a thing in 928 photos birthday The skit was about... ...came out to perform a birthday skit they'd put together for the occasion. ...that made Grant so happy I literally can't look at this photo without smiling. They clearly knew their audience. Crazy Jen will always be the party wildcard. Happy 40th, Grant! After bouncing their way up, they turned around and face-bounced their way down! ...so they could sit on his face in front of ALL his friends! ...Grant and a few of the dancers up to the stage... Liz with the birthday boy! The Slipper Room at 930! Everyone finding their seats and getting ready for the show. The inaugural ride! He was pretty excited! Happy birthday, Max! Lol, so excited about cake. ...fireman outfit! Late night dance party part of the evening! Happy birthday, Mandy! ...Mandy a happy birthday! She was in town visiting from LA. On my 40th birthday, I woke up to the best gift I could ask for: A text from my mother, who is learning how to text. This means that I receive excellent (and cryptic!) texts like: It was Andy's birthday and we all got to sing him happy birthday. Awww. Afterwards, I went over to Richie Baxt's famous East Village apartment (Richie's Guitars!) and bought myself this gorgeous birthday present! My first acoustic guitar! First 40 in the bag! Thanks to everyone I've met along the way who made me smile and laugh along the way. Here's hoping for another 40 half as good! ;) Made it to Jacob Riis beach parking lot around noon! Monday was my ACTUAL FORTIETH BIRTHDAY! Rolled out of bed and snapped a pic. It's official - you're on the BACK NINE! Came home and opened my presents from my party! Preggo Sharrison came through! Things were popping by 830! I was so happy to see so many people I love in one place. As of 7pm, the park was ours to start setting up. Meredith & Jane Anne came over early to hang out. It's like karaoke but you're singing along with a piano accompanist. So much fun (but so much harder than karaoke!) Happy birthday, Amanda! Thanks for 20 years of friendship! ...to celebrate Amanda's birthday! ...and some sparkler-laden Rice Crispies Treats! ...it all came crashing down! ...birthday pyramid for Cynthia! Managed to get three rows and thirteen people before... Happy 40th, Cynthia! Party favor Wang hats were handed out! Happy birthday, Cynthia! Wooooo! Happy birthday, Cynthia! Love you so much! Here's to another 12 years of knowing you! ;) ...go out to Williamsburg to celebrate Cynthia's 40th birthday! Excellent outdoor summer party. Cynthia and Graham. Make a wish, Jeet! ...Gurj's birthday! Birthday Jeet! On Thursday afternoon I met up with Gurj on the Upper West Side to celebrate her birthday! Happy birthday, Vin! Went out to Williamsburg to celebrate Vin's birthday with Josh & Ken! Mmmm, cupcakes! On Saturday evening, Ellen and I went up to Meredith's to celebrate her birthday! Thursday night I met up with Meredith on Bleecker Street to celebrate her upcoming BIRTHDAY with tickets to... ...original flyer from 2004 from my 28th birthday party at MisShapes ! On Wednesday night, I stopped by BiG BaR to wish Matt a happy birthday! Make a wish! (Which was probably to leave NYC really soon!) Happy birthday, Ellen! And when the birthday girl was least expecting it... ...Hans sneaked out of the bedroom with a lit cake! On Friday night I cabbed over to the West Village for Ellen's birthday! Check out the spread! ...SUPERHANS! Happy birthday... ...for the big birthday cake surprise! Happy 40th, Philip! ...THE KLEEERB! ...and took us to a brewery for food and drinks at destination number 2! Max showing off his new birthday truck! Cutest birthday monkey! Truck! My mom was so excited to watch Max open birthday gifts. My brother dressed up as the Man in the Yellow Hat! Guests started arriving a little after 4pm. Birthday balloon! ...before he wants to play with your phone. Halloween was Max's 2nd birthday! Really awesome to see all these old pics! ...this excellent card for everyone to sign that was ringed with some pretty sweet shots of Scott over the years! Scott with his mom! Scott found an old piece of fence. Hey, it's your birthday! Why not... ...on the makeshift SHOT STUMP! Pouring everyone shots... He had no idea it was coming! ...Rachel's birthday! I headed out to Brooklyn to celebrate... ...who took me to an excellent birthday house party ...and they surprised me with a birthday cake. Thanks, guys! You all are the best! Thanks for coming out to celebrate! Woke up like this. Taking stock of the 90-trillion cell cosmos that's carried me thirty-eight laps around our yellow star! Here's to one more lap! Woke up at 8:50am on my 39th birthday and this tiny genius stretched and then collapsed over my arm. My parent's birthday card to me featured a Maddy lookalike! Happy birthday, Amanda! Sexy mini birthday pies. Mmmmm. On Saturday afternoon I went out to Rockaway Beach to celebrate Amanda's birthday! 
