Today is my half birthday. The last one of my third decade of life. That’s right… I’ll be 30 in November.<\/p>\n
And so it was quite fitting that so many fun things happened today.<\/p>\n
First… Micky got me a subscription to National Geographic magazine! When we went up the North Coast for Easter, the house we rented had a million issues of NatGeo around. We said, “Wouldn’t it be a cool subscription?”, and it looks like Micky pulled it off.<\/p>\n
Yes – I do celebrate my half birthday. Get over it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Then… the kids start chattering away at their bedtime. This is really a Luka driven thing. So there’s squeaking, and some chatting. Then some yelling. Then a voice from the hallway. But it’s not Amelia’s voice. And Luka is in his crib.<\/p>\n
Well, Mr. Luka James had pulled his baggy off, crawled out of his crib, opened the door (big no no for Amelia who was trying to stop him), and walked into the hallway – quite proud of himself.<\/p>\n
Oh man, oh man. These kids are going to get me.<\/p>\n
Anyway, today was a good day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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