My Mt. Redoubt(ful) Birthday

Ok...should've posted this about a month ago when it really was my birthday, but didn't feel much like it. My b-day started out pretty crappy...and when I say started out, I mean at 1am when Lachlan started crying, and didn't really stop until about 5:30 am. Not sure why he had such a bad night, he's been sleeping beautifully through the night for awhile now. So, poor Shayne came home from work early(he works nights) to help me out, but I refused to be appreciative and in any sort of good mood. I pretty much labeled myself as the "Birthday B*$@%" for the day.

However, Shayne was the "Wonder Husband", and refused to give into my sour mood. He kept up all the cute and good deeds throughout the day, and it actually turned into a very good birthday! I do have to give props to my husband for making it a good birthday. I'm so glad he loves me even when I'm the "Birthday B*$@%"!!

Anywho...these pics are from that day. We decided since it was one of the first really nice days we'd had this spring, we needed to get out. Mt. Redoubt is still steaming, and in fact is building another lava dome, and they are expecting it to go off...again. The only good thing about this, is it makes for some cool pics. We traipsed down to Kasilof Beach, where we met about 4-5 other cars/people taking pics, but with way cooler cameras than ours. Lachlan just thought it was great to get out of the carseat. We had to position him down wind, b/c it was blowing so much...gotta love the beach! This is pretty much the first time he's been outside sans carseat. Poor child. If it's any consolation, he will be experiencing way more of the outdoors than he would probably prefer this summer, so it's all good!