Maderville

Happy Birthday to Me!
Boy, did I have a good one! Thursday night the girls took me out to Fondren Unwrapped! It is an open house in the arts district of Jackson. It is always a lot of fun. They always have a good crowd and the food and drinks are always flowing. I didn't buy anything but saw lots of good stuff. After we walked around we went to dinner at Bravo! and had a pretty much the whole place to ourselves. We really had a great time and it was so nice spending the even with some of my best girl friends. I love them all very much and we have a great sisterhood among us.
Today was my actual birthday and it started with a quick trip to the pediatricians office. I wanted to have Landry checked out again before the weekend so I could rest easier. After I got back we ate lunch and later in the afternoon I left Landry with Mike and went to Hand Works. It is a place where vendors mainly from the south and mainly MS come and sell their handcrafted items. There are some beautiful hand painted things, ceramics, food items, children's clothing, picture frames and many other items. There are some really talented people here and that place really showcased many of them. I bought a few things but mainly just spent the time enjoying a few hours to myself. I also ran into some of my friends who own Crossroads Pottery. I met them a few years ago and I loved their work. I had them make crosses for me to give out as thank-you's for all of the kindness that was shown to me when I lost Sophie. They made me them special for me and put her name on the back. I loved how they turned out and I was very proud to give them in her honor. They are just really good people and I always enjoy seeing them.

When I got home, we got the Bug down and Mike and I went to dinner at AJ's on the Lake. It was fabulous and I just wanna tell you, if you live here in MS, you really need to go check out there new restaurant. It is not even in the same league as their old one and the decor looks like it stepped out of a magazine. I would put it up against any restaurant in Vegas, New York or LA. It is that beautiful and stylish. Their service was top notch and they really produce some fantastic food. It was a great birthday dinner. To top off the evening Mike bought me the mother load of photographic software. It is called CS4 and it just came out. It will take my images to another level...now I just have to get another degree so I can figure out how to use it! It was a complete and total surprise since I told him that I wanted to get the lens I bought a month ago for my early birthday. I wasn't expecting anything but a card and a little happy from the Bug. Out of all the great presents I received and how great the events were leading up to my birthday, the greatest gift I got was spending my first birthday with the most wonderful child I could have ever dreamed of. I feel so blessed to have such a beauty both inside and out. She makes me feel both young and old but in the best possible way. This picture is of me and Landry on my 38th birthday.