Birthday Eve

Last year at this time, I had just gotten back from the Derby Party at Cassandra, Andrew and Alastair's house. I had met a man who said his wife had gone into labor the year before after the Derby party -- and she had been a past due, like I was. I grabbed his arm and said very seriously, "Tell me everything she did that day." He looked a little nervous, but told me that she drank a virgin mint julip, went to sleep early and went into labor in the middle of the night. So I drank a virgin mint julip, went to sleep early and went into labor around 1:30am.

My sleep being interrupted that night was actually a sign of what my year was going to be like.  Mr. Anders has done a lot of interrupting my sleep.  Good thing he has such a delightful disposition and charming personality.  Another early sign of things to come: he laughed when he was 10 days old. A full throaty laugh.  What a kid.