...so our combined birthday dinner party for ted's siblings jason, lauren, and myself on sunday was a smashing success. we had a veritable mediterranean feast! everybody fit around our dining table, and it was like a greek thanksgiving in may. FYI, ted' grandma sophie is 100% greek, which means that cadence is korean-greek-polish-ukrainian, and i'm honorary all-of-the-above.
...ted's mom made this gorgeous and huge 3 layer cake. i think it weighed about 50lbs. but since there were 3 birthday people, i guess the occasion called for a hefty cake.
...we were glad grandma sophie (a.k.a. yia yia) was able to come and see our place for the first time. unfortunately, grandma carol couldn't make it.
...cadence was happy to have so many people around to play with. she got to sit in uncle dave's lap and read to him...
...AND she got to read with uncle jay and auntie lauren too! she was soaking up all that attention, believe me...
...by the end of the day, i was totally exhausted. i had to do a lot (ok,
some) of the cleaning because ted was so caught up in making falafel. it ended up being a bit more complicated than expected, and i realized that if i didn't start cleaning, it just wasn't gonna get done. i had to sling cadence to be able to vacuum, and my back is still hurting. the good news is that cadence now has a play room with lots of space for, uh,
playing. and it gets really gorgeous light in the mornings, so it'll be a good place for photos.
...and here she is, little miss 'dances-with-foot-massager' in all the glory of the morning gloaming...
all in all, it was a great time of just eating yummy food with people we love, and really, what more could you ask for to celebrate your birthday?
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 7:19PM 
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