Emmett's 10-month Birthday!

On the 19th of each month, we have a little party for Emmett's birthday. Sure, he's still a bit young to do much celebrating with us yet, but we try to make a tradition of treating ourselves to a little something fun on that day (as a little reward for all the late night feedings, being spit up upon, and the lack of sleep!). When Emmett was 2 weeks old, the three of us went to Fenton's Creamery for dinner; another time we picked up pizza from the Cheeseboard in Berkeley; on a few occasions, David has brought home a couple decadent desserts for us to share from either Citizen Cake or Masse's Pastries. In July, I took Emmett to Baker Beach for his first beach visit and we had a couple friends over for steak.


This month's birthday was no exception. We browsed Gourmet Lafayette at Les Galeries Lafayette shopping center in the heart of Paris. It contains a vast array of food from various purveyors all over France and beyond. David and I could spend hours in there just browsing, pointing out novel food items, and sampling. It's overwhelming at first -- everything is arranged so beautifully and it all looks so enticing. We told ourselves we'd select one dessert for tonight since we'll be eating richly later on this week when Chris and Emmet arrive.

Our dessert selection for Emmett's 10-month birthday was from Patisserie Sadaharu Aoki in Paris. We chose a piece of chocolate mont d'or: layers of chocolate mousse, chocolate ganache, cassis, and white chocolate.

Sorry, Emmett! You can have a little bit of birthday cake in two months when you turn 1!