Birthday Fun!

My birthday was.....memorable! David and I did a lot of wonderful things. The week before the big day we took a one-night trip to the beach. Although we had been planning the trip since last year so it wasn't necessarily just for my birthday, David did surprise me by booking an ocean-front suite for the night. With its own kitchen, jacuzzi, living room, and balcony we had an absolute blast! It was the first trip just the two of us had taken since our honeymoon and it was amazingly relaxing to just show up at a hotel with nothing planned at all and to just spend two days doing anything we wanted anytime we wanted!

Here are some pictures of our hotel room:






This is the view from our balcony. And since we were right on the ocean we took a nighttime stroll on the beach. There was no one else out and it was gorgeous in the moonlight!

We had been planning on camping but because the weather wasn't cooperating we stayed at a hotel. However, since we'd already bought the stuff for s'mores we decided to make them anyway...in the microwave.

The next day we went to the Fort Fisher aquarium. It was fun, fun, fun!

This is an albino alligator (or crocodile). But cool either way!

Apparently North Carolina has a large variety of carnivorous plants (who knew!?). I was so excited to see a Venus Flytrap for the first time! (I know, I'm a nerd)





A picture of the USS North Carolina that fought in WWII. We didn't take the tour because it was raining too hard.


Here's a kind of bad picture of us on the dock in historic Wilmington, NC.


Also for my birthday, David bought me some beautiful flowers.

Finally, and the reason my birthday is so memorable, is I decided to get my EARS PIERCED! However, as many of you know I'm a little itty bit afraid of needles. So, would you really be surprised to find out that I fainted? Um, well I was surprised! They even had to use smelling salts on me and everything. It was loads of fun waking up in the middle of Claire's with no idea what had just happened and a bunch of twelve-year-old Miley Cyrus wannabes staring at me like, "I got my ears pierced when I was three and I didn't even cry!" Anyway, I really did have a great birthday. Thanks to everyone who made it so wonderful!