Baby Zanetti: The Big 3-0

I was told by my dear husband that we were going away for a weekend of relaxation - My clues/instructions were simple. We had never been there before... I was to pack clothes for warm days/cold nights... And to bring my Kindle because I was going to get a lot of reading time in while he pulled baby duty.

Friday afternoon we pulled out and started heading north. I assumed it was Lake Arrowhead or Palm Springs when I was packing, but nope! Big Bear!! My first thought was "I married a liar. We were here last year!" My second thought was "Holy cr*p, I'm going to FREEZE with my 'Palm Springs' attire!! Who packs sundresses for the mountains?!" Tom told me I could buy whatever I needed at local shops, so up the mountain we went. I pictured a cozy little cabin, wine by the fireplace, and taking Cole on some amazing hikes.

And then we pulled up to this.

3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, huge loft... He went on and on about off-season deals, but I'm no fool. We clearly weren't going to be alone... Just a matter of which friends would be coming and when!

It was getting dark, so I assumed our guests would arrive in the morning, but the doorbell started ringing a few hours later - Sarah, Mike, Traci, Lauren, Willy and Robin! Couldn't believe they made the trip to celebrate with us. 3+ hours! In the dark! And to keep such a secret?!

Had the best birthday weekend a girl, I mean, old lady could ask for - Saturday we hit the village for the Alpine Slide, bowling, shopping and lunch... And that evening we just enjoyed the cabin and had a ton of laughs drinking and playing board games.

I'm very, very thankful that we have friends that didn't mind Cole crawling around or the times he got a tad fussy... Tom really thought of everything and I love that I could celebrate with friends AND have the three of us together.

Some pictures from the b-day weekend:

6:30am Saturday morning - Master bathroom tub - Doing our best to entertain the little guy so he didn't wake everyone up!