Mommy and Daddy woke Austen up this morning with a giant Winnie-the-Pooh Birthday balloon — she loves Pooh and balloons — and danced for her while singing “Happy Birthday to you …” She looked quite overcome.
In the afternoon, the whole family drove to New Brunswick where Austen was born. We’d planned to eat at Catherine Lombardi Restaurant, reportedly one of the best in New Jersey, but found that restaurants in New Brunswick are only open for dinner on Sunday, so we ate lunch at an Indian buffet. Austen enjoyed the spicy chicken.
Afterward we went to St. Peter’s University Hospital where Austen was born. The nurses and staff were warm and welcoming as we remembered. Daddy told Mommy and Austen the store of Austen’s birth — neither remember that day. Too many drugs.