Happy Birthday to....Me!

My birthday was Sunday, but we had such a jam-packed day with church activities that my wonderful hubby decided to surprise me on Saturday instead. So, he woke me up at 5:45 (which if you know me well, Saturday is my favorite day so that I can sleep in!!) and took me up to the Smokies and we biked the 11 mile loop at Cade's Cove. Is that safe to do 4 months pregnant? :) I was careful and pushed the bike up the hills (even the small ones) and went slower than normal down the hills. It's probably the last time we're going to be able to do that for a few years! Here are some pictures from the trip:

It's obviously not mating season if bucks are hangin' out. This was a crazy sight to see.

My thoughtful hubby! We're still waking up here.
So the Science girl in me just HAD to have this picture. Writing spiders are my favorite spiders, I think. Ryan and I used to feed a spider just like this in his mom's garden on our dates in High School. Look at its web! Doesn't God create the most amazing creatures?!?

So this is going to be a new tradition. If you look at our blog on the right, you'll see the 1st picture we took here 4 years ago. Now we're pregnant with our first little one, and hopefully we'll come back when our baby is a little older and take another one. We'll get to watch our family grow!

Pooped and hungry (shocking, I know).

After the bike ride, we stopped at the Visitor's Center to get their famous soft serve ice cream...at 10:00 in the morning! :) It was a good treat after all that work. Then after lunch, Ryan had a spa pedicure scheduled for me at Aveda Spa and Salon! What a WONDERFUL husband I have! I wish I had a picture of me at the spa, but I was too relaxed to think about it. So here's a picture of my french pedicure on my tired little feet.
The next stop was going to be the Tennessee Valley Fair, but we came home and fell asleep until 7:00! So we'll do the fair next weekend and I'll post about it later.

Thank you, Ryan, for planning such a special day for me! I love you!