He loves to put any shoes he can find on both his hands and walk around with them. Luckily my slippers are nice and clean. Yes, I did say walk. The boy is amazing. He's walking about 80% of the time now. He took a few first steps before we went to see Mike but kept going with the six or seven at a time thing until the day before we left. Then he got serious, now he's a real walkin' man.

So my visit with Mike was wonderful. We've both agreed that it has made our next six weeks absolutely torturous. Sawyer loved his daddy, warmed up to him almost immediately. He would reach for him all the time. Also, as you can see by the picture, you Stinchfield men would be proud. Sawyer would pck up the controller and look at the monitor and reach for Mike. It was so cute that I didn't even mind letting them play a little bit each day (I got to read, I don't do that too often right now).

The girls had an absolutely fabulous time with Grandma Barb. Thank you so much, Barb, I can't tell you what that means to both of us. It is such a great feeling knowing we are leaving our kids (yes, leaving the kids is a great feeling) in such capable, loving hands.

Marnie and Adina, I hope you both had great birthdays. You are two of the greatest women I know and I love you both. Well it is time to get my little yahoos to bed. Love to all.