30 and Fabulous!

I recently celebrated my 30th birthday and it was wonderful to say the least. We kicked it off with a family lunch at an old time fave restaurant Pedro's in Los Gatos a few days before my actual birthday. It was fun being there with my mom, dad, Paul, Syona, Paul's mom, Jackie and Dwayne. My mom walked around the restaurant with Syona and brought her back a red balloon. After lunch we walked around Los Gatos for a bit and then came home. At night we celebrated with a cake which Syona kept trying to touch and accidentally stepped in right after I blew out my candle. I then took her hand and smashed it into the cake and had her feed me and later my mom and dad too. We then took her foot and kicked it in the cake and had her feed Paul, it was soooooo fuuun. The day before my actual birthday we drove up to San Francisco to stay the night at Bij's new luxury pad. It was the perfect mini vacation! We had breakfast at Squat and Gobble, bought Syona a new sun hat and some peter rabbit books, and then went back to the apartment and rested a bit with Syona. After taking

turns taking naps, we gave Syona a bath and went out to dinner to Barney's in the marina. It was the perfect place for us since it was family oriented. Syona didn't want to sleep that evening, it seemed she wanted to party for muma's birthday. After dinner I had Syona in my moby wrap and went to Tutti Melon's for gelato. She was all bundled up in her snow hat since it was cold and there was no one more I wanted to cuddle with as we strolled along the city. She went to bed around 10:30 that night and slept through the night. After Paul and I almost drowned in Bij's shower (they need a new shower head) we went to bed. The next morning we went to breakfast at the Grove which was super fun and talked to another Dad who was out with his little boy. We then drove back home, wished  a good trip to my mom before she headed off to India and then made our way to the AVAC pool to take Syona swimming for the first time. I couldn't have had a better birthday! Just as I had expected (and as I did when I was little), Syona LOVED the pool. I was worried the water may be too cold for her but she didn't even flinch. She loved wading through it with us and splashing up and down in the water. I have never seen her laugh as much as she did this day! It was sooo fun holding her in the water and trying to get her to float. She had sooo much trust in us and she was not scared at all. At one point, when we took her out, she squirmed in Paul's hands until we brought her back in. That's muma's little fish! For my birthday, Paul has got me mom and baby swimming lessons with Syona and I am excited to start that next week!

Syona fell asleep on the way home, she was sooo tired after a day of splashing. We gave her a bath and put her to bed very quickly. We then ordered a pizza and watched entourage at night. Paul had also gone to the store and brought back some salad, roses and a cupcake which was very sweet. It was such a wonderful day. Check out the video: