to check back tomorrow for more details on my Birthday Sale!

Merry Christmas {from the Birds}

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas! We will be enjoying my traditional Christmas Eve spread I put out and a candlelight Christmas Eve Service tonight at our church. I'm taking a little time off to enjoy family, friends and relax!

Don't forget to take a moment to remember why we celebrate Christmas.  

Luke 2:11-14

For there is born to you this day in the city of David

a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

And this will be the sign to you:

You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths,

lying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the angel

a multitude of the heavenly host

praising God and saying:
“Glory to God in the highest,

And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

Celebrating Two Years

I admit I’m a little behind on my blogging but better late than never, right? I truly love this time of year but sure do wish it would sloooow down. It seems like yesterday I was in NYC and Christmas was still weeks away. I miss NYC already! I’m technically “half yankee” so I have the city crave in my blood stream. Thankfully, I married a handsome southern gentleman, a good ole’ Georgia boy, who despite his southern roots has a big love for the city as well. We celebrated our 2nd anniversary touring New York City with friends. The weather was (very) cold, the company was great and the days full of activities were a blast.

 To avoid boring you, I will only post a "few" pictures.

We took over 300 (at least!).

 One of the many beautiful trees in the Waldorf Astoria

Billy & Mrs. Clause at Macy's - Santa's line was too long

Posing for Billy :)

 Broadway

 M&M store

 Rockefeller Center - the tree was gorgeous!

 St. Paul's Cathedral

 Times Square

View of the Empire State Building from Macy's

I’m so-so blessed and happy to be married to my best friend.

These two years have been the best two years of my life,

I love being Billy’s wife. Each day is sweeter!

And I cannot forget a big thank you to my Aunt Donna & Uncle Jimmy for taking Mr. Bird and I to and from the airport and allowing us to stay at Casa' Boeri for our incoming and outgoing nights. We always enjoy our time with you and appreciate your over the top hospitality! xo

It's been a whirlwind!

It's been a whirlwind of a week! Shortly after we enjoyed Thanksgiving and had a 17 hour day of black Friday shopping things went south. My Dad ended up in the hospital AND my brother is in Italy with mono and is in need of surgery but they cannot operate until he gets well.  I'm thankful it is nothing too serious but it sure has been a wild weekend.  The saying, "when it rains, it pours" comes to mind.

In a matter of hours, Billy & I begin our vacation and I have not even packed one thing. This is maddening to the organization/planner in me!  So, with everything going on I have no time to do all the posts I had planned.  I want to leave you with our photo session from a couple weeks ago.  My friend, Kaci, took these for us and we had the best time hanging out together in the park.  Go to her blog to see the rest of our session or visit Kathryn Brown Photography for more information on her photography.

Hope you all are having a great week!

Give Thanks

I'm Thankful...

Thankful for having a relationship with my heavenly father, Jesus.

Thankful for Billy because he’s the kindest, funniest, most loving, gentle spirit I know and I’m thankful he chose to spend his life with me.

Thankful for my Pop because he is a wonderful Dad, hardest worker and so funny – always a joy to be around.

Thankful for my Mom because she’s the heartbeat of our family. She works countless hours to make each holiday and event special and is so generous. The most generous person I know. Thankful she is so wise and a good listener when I need advice.

Thankful for my brother, Jordan. I’m thankful that God made him so unique in spirit. I’m glad he is my brother and I didn’t have to share him growing up {Selfish but true!}Thankful for his brotherly love and pep talks when needed.

Thankful for my sister, Oana. I’m so thankful God gave her to our family and picked her to love my brother. She’s such a free spirit, fun loving and caring soul. I’m thankful we have Carlo and thankful he was such a light in her day when Jordan was away at war.

Thankful for my in-laws, Mom and Dad Bird. I’m thankful for their love and support. Thankful they raised such a wonderful son. Thankful they instilled the importance of loving God in their children. I see Christ in Billy today because of their teachings years ago.

Thankful for all my brother & sister-in-laws. There are a lot of us Birds and I’m thankful to God for giving me such a big family to love.

Thankful for my extended family. I’m a better woman today for knowing my grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins. I love each and everyone for the unique qualities they posses.

Thankful for my Oliver boy – what a fun addition to our home. Oliver is a great warm-up for future little Birds. Thankful he is a fast learner and always has a happy face when I walk in the door from work.

Thankful for my health, praise God for giving me a clean bill of health. I don’t take my movement, eye-sight, hearing, sense of smell or anything at all for granted.

Thankful for my house. I’m thankful for a warm place to sleep, a place with Billy that we can call home.

Thankful for Jordan coming home from war safely (twice). I do not take that blessing for granted and praise God for it. I’m thankful for his service in the Army and very proud of his purple heart. His sacrifice at war was big however, small in the scheme of things; he was able to walk home to his wife.

Thankful for friends who keep me laughing. Laughter truly is the medicine of the soul.

And I have sooo much more to be thankful for, too many to name.  I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving and don’t forget to Praise the Lord for the blessings bestowed upon you and yours!

Psalm 106:1

Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD,

for he is good; his love endures forever.