Yesterday, July 9th, was my birthday and it was the greatest day. Last year was the first birthday of mine that Carlos and I spent together, but, for various reasons, it didn't go well at all. Carlos really wanted to make things up to me this year and had been planning things forever. I think he was more excited than I was! Lol! Because he was so excited, we kind of started things on Saturday. Carlos decided to give me two gifts that night. Two CDs, the newest from my favorite bands, Ten Thousand Fists by Disturbed and Hypnotize by System of a Down. When he gave them to me he told me that I was the one that got him into those bands and for that he thanks me :) After that, he made me stay up until midnight, so he could tell me happy birthday ASAP. I didn't think he was even paying attention to the clock (I was on the computer and he was playing a game behind me), but as soon it turned 12, he was up giving me a hug and kiss saying happy birthday :)

The next day (yesterday), we woke up around 9. Well, I woke up at 8, tried to go back to sleep, and then kind of bugged him until he got up, which was 9. He was going to do a breakfast in bed thing, but had forgotten something he needed at the store and we just really needed to spend some time together. Before he left to the store, Carlos gave me another gift (or the 1st, depending on which way you look at it). It was the special collector's edition of The Chronicle's of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Seeing it made tears come to my eyes, but I'm not sure if I could explain it so people would be able to understand why. We had been planning on buying it, but I wanted the collector's version, but Carlos said that all we need is the regular one. After giving me the gift, he told me that he had had such a wonderful time with me when we saw Narnia together (in theaters) and that he was glad that we were able to see the very first one together, which made me tear up more.

Carlos then went to the store, came back, and made me a HUGE breakfast! It was so delicious. After breakfast (although it was around lunch time by then), Carlos left to go buy the rest of the gifts he had planned for me and to buy my mother's gift for me (she's sick). When he returned, he gave me another gift, a PS2 game: Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal. It's the 3rd one and I'm almost finished with the 2nd one. He knows that I enjoy playing those games which is why he bought it. The little bugger has already beaten the 2nd one though! Lol! He had one last gift for me, but has to order it online (along with my mom's as the store was out of both). He showed it to me, though. I'm getting all of the Harry Potter movie DVDs :) We then went and visited my mom at her new place. While there, she gave me a different present she already had for me. A sister for Spike! :) I named her Stickers! :) Lol!

Carlos had planned dinner and a movie for us, but seeing as the movie we were going to see was Pirates of the Carribean 2: Dead Man's Chest, we stopped by the theater before dinner to buy our tickets 2 shows in advance. Since I've lived here my entire life and Carlos wanted to surprise me with dinner, he took us on a wild goose chase of streets all while I had my eyes closed. I knew where we were for a little bit, but then he got me completely lost! Thankfully, he didn't get himself lost. After driving around for awhile, we finally arrived at the restaurant. I till had to keep my eyes closed (and almost tripped because of it! lol), but when he got me out of the car, he had me open my eyes to see that we were at Cafe Delicias, a place we had been wanting to go to together, but never did. It was so nice :)

After dinner, we headed straight for the theater as the ticket guy recommended us getting there an hour early to get a good seat. We got a good place in line that was thankfully in the shade and just talked while we waited, which was really great. The seats we got were the same we always chose, so that was cool to. The movie (for those of you who haven't seen it, I'm not including any spoilers, so feel free to read on) was great! The first one was better, in my opinion, much funnier, but I was really glad to see this new one and recommend seeing it. My favorite part was when everyone was fighting on the beach :) Lol! To anyone who sees it, stay after until the credits are over.

When we got home, Carlos had me get on the computer. Ten minutes later he brought me out a birthday cake and sang happy birthday to me. The whole day was just wonderful. I am so very blessed to have him in my life. And one thing I realized while we were enjoying our cake was that our next special occasion cake will be our wedding cake...