This day could only ever be about you. Wearing moccasins and pants I sewed for you, laughing your head off in the kitchen? Ours, entirely loved Baby Jay. There was no finer baby than you. There we are at the lake with Julia on our lap. We loved you, Buddy, indeed. 1991, ready to head […]
John and Dannell’s kids have all 4 birthdays within weeks of each other, so they held a quadruple party. Many characters were there. We had fun. I heard Julia and Tim were playing hide and seek and about took out the bounce house. Glad nothing bad happened. And a lovely Saturday afternoon ended in long
It was a great weekend, lots of fun. This girl was here on Saturday night. Tim hasn’t felt good: These guys played video games for a bit. They love this. Sunday we had birthday dinner for James: Julia took some pictures: Happy Birthday, James. We all love you very much. Love Mom and Dad and
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I drove out to Eau Claire this morning at 7:30 to pick him up. All the diet Pepsi on the patio was frozen, so I was forced to do this with zero caffeine. Sigh. But he’s easy company, kept me awake on the ride back. This cake was baked last night, frosted this night and
Saturday was the double party. First Pump It Up in the morning, lots of sweaty kids, I heard. Then in the afternoon, a family party at home, which was also awesome. It was a great time! These are you from six years ago, fabulous day you were born. We were all very excited to meet
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Eleven years ago you were born and made a whole bunch of people aunts and uncles, Grandpa and me grandparents, our parents into Great-Grandparents. It’s been a blast. You were full of energy, a fast-moving ball of muscle, booming voice, big ideas. You had us laughing and running to keep up. Now look at you:
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Today was the party for Dan and Alicia’s little girl’s second birthday. The usual crowd was there to celebrate. They always creep soooo close watching the gifts being opened. These guys were happy to see each other. Little Jay enjoyed the kids toys quite a bit, had us all cracking up. This huge purple unicorn
Yes, indeed! Missing a tooth, and yup those are his real eyelashes! Here you are, Buddy, with your special cupcake and shark. This was from Saturday when we were at Dairy Queen: A picture Heidi took at Christmas, very handsome: This is one of my favorite pictures of you–just a big old cold in early
January 26. Yep. It’s your day. It’s about the time of the year when the days feel like they’re starting to get longer again, less darkness. Plus, two years ago this little darling turned up to make the day ever special. Heidi and Joe came over with cake, knowing I was working, so you would
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Here’s a picture from last year. You look a little concerned. Here’s a picture from now, understandably nervous. I remember being very nervous when it was time to talk to Santa too. But look at you! You turned from a baby into a little KID! This is my favorite picture of you and me
