Happy Birthday Dad!

Yesterday was your dear old dad's 27th birthday - and next year you'll be here to celebrate with us! On Saturday he went to the casino with a bunch of his buddies and he actually won some money - pretty rare for him! Then we went out to watch the Lion's playoff game downtown and hang out with some friends - and we also told Brandon, Amanda, Tim, Becky, Brian, Jessica, and Dennis about you that night :) They were all excited, but all of the girls told me they kind of suspected that I was pregnant ... guess I'm not that great at hiding it, oh well... Both Becky and Amanda offered to let me borrow some maternity clothes, which is great!

Last night I made Dad beef tenderloin with red wine sauce, red skin mashed potatoes, and green beans with pesto. I didn't realize until after everything was done that I couldn't eat the steak rare and it tasted nasty when it was well done :(. And the pesto sauce wasn't tasting great to me either... so I kind of struck out. But Dad enjoyed his meal along with his Guinness and then we had cake & ice cream - yummy!

Then Dad opened his presents, a new Detroit Tigers hat, a fleece pullover, and a gift card to Dick's so that he can buy a new baseball glove.

It was a pretty good evening and I think your Dad had a pretty happy birthday!

All my love, Mom