Voices live in every finite being,
Often undivined, near silence.
Hear them!
Hear them in you! in others!
They sense truth deep in all life;
They know the things true Pilgrims stand for.
Stand out!
Come to Him without the things the world brings;
Come to Him!
As a child and as a poor man.
He had all. He gave all.

~Charles Ives


Sunday, January 9, 2011

Jude's First Birthday

The birthday boy

When we finally got together to celebrate despite sickness and bad weather,
we had a wonderful time celebrating little Jude.

Charlie was what we might say "in" to all his toys.

It's hard not to imagine a future friendship with shots like these,
and even harder not to wonder who will be the mastermind and who the executor.

This photo makes me smile. It looks as if he's thinking to himself,
"Oh, this is from Grammy!
She didn't have to give me anything!"

Charlie may have forgotten a time or two just whose birthday it was.

One of the best gifts of the night was a book about the Tickle Monster that came with a set of Tickle Monster gloves to be worn by the reader. Both Jude and Charlie got a sampling.


The cake, I must say, was a success. Good job, Mom!




And happy birthday, Jude! We love you!

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing your holiday in pictures. Loved seeing them, and I guess I should get on the ball with ours!! Charlie is getting so big...Little Charlie that is. I wasn't commenting on any holdiay pounds put on by Big Charlie. :) We miss you like crazy.

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  2. What kind of cake was that? It looks good.

    Its always fun to see how you guys are doing - even if I am horrible at calling you (you did ask me to call you before the holidays - right?? Oops!)

    Love you all

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