Birthday in Jersey!

[elleng]

My grandson Eddie is 1 today. The BIG party is tomorrow!

[fizzgig]

1. i can't even with that second photo

hope you are well, my friend

[elleng]

3. He knew JUST what to do with it, fizz!

I didn't get a bite! HOPE I can capture a pic and a bite of tomorrow's cake!

I'm OK, daughter stressed, has a cold-ish, and overreached with this party thing, but we shall see.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Happy Birthday, Eddie!

What a cutie! I love the pic of him noshing on the cupcake!

[elleng]

4. He knew just what to do with it, CalPeg!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. Yikes...what a perfectly beautiful little boy ! How lucky you are ! nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. P.S. Love the name "Eddie" - very retro cool nt

[elleng]

7. Thanks, Laura. I had no idea it was COOL!

His grandfather, in the pictures, is Edward, his father is Ed, so we call him Eddie.

Who? What? Where? They'll have to deal with it! I'm in MD most of the time!

He IS cute, and friendly and fun! He has a cousin, 5 months old today, in MD. Here's JOHNNY, on Thanksgiving Day:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. I am SO jealous...my son

has been living with a girl for years. And, I hate to sound
like the typical nagging mom "When are you going to get married and have
kids !!!! "

[elleng]

9. I understand. It will happen! The timing is kind of a coincidence that

my daughters, 30 (almost! Have to remember HER birthday Jan 22!) and 26, who are not on good terms, had their babies so quickly in succession. Amy, the older, married in '11, and Eddie came along 2-ish years later. The girls' father, my estranged husband, passed suddenly, in 2013, before Eddie was born. Julie, the younger, wanted to marry with her father 'giving her away,' but also wanted a baby. After trying for a while, after her father had passed, Johnny came along. Julie married last month.

Everyone's happy now (tho missing their father,) and I'm pleased. I never had to 'nudge' them. I recall my mother would ask 'what's new?' which was the signal, 'anyone marriageable around?' After we married, I was 39 at the time, I immediately became pregnant, so no more questions!

Long story short: IT HAPPENS!

[CC]

10. Aaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Adorable and the cupcake picture is perfect. Your daughter looks a lot like you too.

[elleng]

11. Thanks, CC.

NOW another daughter with baby, for comparison: