Day 369: Happy Birthday to Me!

Hey, these birthdays are alright. They just keep going on. We threw a party on Saturday and lots of people came. Also I ate cake. CAKE! It's so good; why have you people been hiding it from me for so long?

We got a new yard too. It's very green. And not dirty like the old one. Which was pretty much just dirt, come to think of it. This one magically grew overnight.




I wonder when my next birthday party will be? I quite enjoy them.





Thanks again to everyone who came, and brought me gifts.

days 367-369: Hi There

Happy Monday morning everybody. Thanks to everybody who came to my party, especially my G'ma and Aunt Claire, who came from far away. It was very fun. I ate cake! I'll post some pictures later.

So now I'm 1. What's next?

Day 366: Now What?

Now that I'm one it doesn't really feel very different. Though I did enjoy the cards and gifts. And my G'ma and Aunt Claire came to visit and help throw me a party. Or as we Cinco De Mayo babies call it, a fiesta.

Rumor has it there is going to something called a piñata that I get to pound on with a stick. Pounding on things with other things is probably my favorite activity, so I'm pretty excited about that.

Day 365: Happy Birthday to Me!

Has it really been a year already? It has!

Happy Birthday to Me! Happy Birthday to Me!

How old am I? Count my fingers. See you all at the big party on Saturday. I would have had it today but I guess some people have jobs and couldn't come. I'm off to hire some mariachis.

Day 358: See You on the Other Side

So you know what: I need to fire my staff mathematician. I know we don't update every day, but we try, and we try to fill in the gaps when we miss a day, or days, and I was getting ready to post today when I realized something: our math is off! It says Day 358 up there but that's wrong and you know how I know: BECAUSE TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY! That means it should be Day 364. But who's counting?

I am!

Tomorrow, I will be 1. I can't believe it. That's so old!

I don't know how to account for those 6 missing days but a lot of things happened this year - births, weddings, books, trips - so I guess it's not all that surprising. It is a mystery that will never be solved.

So, tomorrow, we will time warp ahead and catch up. And also celebrate my birthday! Yay, me! And also Yay, Mexico! Because it's Cinco de Mayo. You should buy us some margaritas.

Day 357: Food, Glorious Food

Oh, boy - I love food. So many foods. This is me at Aunt Jenny's, when I was eating some pureed fruit. It was delicious. Other things that are delicious include bananas, strawberries, apples, yogurt, Thai red curry, duck confit and my latest discovery -- short ribs braised in rice wine, soy sauce, and sesame seeds. This list is by no means complete. I think expanding it will be my life's work.

Also, Happy Birthday Grandad! Or is it Granddad? Grand-dad? Grand Dad? I can never figure that out. But whatever - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Perhaps I should eat some cake in your honor.

Days 353-356: Case of the Mondays

Hi there. It's been a very emotional couple of weeks and I'm just getting back to town after some travels so I haven't had much of a chance to post any photos. I'm sorry. Maybe you're all distracted anyway with all this news of some guy that got yanked off his lounge chair in some mansion in Pakistan, wherever that is, and tossed in the ocean. I'm not sure what that's all about but people are happy, so I'm happy too. I like to be happy. It's much more fun than being sad. Even though being sad is okay sometimes.

More soon, I promise.