So, I turned 30...and nothing crazy happened... ;)

...except an awesome party, that is! :) 

So, the last time I posted was right before my bday shindig. And I wanted to do a quick (picture-filled) post to recap my birthday party. :) Thanks to a friend, we were able to get the fun top floor of a building downtown. I knew we were having wine, appetizers, etc, but thought it'd be fairly low key...but I ended up being very surprised. Eric, Timberly, and Eric's family really went above and beyond to make me feel special and I could never thank them enough b/c it exceeded any expectations I had for any sort of celebration... It was perfect. And I was blown away... 

I stepped off the elevator to this... :)

...and immediately froze.. haha... I was like "Ohmygosh there's a big heel! And it's PINK! They already went too far... " And then I got teary... over a shoe... b/c I'm an emotionally charged idiot around my 30th birthday apparently. 

And I continued into the room.. 

 Eric's brother was the bartender for the evening! How freaking sweet, right?!

There were gorgeous little flower arrangements everywhere.. and little pink heels with nuts! 

And roses for me... :)

Party favors :)

personalized m&ms... 

How cute is the cake?!!!

And even a personalized cake cutter! I also got teary at this.. Who gets teary at a cake cutter?! Gawd. 

With some of my girl friends :)

Maria (above) made me an awesome video that I'll definitely cherish for years to come. So thoughtful. She interviewed a few of my friends that had already turned 30 and asked them to give well wishes, tell funny stories about when they turned 30, etc. And Eric ended the video like Mr. Big from SATC... the ep with the balloons in the limo... Know what I'm talking about? I tried to find it, but copyright issues prevented me from it. Blerg. Anyway, it was really sweet. I'll have to ask Maria to send it in a way I can embed it here. :)

That's a lot of candles... for a lot of AWESOMENESS. Duh. ;)

I had enough wine to jokingly announce that I was Heather's baby daddy... haha...

A photo with Timberly, one of the thoughtful masterminds behind the partay :) 

And then there's the guy behind it all.... :)

No one has ever made me feel so special on my birthday...I was beaming from ear to ear most of the night... especially after I downed a glass of wine and relaxed a little (b/c my eyes were wide with Icantbelievetheydidallthis for awhile.. haha). 

It was perfect. Beyond perfect. And more than I deserved. But I loved it so much. And I'm so very blessed, lucky, .....happy... :)

And it kicked off a fabulous birthday weekend.. :) On Saturday morning, Eric and I left for Kansas City and I'll have that post later! :) And uh.. for the record, I'm totally okay with this 30 thing. I've decided the lead up is much more stressful than the actual event.. hah.. I'm like "Cool. I'm 30. *shrugs* Whatev." haha! 

I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! And thank you all so much for the great birthday wishes on the bloggidy and twitter! :)