~I had a Happy Birthday~

Thank y'all for all your sweet Happy Birthday wishes...I had a special day with my family and friends.
Look what Michael and Beth "gave" me for my birthday... Little Sophia Lynnette Dickinson was born at 2:58pm on MY birthday. =) 8lb7oz, 20 1/2 long. Praise the Lord that she arrived safely! And now...little Sophia and I get to share our special day for many years to come. Congrats to Michael and Beth!!
~Kimberly and Sarah got up early, dressed in matching in colors and got everything ready for my birthday. They were determind that I HAD to have balloons, so they blew them up for me. =) They made me nice cards and gave me sweet gifts too. What sweet girls we have.~
~Noah and a smiling Elijah with their coordinating clothes.~
~I invited my friend Marisol to come and eat Skyline chili with our family for my birthday. She gave me a nice birthday gift of a special shampoo, a nice hair barrette and a neat bag of Colombian coffee candy.~~Yummy Skyline chili...minus the 1" of yummy cheddar cheese. But since we cannot get cheddar cheese here we didn't want to use up too much of the cheddar cheese that my parents' church just sent us. =) ~
~Enjoying our Skyline chili and our delicious fresh mango juice to drink. We had a nice time visiting with Marisol.~
~A picture with me and my gifts and a slice of the ice cream cake that Phillip bought so I wouldn't have to make my own birthday cake. =)~
~Kimberly tried to take a picture of me with my gifts. My parents gave me a neat set of Coca Cola trucks for my Coke collection. Noah is confused, and thinks that those trucks should be His. =D~
~In the morning of my birthday, Jimmy and Farly called me from their ACE school to wish me Happy Birthday and had all of the students say and sing Happy Birthday to me over the phone. Then later in the afternoon they came by and gave me this beautiful pink sweater shell, and purple sweater. Gracias, Hermano Jimmy y Hermana Farly.~
~Dad and Mom D. sent me money and I got some black boots with that money. Thank you, Dad and Mom!! Last year I used their money to get me some brown boots. Since it is chilly here, most of the ladies wear boots. Also, since we do A LOT of walking, boots are comfortable to walk in. So I'm happy to have both black and brown boots now.~
~I asked Phillip if I could have a square table to put in Noah's room so I can just scrapbook whenever I want. I used to have to DRAG all of my stuff downstairs and make a mess in my dinning room. I'm happy to have my little scrapbooking space there, for all of my stuff is in Noah's room too.~
~My Sweetheart gave me this nice electronic Spanish/English dictionary!! I already am enjoying using it. (He has been looking for a certain one for a long time, and so I asked him when he got a new one, if I could have this one. God helped him to find the model of dictionary that he was needing...so I got his. =)~
~I asked our friend John to make me this sign. Phillip and I translated the phrase, "In My Father's house are many mansions, I hope yours is beside mine" into Spanish. He carved this out and wrote that saying on there for me for my birthday. I love it. Gracias, Hermano Juan.~
I had a happy day, and am blest to have a dear family and friends like y'all and my Colombian friends to help me celebrate my special day. =)