I almost let the day get away without me wishing my sweet Dad a happy birthday here on the blog. Today Jude and I took him some birthday flowers up to his office. I was happy to see that his office was all decorated by the nurses.  Dad, you are the best. I cannot imagine […]

Wow! Well, I wanted a party. And boy, oh boy, did we had a party! Jude and I are recuperating today at home, and cleaning up the mess (well, I’m cleaning; Jude is subversively trying to negate these efforts).  Warning: this may be the longest post ever! It was just so much fun. We had […]

Yesterday, Jude and I went to Williams-Sonoma, where I purchased the cutest set of animal cookie cutters. WS does a really great job of packaging their stuff, too. Everything is just so darn fun and attractive. They came in a great little box reminiscent of old-fashioned animal crackers. There’s a seal with a ball, a […]

Jude’s first birthday party will be on Sunday (despite the fact that his actual b-day is on the following Wednesday — too tricky to pull off a party in the middle of the week). I cannot wait. It really is true what they say — the first birthday is more for the parents than anything. […]