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March 02, 2008

Birthday and Babies

There have been complaints. I have been neglecting my duties, apparently. I haven't posted on Idiots'Fest. I haven't posted enough pictures of Robbi's enormity. Apologies, all. I have been busy.

In fact, I am shirking other duties even more important than this blog. I was supposed to have been in Philadelphia with Robbi and the other Behrs these past four days, setting up the Florabana booth at the Philadelphia Flower Show. But I have been in the midst of a 15,000 word writing assignment and have not left this barn for the 123 hours except to drive to Taco Bell in my penguin print flannel pants. Thank the lord for drive-throughs. Thank the lord for Nachos Belgrande.

I have recently reemerged from beneath the mountain of verbiage and will take a moment to reflect on some fun we had last weekend.

It was our friend Lauren's birthday. And so Robbi and I and Christian and Emily (Remember them? They are still our friends.) were invited to dinner.

Lauren, charitable girl that she is, insisted on cooking her own birthday dinner. Chicken pot pie.

There was great hilarity throughout the meal. The pot pie was right tasty. Afterward, there was cake. Charitable girl that she is, Lauren insisted on making her own birthday cake. But she did allow her fiance Brian to light the candles.

Lauren tried to blow out the candles.

I say she "tried" to blow them out because she did not succeed. In fact, she succeeded in blowing out three of 30 candles. Charitable girl that she is, she must not have wanted to offend the candles or the cake by blowing too hard. We encouraged her to blow harder. She blew harder. The candles were extinguished. We applauded loud and long.

Brian rewarded her with a very large piece of cake, which she got to make and eat too.

Lauren, charitable girl that she is, inverted every birthday party norm by giving presents to us.

Yes, it is a baby bib that says "A Good Egg."

Why does Emily have a bib on, too, you ask? It is perhaps the greatest indicator that I am fading as a blogger that I have not yet made a public pronouncement of the fact that Emily and Christian are also expecting a small, loud addition to the family.

That's right, both Christian and I are going to be dads.

We both admit we have a lot to learn.

But are nonetheless excited at the prospect.


Posted by bogenamp at March 2, 2008 09:41 PM