Carlos's Birthday!

Carlos turned 36 on Thursday, and didn't have much work to do, so he was able to spend most of the day just hanging out with us. It was really nice out, so we took a walk up to Swanson's, and he & Josh chose some plants for their garden. Mostly strawberries & some random hot pink flowers Josh really wanted. We also looked at possible plants to fill the space by the stairs where Carlos ripped out some ugly bushes, and looked for a decent size lilac to plant once I give in & admit that the enormous one by the house has gotten out of control & needs to come down... I know it's ridiculous, but I love having fresh lilacs, so I'm hoping to wait at least one more summer...

After that, we went to one of those "paint your own pottery" places, and made presents. I *finally* made a coffee mug with Sam's feet, so I can stop feeling guilty every time I use the Josh one... Josh made a plate for himself as well - I can't wait to see what it looks like when it's fired. I know he used a lot of sparkly pink and purple - and black...

After all that, we made it back to our new favorite Mexican place for dinner. A hard decision, since I know Carlos was dying to break into the 10 pounds of frozen green chili he got in the mail from Susie & Terry, but we've been wanting to go back there for months. It definitely lived up to our expectations.... so all in all, I think Carlos had a good day.

But in case that wasn't enough for a good birthday... Cody had her baby! Born at 3:58 am, just in time to share Carlos's b-day. 6 pounds, 12 ounces, 19 inches - and born *literally* 2 1/2 minutes after Cody made it to the ER in Tacoma... They're both doing great, and Cody felt well enough to go home that night. As of today, she still doesn't have a name - a dilemma I admittedly have a new understanding of... Jon keeps threatening to use Molly, but I'm hoping they decide on either Abby or Finn... either way, she's beautiful - I'd forgotten how small 6 pounds really is!!!


Josh said a very cute thing about going to meet her, "Cat, I thought in my head, when I was dreaming, it showed me a big picture of her & she was wearing pink & smiling." I didn't have the heart to remind him it took weeks for Sammy to smile...