– 4:48 pm

Rozalia and your mother just took you out for a walk. Your grandparents left a little earlier. We’d gathered for a petit lunch to celebrate your first birthday. In typical grandiose fashion, Rozalia baked a cake fit to Celebrate All Kinds of Events. She also got us gifts. I mean of course she did. She lives for these moments. And she’s excellent at it.

Noah and Luca also sent their birthday wishes, in video format. And it’s hilarious. Luca has evolved into quite the character. He seems so… free and unbound by anyone or anything. They spend their Summer holidays in Finland every year, for about six weeks. I’ve seen pictures from Marc of them jumping into lakes and being outdoorsy. I bet they’re having a blast. They’re so big now. The way I see it, Noah’s the brain and Luca’s the muscle, two halves of a whole that would never be complete apart. You need both.

We thought about how this day could go for you and given you still have fairly severe stranger anxiety, decided not to make a meal out of it. Apparently, you won’t remember anything anyway til about the age of 3 or 4. But here’s to hoping you had fun kiddo. You are surrounded by a lot of love.