an early birthday party for husband

since we are headed to china tonight, (!!!)

we celebrated husband's 25th birthday last night with friends.

i think 25 is a big birthday, so i wanted to do something fun for it.

his actual birthday is july 7, and we will be on the great wall of china that day...

not too shabby, but i still wanted to celebrate with friends. so we did!

birthday decorations, complete with cute notes to chase from friends and family back home! i asked everyone to send these for chase since we couldn't celebrate with them. 

he loved reading the clever notes from so many friends & family!

then, i planned this little get-together with our friends in the bay, and we had the best time.

{i decided to take my bike to do some of my errands for the party, and didn't think about the end result of carrying home balloons on a bike on a busy city street. i was quite the sight!} 

 we had a fun dinner out, then headed back to our apartment for birthday cake.

 lucky to have such great friends here!

a new google shirt from dustin & kendall for this new 

google employee, and a gopro from me! lucky boy..

chocolate oatmeal cookie bars, and pear cake {always chase's birthday cake} 

i love birthdays & especially love celebrating the man i love.
happy early birthday chase! can't wait to celebrate again in china later this week!
..thanks cute friends for coming!..
xo

see last year's surprise birthday celebration here!