The boys turned one this month!! Their first birthday was a huge milestone. I’ll be honest - I’m not really sure where to go from here. Most of the baby books I’ve read got us to the one year mark. I found myself looking around a bit like, well now what? Perhaps that’s the way of things. They are pulling up and crawling so fast. They chatter and talk nonstop. They play along side each other and are playing together more and more. They’ve even had a few sibling squabbles. (Maybe more than a few.) They enjoy time apart and are always delighted to be reunited. I’m so proud of them and what they are learning. They amaze me, push me to be a better person, and teach me to love and look at the world differently.

We celebrated their birthday with two smaller parties with immediate family. I made their first cake - sprinkle with cream cheese frosting. My nephew Jackson said, “You baked this cake pretty good, Aunt Maddy.”

2020 BOOKS:

• Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel by Mark Haddon

• Unsheltered: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver

• Currently working on Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

• Currently working on Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb