Tuesday, February 01, 2011

26, a birthday.

There was 9 hours of blissful sleep, uninterrupted. A quiet morning alone in bed with babies and crumpets, waiting for the sun to rise. A pile of presents and duvets and chubby, milky arms and legs. Brunch with friends who just love dem bubs. Crisp winter air with knitted hats, chilly fingers, chickens and allotments. Babysitting grandparents with a suitcase full of French wine. Mint juleps under a chandelier of pressed glass and pearls. Dinner alone by candlelight.
A walk home in the cold cold dark of a January night with the lights of traffic and restaurants and newsagents and the chatter from briefly opened doors of bars twinkling all around us. A walk home to two babies, warm and soft with eyes wide and smiles gummy, heads downy and necks milky.

























































































37 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday! Sounds and looks like the perfect day. X

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  2. Happy birthday! Looks like a really fantastic day. x

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  3. Happy birthday! And you look absolutely gorgeous in that pink hat with your pink cheeks!

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  4. Happy Birthday! You look adorable in that pink hat! Also, new glasses?

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  5. what a lovely way to spend your day!

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  6. you have a beautiful family, dear c.

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  7. Ilgiausiu metu! :) Sounds like a wonderful day!

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  8. Beautiful. I hope your birthday was every bit as wonderful as it sounds.

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  9. what a lovely, lovely day - happy birthday! life looks grand

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  10. This sounds like the best birthday ever. Happy birthday!!!

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  11. Happy Birthday. Makes me want to paint my nails red and hold some babies.

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  12. It does look like a perfect birthday. :) And look at you, gorgeous! Love, love, love.

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  13. Sounds like it was the best Birthday ever :-) LOVE the baby pictures and how cute is that hat with the bear ears! So adorable.

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  14. you know what i like about you?
    you don't dress A & E in matching outfits.
    and tons of other stuff too, of course.
    you look radiant, p.

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  15. All lovely, but Sophie and Ella - gorgeous!

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  16. so happy your birthday was wonderful! :-)

    By the way, I just saw these and instantly thought of you!

    http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/daily-find/bunny-hop-wall-graphic-daily-find-138222?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+apartmenttherapy%2Fohdeedoh+%28Ohdeedoh%29

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  17. holy crap! you're just a baby!

    happy birthday, it looked lovely.

    p.s. who's the hottie holding ammie?

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  18. happy happy birthday....i love the little beary outfits. makes me wanna snuggle with my babes (nieces)

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  19. happy birthday! so funny, i just read that ida (http://idathue.blogspot.com/2011/02/26.html) also turns 26 today (which also happens to my age). your twins are beautiful!

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  20. Everything a birthday should be.

    Also, you look some kind of amazing.

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  21. It sounds like the best birthday ever.

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  22. Oh, well done, you.

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  23. Beautiful - all of it! Happy, happy birthday!

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  24. Happy, happy birthday! Sounds like you had a perfect day. xo

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  25. Perfection. Every single bit. Happy Birthday!

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  26. Oh cuteness.

    Yay, life is good after babies!!!

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  27. this is just the best most lovely peek into a (special) day in the life of P. love how well you documented it! and i am so so glad you had such a wonderful birthday. you deserve it so much!

    xoxoxoxoxox

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  28. That sounds just right. Happy birthday, baby. xox

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  29. I am very happy you had such a lovely birthday.

    Your babies are the best. (I can't tell them apart at all any more.)

    And your photos are the best too.

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  30. happy birthday!! what great photos! and those babies. jesus. so. freakin. cute.
    xox

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  31. You have the most beautiful and expressive photography.

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  32. Lovely!!! Happy Birthday C!

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  33. I love the story that your pictures tell. <3

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play nice.