Love Ani.

Oh! Congratulations juliana and M!

And on the Brietbart front, it turns out his widow is one of my old classmates. I know she is well supported right now, but even so I can't help thinking how angry-making those accusations of his assassination must be. For her sake I hope those voices don't go on for too long.

Congratulations, juliana!

In other natter-yes-it's-true news: today is the Hebrew birthday of Nilly's baby boy. Happy birthday!

Happy birthday PiBaby!

Skipping some more, because according to the Hebrew Calendar (why, yes, my fingers almost automatically wanted to type "Buffista Calendar" and I had to conciously remind them what I was talking about and that I was the boss of them), today is the Hebrew date of PiBaby's birthday (um, obviously, being March 2nd, it's not Pi day, since the Hebrew and general dates don't coincide every year, but the Hebrew date is the one we feel have more meaning for us, even when Pi-less).

I have no idea how it can be a whole year already. And then I look at this wonderful little person who gets anywhere around here and says a few words and understands way more than we realize of what we say around him (he didn't just learn a new language - he learned the whole concept of having a language, and then went ahead and started having one), and I'm amazed at how much he developed in such a short time (he grows a sense of humor! I mean, some people spend decades without one, and he already has a really good one! How can that be? Where could he have learned how to not just use one, but to actually develop one? From scratch? From what comes before "scratch" and makes it start going).

And I keep being grateful that we were so lucky in that biggest-luck-of-the-draw ever, and got blessed by this precious responsibility of taking care of that wonderful human being that he is already showing character of being. I have no idea how come we deserve this, but we feel so deeply blessed by his presence in our lives.

Yes, even when he wakes up in tears for the third time on 4am.

In order to share even a little part of what a joy he is, I offer this still-several-months-old-in-content [link]

(And I'll try to flood less with pictures in the future, sorry! I probably seem like a total fan girl with all that! Oops.)

Oh, Nilly, happy birthday to PiBaby!

Awwwwwwwwwww! Happy birthday, PiBaby!

Peanut butter oatmeal: In far better political news, Maryland legalized gay marriage, effective 1/1/2013. [link] I understand the usual troglodytes are planning a referendum to try and overturn it, but still--yay MD Gov!

Happy birthday, PiBaby!

Also, way to go, former state of residence!

Happy birthday, Pi Baby! Hear, O Israel, the cutest baby in thy country is one.

Happy Birthday PiBaby!