Birthdays!!!

When I was little, birthdays were the highlight of the month. You knew your birthday was coming up and that meant your mom would bring cupcakes to school, you would get a birthday party where you were queen (or king) of the day, and the gifts!!! Need I say more??

In later years, there were fun milestones...13 - finally a teenager , 16 - you could drive, 18 - your parents couldn't (technically) tell you what to do, 21 - you could drink.

After your 21st, birthdays became a reason to just celebrate (when I say celebrate I mean...a reason to go out drinking and just have fun).

My birthday this year, so far, has been a lot of fun. I am lucky that I have so many great friends who want to celebrate a birthday weekend with me, however, at the same time - and I never thought this would happen - I feel a little bit like the clock is ticking.

My husband and I have discussed having a child and getting older, but with everything we get to do, it seems so much easier to keep putting it off just six months more. I know when we get pregnant our lifestyle will change, at least for a little while, and that is a slightly daunting predicament.

However, time marches on. For now, I will enjoy my birthday weekend, knowing, in the back of my mind, perhaps, next year at this time we will be celebrating something more exciting than just another birthday.