happy 1st birthday salome!

In honor of Salome's birthday, I washed Elliott's highchair seat cover today. Before they left for Chi-town, we had Jeanette, Ken & Salome over for dinner. Elliott had already eaten, so I offered Salome the high chair. Unfortunately, the seat hadn't been cleaned in several weeks and though I don't have a picture of how scary it was, you should have a sense of how yucky it had gotten based on the pictures of Elliott in it and the incredible amount of food that is all over his face. At first, I thought Jeanette was offering to hold Salome just to be polite, but now I realize that she probably didn't want Salome to have to wallow in Elliott's filth. I'm incredibly embarrased and very very sorry. Jeanette & Ken, congrats on getting to the one year mark. Your daughter is incredibly beautiful in so many, many ways. And Salome, we miss you and hope you are living it up in Chicago. We can't wait to see you again and promise the next time you come to our home, we will have more hospitable conditions for you to eat in.