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Birthday Love

Oh boy, do I love my birthday! I've managed to post about it every year since I started the blog- read what we were up to in 2010 and 2011.

This year I'm stretching out the birthday love over far more weeks than a non-significant bday of 37 years deserves. I kicked off the celebration last weekend with Wendy at Union St Bar & Grill in Newton. This weekend I met up with Teresa at Kiku Yama in Dedham. I've never eaten at a Japanese steakhouse before. It was quite the show (and delicious too)!

 

And the fun has just started! This Thursday I'm meeting Andee for tapas, the 7th is dinner with Iris, and on the 14th I'm meeting up with all the twin moms from the hospital (along with a few honorary attendees). Derek and I will finally get to celebrate by going out on April 22nd when my mom is in town. My actual birthday is April Fool's Day, a week from today, so we'll also celebrate as a family by going to the zoo or aquarium.

I was dressed up to go out on Saturday night and decided to try and take a new FB profile picture. I love my current pic, but it's 3 years old now. This is what I came up with, self-portrait style...


The problem, however, is that when this serious picture is posted next to all of my status updates, it looks like I'm scowling at whatever I've just written. I like the picture, though, so thought I'd share it here instead :-)

Happy birthday to me!

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