10 days to go but who has time to count...

call me childish, but the countdown has begun until my birthday! and while you all may laugh at me, anyone who knows me knows just how crazy i am about my birthday! things have changed only the very slightest bit with maturity and becoming a parent, but i still get as excited as a 5 year old on christmas day! i haven't really had too much time to get excited though as we are very busy preparing to leave for vacation on saturday. we are headed to deep creek lake in western maryland with john's side of the family...12 of us in all. 12 must be the number for family vacations this year as when we went to disney in february it was 12 of us total from my side of the family. hmmm - how funny! the picture above is the house...yup - right on the lake. just follow all the stairs to the bottom and you're there. everyone's decided just to roll down, it's a lot faster. we're just wondering how the heck to get the car down there to get all of us back up to the house. we'll also be enjoying a pontoon boat that they've rented for the week as well. nope - that's not us on the boat yet - this is a picture similiar to the boat we'll be using. i will post more about the trip when we return on wednesday evening (we're heading back early - not enough vacation time to spend the whole week). it'll also give the family a chance to enjoy some time without anthony saying, "mama, keys, car, da, boat" over and over and over...and over and over and over again!