Day 1358. It was a typical morning with Emmy being up early. After breakfast, I cleaned them up and dressed them, then they went downstairs with Randy to play. As for me, I sat down at the computer to work. I had not felt that great yesterday, and after an intense weekend, I was pretty worn out. And so work was slow-going this morning.

Day 1357. The day had finally come that we'd been talking about for weeks - my birthday. Randy sang a quick HAPPY BIRTHDAY, when he got up, but nothing from the kids at first. Only  when I brought it up did they sing for me, and then they gave me all the drawings they had made for me. Randy had laid out my birthday present on the dining room table...

Day 1356. It was a typical morning. Emmy is now often up before 6 am and gets the headset that tells stories, but sometimes he does fall back asleep at some point. Today they were done with breakfast earlier than necessary, so there was still some time before we had to leave at 10 am. I dressed them and got everything ready for us to leave the house.