Geoffrey Lawrence was born June 8…was going to be Robert Lorenzo–the only time I had picked out a firm name if it was a boy. (We didn’t used to know ahead of time.) Then it just didn’t fit. The Lorenzo was for Dad, his grandfather (and a cool name), so we felt we needed to keep part of the name…so we ended up using it directly. Note: Never bring a baby home from the hospital without a name. We batted choices back and forth for a week. Then had to make sure the birth certificate was entered.

Happy birthdays!

My family didn’t manage that, which is probably good because my mother and her sister were born two days (and three years) apart, and are still somewhat bitter about having to share a cake every year. But my mother’s is June 9, my brother’s is September 9, and mine is October 9, so we have that!

Isn’t family wonderful?

We all were on an 11th. Mom, me, grandmother, grandfather, my first anniversary. Even the young man that always said I should have married HIM as he was born on an 11th.

That cowl is a lovely color and pattern.

Our family (which is not big) seems to go in bumps. A bump of 3 in January (plus one from dec 31), a bump of 3 in March, a bump of 4 in June, a bump of 4 in July, only 2 in September, a bump of 3 in late October/early November. Then a few scattered through the other months.

Love that cowl – it’s a beautiful colour.